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Full name | Toto Wong Kwan-to | |||||||||||
Born | 15 November 1999 | |||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
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Toto Wong Kwan-to (born 15 November 1999) is a Hong Kong swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. [1] [2]
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