Carwai Seto

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Carwai Seto
Personal information
Born (1973-04-02) 2 April 1973 (age 51)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 司徒加慧
Hanyu Pinyin Sītú Jiāhuì
Yale Romanization Sītòuh Gāwaih
Sport
Sport Swimming

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

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Swimming

Seto was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her mother is Taiwanese, which made her eligible to compete for Taiwan. [3] Her swimming coach was fellow Nova Scotian Gary MacDonald. [4]

Seto competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1990 Asian Games. [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. [5] 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. [6]

Subsequent career

Seto entered Princeton University in 1991. [3] She subsequently received a Master of Education from Lesley University in Massachusetts, and taught math and science at various elementary and middle schools in Massachusetts, Maryland, and California. In 2013, she joined the faculty of Black Pine Circle (Upper) School in Berkeley, California, where she teaches math. [7]

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References

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  5. 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.
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