Indonesia Actress, Singer & Swimmer: Cinta Laura

Indonesian Actress, Singer & Swimmer, Cinta Laura Kiehl

Cinta Laura was born on August 17, 1993. Her father, Michael Kiehl, was a German hotelier and her mother, Herdiana Soekarseno, was an Indonesian lawyer. Due to her father’s job, Cinta grew up in several countries such as the UAE, Malaysia, Germany and finally Indonesia, which led her to grow up with English as her first language despite her German and Indonesian background.
 

 

Upon her move to Indonesia, Cinta began to cultivate her love for sports. Her love for swimming led her to become a competitive swimmer, competing against dozens of international schools in the country. By the time she was 12, she had attained 10 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 7 bronze medals from various swim meets.

 

In 2006 Cinta suffered from appendicitis, which led to an operation that required her to remain inactive for three months. During this break, her dance teacher encouraged her to join an acting/modeling competition. Though initially hesitant due to her preference for sports, she took up the challenge and participated in the competition. Little did she know that this competition was going to change her life forever.

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

Hong Kong Swimmer: Stephanie Au Hoi Shun (歐鎧淳)

Hong Konger Swimmer: Stephanie Au Hoi-Shun  

(born 30 May 1992) is a swimmer from Hong Kong. She is a three-time Olympian, having represented Hong Kong at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.She is the holder of Hong Kong national long course records in the 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle as well as 4×100 m medley relay, together with short course records in 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley relay, and 4×100 m freestyle relay.She studied at Sacred Heart Canossian College.^[5] She swam for the University of California, Berkeley, from which she graduated with a degree in environmental economics and policy in 2014. She is also a winner of the 24th Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards.

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

South Korea Swimmer - Jeong Da-rae - 정다래

The Cute Swimmer - Jeong Da-rae  

(Korean: 정다래; born December 2, 199) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She is a gold medalist in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Jeong made her official debut, as a 16-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she qualified for the women's 200 m breaststroke. She cleared a FINA B-cut of 2:27.78 from the Good Luck Beijing China Open.On the evening preliminaries, Jeong rounded out the semifinal field by taking the final spot in a lifetime best of 2:27.28, just half a second (0.50) faster than her entry time.The next morning's session, Jeong failed to qualify for the final, as she placed fourteenth overall in the semifinal run at 2:28.28.

At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, Jeong matched her preliminary heat time of 2:25.00 in the semifinals, but finished only in twelfth place. Six months later, she edged out her teammate Jung Seul-ki to take a silver medal by a two-tenth margin (0.20) in the same discipline at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong, China, breaking her personal best of 2:24.90.

At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Jeong picked up the women's 200 m breaststroke title in 2:25.02, beating two Chinese swimmers for the silver and bronze medals.Jeong's best effort at the Asian Games moved her up to fifteenth in the world rankings.^]

Four years after competing in her first Olympics, Jeong qualified for her second South Korean team, as a 20-year-old, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She attained a FINA A-standard entry time of 2:26.07 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.^[13] Jeong shared a fourteenth fastest qualifying time of 2:26.83 with Russia's Yuliya Efimova in the morning's preliminary heats to secure a spot for the semifinals. On the evening session, Jeong failed to qualify for the final, as she finished her semifinal run with a slowest time of 2:28.74.

China Swimmer - Liu Xiang - 刘湘

Liu Xiang

born 1 September 1996) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who won the bronze medal in the 50-meter backstroke behind teammate Fu Yuanhui at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia.


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
 

Philippines Swimming - Roxanne Ashley Yu

Filipino Swimmer - Roxanne Ashley Yu

Yu would win three bronze medals in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. Her three bronze medals came in the 100 m backstroke, the 200 m backstroke, and the 4 x 100 m medley relay, where she teamed up with Hannah Dato, Imelda Corazon Wistey, and 2012 Olympian Jasmine Alkhaldi to a medal finish with a new national record of 4:16.19. Yu would also compete in the 50 m backstroke and the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay, but failed to qualify for the final in the former and finishing 4th in the latter.