Cheuk Yuen Victoria Poon (Chinese name 潘卓源) (born October 12, 1984) is a

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competitive

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who specialises in freestyle events. She was born in

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. She moved to Canada when she was 11 years old. She lives in the LaSalle borough of

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. Le Journal de Montreal
"Victoria Poon se qualifie pour les demi-finales au 50 mètres style libre"
QMI, August 3, 2012 She is the former national record holder in the women's 50m freestyle, with a time of 24.75s.

Career

Poon's long time swim club has been the Club de natation Calac de LaSalle. In 2005, Poon set the Canadian national record for women's 50-metre freestyle, at 25.52 seconds. Poon competed at the

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, and won a bronze with the Canadian team in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay. In the April 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials, Poon lowered her Canadian record for women's 50-metre freestyle to 25.47 seconds, which she has set in 2005. Swimming World
"Canadian Trials: Three National Records Set on Final Night"
April 6, 2008 At the 2008 Canadian Summer Open Nationals, she finished 3rd in the women's 50m freestyle event, behind

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(2nd) and

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(1st). Poon competed at the

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and finished 30th in the women's 50-metre freestyle event. In 2009, Poon set the women's 50-metre freestyle Canadian record at 24.75 seconds. On 19 June 2009, Poon set a new Canadian record for the women's 50m

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, of 26.71s, at the Canada Cup of swimming; besting the record set

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in 2000 of 27.17s. At that time, Poon was coached by

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, of the

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(CNPPO; literally, ''Olympic Park Swimming Pools Swim Club''). La Presse (Montreal)
"Victoria Poon bat le record canadien au 50 m papillon"
Canadian Press, June 19, 2009 At the 2010 Canada Cup of Swimming, short course, Poon won gold for the women's 100-metre freestyle, and 50-metre butterfly. At the time, she was also the Canadian national record holder for those two events. At the 2010 World Swimming Championships, short course, Poon set and then bettered the Canadian national record for women's 100-metre freestyle. She set a new record on 16 December 2010 of 52.76 seconds in the semi-finals. On December 17, 2010, in the finals, she reset it to 52.51 seconds, and managed to finish fifth. La Presse (Montreal)
"Victoria Poon améliore son record canadien au 100 m libre"
Canadian Press, December 17, 2010 In the 50m freestyle, she lowered her own Canadian record to 29.14s. She ended with a 7th-place ranking. Le Messager Lasalle
"Victoria Poon s'illustre aux championnats du monde à Dubaï"
Pierre Boulanger, December 20, 2010 In the March 2011 Canadian World Championship Trials, Poon finished second, behind

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, in the women's 100m freestyle race. Swimming World
"Canadian World Championship Trials: Jillian Tyler, Brent Hayden Perform Well "
March 31, 2011 Poon competed at the

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and finished 16th in the women's 50-metre freestyle event. La Presse (Montreal)
"Victoria Poon, 16e : «Donne-moi la varicelle et je pourrais nager plus vite que ça»"
Simon Drouin, August 4, 2012

Personal bests

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poon, Victoria 1984 births Living people Canadian female freestyle swimmers Hong Kong emigrants to Canada Olympic swimmers of Canada People from LaSalle, Quebec Swimmers from Montreal Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming

Career

Personal bests

See also

References