Camille Cheng

Camille Cheng Lily Mei (born 9 May 1993) is a Hong Kong competitive swimmer.

Camille Cheng

Personal information
Full name	Camille Cheng Lily-mei
National team	Hong Kong
Born	(1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 Hong Kong
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m medley 2014 Incheon 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Incheon 4×200 m freestyle 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m freestyle 2018 Jakarta 4×200 m freestyle

She qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, and 4x100 metre medley relay.[1]

Born on 9 May 1993 in Hong Kong to a Taiwanese father Cheng Wong-ping and French mother Catherine, Cheng cannot speak Cantonese.[2] She went to French International School until the age of nine, when her family moved to Beijing for her father's engineering job.[3] There she attended the International School of Beijing with Eran Propper.[2]

She swam for the University of California, Berkeley, team under Olympic coach Teri McKeever and alongside the already Olympian medallist Sara Isaković. She became joint captain in her final year before graduating university with a degree in Psychology. Cheng took Bronze at the Asian Games in 2014. In December 2015, Cheng made an Olympic A time (which guarantees a place) at the United States National Championships in 200 metre freestyle. She became one of three Hong Kong women to have ever made an A time.[3]