Carwai Seto

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Carwai Seto
Personal information
Born (1973-04-02) 2 April 1973 (age 48)
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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Olympic 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]

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 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

  1. "Carwai SETO | Olympics.com". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "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.
  3. 1 2 Williams, Jesse Lynch; Norris, Edwin Mark (1991). "Carwai Seto '95". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 92. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. Decoste, John (29 September 2017). "Gary MacDonald named as new Acadia swimming head coach". King County News. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  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.
  6. 《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.
  7. "Carwai Seto". Berkeley, California: Black Pine Circle. Retrieved 7 December 2017.