Hsieh Shu-ting

Hsieh Shu-ting (Chinese: 謝淑婷; born January 2, 1981) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1] She represented Chinese Taipei in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and later captured a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (8:18.92) at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.[2]

Hsieh Shu-ting
Personal information
Full nameHsieh Shu-ting
National team Chinese Taipei
Born (1981-01-02) 2 January 1981
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xie.
Hsieh Shu-ting
Traditional Chinese謝淑婷
Simplified Chinese谢淑婷

Hsieh made her first Chinese Taipei team, as a 15-year-old teen, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She failed to reach the top 16 final in the 100 m butterfly, finishing in thirty-seventh place at 1:04.39.[3] A member of the Chinese Taipei squad, she placed nineteenth in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (8:27.61), and twenty-fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay (4:38.90).[4][5]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Hsieh drastically shortened her program on her second Olympic appearance, swimming only in the 100 m butterfly. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:03.25 from the National University Games in Taipei.[6] Swimming in heat two, she pulled away from the rest of the field by more than half a second (0.50) to a top seed, from start to finish, in a sterling time of 1:03.52. Hsieh's effortless triumph was not enough to put her through to the semifinals, as she placed forty-first overall on the first day of prelims.[7][8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hsieh Shu-ting". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  2. "泳壇姊妹花換跑道 謝淑婷 謝淑姿投身運動產業" [Swimming sisters Hsieh Shu-ting and Shu-tzu changed careers to join in the sports industry] (in Chinese). Liberty Times. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  5. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. "Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  8. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

Notes
  1. "Shú" is the pronunciation of the character "淑" in the Republic of China area, including Taiwan. In Mainland China this character would be pronounced "shū"
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