Carwai Seto

Carwai Seto
Personal information
Born (1973-04-02) 2 April 1973
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sport
Sport Swimming
Carwai Seto
Traditional Chinese 司徒加慧
Hanyu Pinyin Sītú Jiāhuì
Yale Romanization Sītòuh Gāwaih

Carwai Seto (born 2 April 1973) is a Canadian swimmer who represented Taiwan in international competition. She competed in five events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

Seto was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her mother is Taiwanese, which made her eligible to compete for Taiwan.[2] Her swimming coach was fellow Nova Scotian Gary MacDonald.[3] She held the Taiwanese record of 2:38.93 in the 200 m breaststroke from 1989 until 2004, when it was broken by Lin Man-hsu.[4] She later set the Taiwanese record of 1:13.33 in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, which stood until 2005 when it was broken by Tong Yu-chia.[5] She entered Princeton University in 1991.[2] She later became a middle school math teacher.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Seto Car-wai Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Carwai Seto '95". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 92. 1991. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Decoste, John (29 September 2017). "Gary MacDonald named as new Acadia swimming head coach". King County News. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ↑ 雙林破15年全國紀錄 [Two Lins break 15-year-old national record]. Apple Daily (Taiwan). 30 May 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. ↑ 《全中運》蛙！ 童郁嘉破全國 [National High School Games breaststroke! Tong Yu-chia breaks national record]. Liberty Times. 19 April 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Our Faculty and Administration". Berkeley, California: Black Pine Circle. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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