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Rio 2016 Olympic Calympian: Yvette Kong, Women's swimming, Hong Kong

Sport: Women's swimming (100 Breast, 200 Breast, 4x100 medley relay)

Country: Hong Kong

Birthday: January 18th, 1993 (age 23)

Hometown: Born in Toronto, Canada; grew up in Hong Kong; graduated high school in Ojai, California

Years at Cal: 2011-2015

Olympic appearances: 2016 Rio will be Yvette's 1st Olympic; she was expected to qualify for both 2008 Beijing and 2012 London but fell just short (by 0.01 second in 2012)

Cal Achievements:

During her time in Berkeley, Yvette Kong was a member of two Cal women's swimming and diving NCAA team champions in 2012 and 2015, her freshman and senior seasons.