Lin Chi-chan

Lin Chi-chan

Personal information
Full name	Lin Chi-chan
Nationality	Chinese Taipei
Born	11 January 1980 Taipei, Taiwan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Chinese Taipei Asian Games 1998 Bangkok 4×100 m freestyle 1998 Bangkok 4×200 m freestyle

Lin Chi-chan (Chinese: 林 季嬋; pinyin: Lín Jìchán; born January 11, 1980) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle but also competed in backstroke.^[1] She represented Chinese Taipei in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and later earned two medals each in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:51.42), and 4×200 m freestyle relay (8:18.92) at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

Lin made her first Chinese Taipei team, as a 16-year-old teen, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, she failed to medal in any of her individual events, finishing eleventh in the 400 m freestyle (4:15.74), ninth in the 800 m freestyle (8:40.31), and thirty-third in the 200 m backstroke (2:24.50).^[2][3][4] A member of the Chinese Taipei team, she placed eighteenth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:56.39), and nineteenth in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (8:27.61).^[5][6]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Lin drastically shortened her program, swimming only in a long-distance freestyle double. She achieved FINA B-standards of 4:20.19 (400 m freestyle) and 8:53.44 (800 m freestyle) from the National University Games in Taipei.^[7][8] On the second day of the Games, Lin placed twenty-fifth in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, she raced to the fourth seed in 4:17.76, sufficiently enough for her lifetime best.^[9][10] Five days later, in the 800 m freestyle, Lin participated in heat one against three other swimmers Ivanka Moralieva of Bulgaria, Patricia Villarreal of Mexico, and Cecilia Biagioli of Argentina. Leading the first 250 metres of the race, she faded down the stretch over the remaining laps to pick up a third seed and twenty-fourth overall at 9:01.09.^[11][12]

References

1. "Lin Chi-chan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
2. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 400m Freestyle Final B" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 39. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
3. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 800m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 40. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
4. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 43. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
5. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 51. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
6. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 52. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
7. "Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
8. "Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
9. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 189. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
10. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
11. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 195. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
12. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 800m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 June 2013.