Carwai Seto

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

Carwai Seto
Personal information
Born (1973-04-02) 2 April 1973
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sport
SportSwimming
Carwai Seto
Traditional Chinese司徒加慧
Hanyu PinyinSītú Jiāhuì
Yale RomanizationSītòuh Gāwaih

Seto was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her mother is Taiwanese, which made her eligible to compete for Taiwan.[2] Her swimming coach was fellow Nova Scotian Gary MacDonald.[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.[4] 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.[5] She entered Princeton University in 1991.[2] She later became a middle school math teacher.[6]

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Carwai Seto '95". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 92. 1991. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. Decoste, John (29 September 2017). "Gary MacDonald named as new Acadia swimming head coach". King County News. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. 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.
  5. 《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.
  6. "Our Faculty and Administration". Berkeley, California: Black Pine Circle. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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