Nicolette Teo Wei Min (Teo Wei-min, simplified Chinese: 张维敏; traditional Chinese: 張維敏; pinyin: Zhāng Wéimǐn; born 19 April 1986) is a Singaporean swimmer who specializes in breaststroke.
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Full name | Nicolette Teo Wei Min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Singapore | 19 April 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 100 Breast - 1:02.17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 18 December 2006 |
High school
editNicolette was a former student at Methodist Girls' School in Singapore. Nicolette represented Mission Viejo High School in the California Interscholastic Federation's swimming tournament. She finished second in the 100 yard Breast clocking in a time of 1:02.17 and finished 4th in the 200 yard IM event with the time of 2:04:79. She also topped the long course times for the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.
College
editTeo swam for the University of California, Los Angeles. Nicolette earned All-American honors at the NCAA Championships as a member of the 400 m Medley Relay team that placed 13th. She also placed 22nd and 29th in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events respectively in the same tournament. In 2005, Nicolette represented Singapore in the World Championships in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.[1]
Competitions
editNicolette represented Singapore in the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. She participated in the 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 Southeast Asian Games as well as the 2002 and 2006 Asian Games.
SEA Games
editGold (9):
- 200 Breaststroke (1999) 2:36.27
- 100 Breaststroke (2001) 1:12.64
- 4x100 Freestyle Relay (2003) 3:54.47
- 4x100 Medley Relay (2003) 4:20.49
- 200 Breaststroke (2005) 2:34.56
- 4x100 Medley Relay (2005) 4:14.49
- 100 Breaststroke (2007) 1:10.15
- 200 Breaststroke (2007) 2:31.96
- 4x100 Medley Relay (2007) 4:13.18
Silver (7):
- 200 Breaststroke (2001) 2:35.01
- 4x100 Freestyle Relay (2001) 3:54.75
- 4x100 Medley Relay (2001) 4:23.41
- 100 Breaststroke (2003) 1:13.67
- 200 Breaststroke (2003) 2:36.36
- 100 Breaststroke (2005) 1:11.80
- 200 IM (2005) 2:22.86
Bronze (1):
- 200 IM (2003) 2:22.85
National records
edit100 Breaststroke: 1:10.15 (2007)
200 Breaststroke: 2:31.96 (2007)
References
edit- ^ "UCLA Bruins, Athlete Site". Archived from the original on 30 October 2006.
External links
edit- Nicolette Teo at World Aquatics
- Nicolette Teo at Olympics.com
- Nicolette Teo at Olympedia
- Nicolette Teo at the Singapore National Olympic Council
- Nicolette Teo at the Singapore National Olympic Council
- Nicolette Teo at Olympics.com
- Nicolette Teo at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)