Fenella Ng

Fenella Ng Gar-loc (吳家樂; born 25 July 1968) is a Hong Kong swimmer and rower. She competed as a swimmer at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics and as a rower at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ng.
Fenella Ng
Personal information
Born (1968-07-25) 25 July 1968
Sport
SportSwimming

Ng is of Chinese and British descent.[2] She took up swimming at an early age.[3] She trained at the Mantas Swimming Club along with Hung Cee Kay.[4] In swimming at the 1986 Asian Games, she won bronze in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with Hung, Fu Mui, and Lee Sau-mei.[5] She studied chemical engineering at the University of Leeds. Following her return to Hong Kong in 1993, for her final appearance as a swimmer at the Asian Games in 1994, she won silver in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. After a break from sport, in 1995 she took up rowing.[3] She represented Hong Kong in that sport at the 1998 Asian Games,[6] and in 2000 became the first Hong Kong athlete to compete in two different sports at the Olympics.[3] The following year, she retired from competition.[7] She co-founded the Hong Kong Triathlon Association in 2008 with fellow Olympians Annemarie Munk and Michael Tse (謝家德). By 2013, it had grown to 2,500 members.[8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fenella Ng Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. "香港三項鐵人總會執行委員新任命副會長及秘書" [New Vice President and Secretary of Hong Kong Triathlon Association Executive Committee]. Hong Kong Triathlon Association. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. Sallay, Alvin (14 September 2000). "Different strokes". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. Sallay, Alvin (17 May 2015). "Harry Wright's Mantas Swimming Club celebrates 40 years of churning out Hong Kong champions". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  5. "1986年漢城 ( 亞洲運動會 )". Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 6 January 2018. "1986 Seoul ( Asian Games )". Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  6. Woollard, Rob (20 December 1998). "Ng takes home matching silverware". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  7. "吳家樂年尾別體壇" [Ng Gar-loc to depart from sporting world at year-end]. Wen Wei Po. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  8. Jacqueline, Rachel (20 August 2013). "Lead: Hong Kong's triathlon scene". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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