Marylyn Chiang

Summary

Marylyn Chiang (born 1977)[1] is a Canadian former swimmer who won two silver medals at the 2000 FINA Short Course World Championships in Athens, Greece.[2] She has held Commonwealth, US Open, NCAA and Canadian records in backstroke and butterfly, including the Canadian 100m backstroke record for 9 years. In her collegiate career, she led a resurgence in University of California, Berkeley's swimming program, when she won the first NCAA title for the school in the sport in eleven years.[3] In so doing, she set an NCAA record. Further, won the first of five consecutive Pacific-10 Conference female swimmer of the year honors for the Golden Bears in 1999.[4] Haley Cope would win in 2000, and Natalie Coughlin three times in a row, from 2001 to 2003.[5] In 2009, Marylyn was inducted in Cal Berkeley's Sports Hall of Fame.[6]

Marylyn Chiang
Personal information
Full nameMarylyn Chiang
National team Canada
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Canada
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2000 Athens 50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2000 Athens 100 m backstroke

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming Times- Results for Marylyn Chiang". Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Swimming- Marylyn Chiang (Canada)". Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Cal's Marylyn Chiang Captures NCAA Swim Title in 100 back". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  4. ^ "UC Berkeley's Natalie Coughlin, Destined to Swim". Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Cal Aquatics- Where are They Now?". Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Cal Athletic Hall of Fame Class Inducted Friday Night". Cal Athletics Official Site. 6 November 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2010.

External links edit

  • University of California, Berkeley Year book entry