Victoria Poon
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| Full name | Cheuk Yuen Victoria Poon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Canada
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October 12, 1984 Hong Kong |
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Piscines du Parc Olympique | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cheuk Yuen Victoria Poon (Chinese name 潘卓源) (born October 12, 1984) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who specialises in freestyle events. She was born in Hong Kong. She moved to Canada when she was 11 years old. She lives in the Lasalle borough of Montreal, Quebec. She is the current national record holder in the women's 50m freestyle swim race, with a time of 24.75s.
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 2006 Commonwealth Games, 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. At the 2008 Canadian Summer Open Nationals, she finished 3rd in the women's 50m freestyle event, behind Jennifer Carroll (2nd) and Jen Beckberger (1st).
Poon competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics 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 butterfly, of 26.71s, at the Canada Cup of swimming; besting the record set Shona Kitson in 2000 of 27.17s. At that time, Poon was coached by Benoît Lebrun, of the Club de natation des piscines du Parc olympique (CNPPO; literally, Olympic Park Swimming Pools Swim Club).
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.
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