Marina Chan
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| Full name | Nur Marina Chan Si Min Alif Abdullah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Singaporean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 December 1997 Singapore |
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| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Gary Tan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marina Chan (born Nur Marina Chan Si Min Alif Abdullah on 24 December 1997) is a Singaporean freestyle and butterfly swimmer. Hailing from a prominent swimming family, Chan only took up the sport in her first year of high school. She has represented her country at the FINA World Cup, Asian Games, Asian Swimming Championships, Commonwealth Games, Youth Olympic Games and the Asian Youth Games with her aim win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Chan was first selected to represent her country at the Singaporean leg of the 2010 FINA Swimming World Cup where, aged just 12, she competed in four events. In July the following year, Chan set her first national under 17's record in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2011 ASEAN School Games and finished the year by competing at the Stockholm, Moscow, Berlin and Singapore legs of 2011 FINA Swimming World Cup.
In June 2012, Chan won first major medal at the inaugural Southeast Asian Swimming Championships in Singapore. Swimming alongside Koh Hui Yu, Amanda Lim and Teo Jing Wen, the foursome won gold and the set the first Championship record in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. Less than a month later, at the 2012 ASEAN School Games in Surabaya, Indonesia, Chan as part of the team that took out the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. Posting a time of 3:56.55, this shaved 0.69 seconds off the national under 17's record and narrowly missed Thailand's meet record of 3:56.14. Chan also finished with a bronze in the 800 metre freestyle, stopping the clock at 9:15.12.
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