Personal information | |
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Full name | Kieran Chan |
National team | Papua New Guinea |
Born |
Boroko, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
29 December 1984
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
Club | Boroko Swim Club |
Kieran Chan (born December 29, 1984) is a Papua New Guinean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Chan competed for Papua New Guinea in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:14.40. He participated in heat one against two other swimmers Antonio Leon of Paraguay and Joe Atuhaire of Uganda. Diving in with a 0.95-second deficit, Chan enjoyed the race of his life to take only a second seed in a lifetime best of 1:13.34. Chan failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-third overall on the first day of prelims.