Name Yvette Kong Man-yi School American International Grade 11 Sport Swimming
Achievements Yvette, 17, is a member of the Hong Kong swimming team. She holds 13 Hong Kong long-pool and short-pool records. She won silver in the 4x100 metres medley relay at last year's East Asian Games.
She also won a silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Swimming Championships on the mainland last year. At last year's third Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam, she won five golds and one silver medal.
Yvette was awarded a Zespri Outstanding Junior Athlete Award this year.
How she qualified 'A series of qualifying competitions for the Youth Olympic Games [YOG] started in March last year. [Planned by the International Olympic Committee, the first ever YOG will be held in Singapore in August.] I met the YOG qualifying standard at the first competition in Australia, and kept it up in other competitions. I also broke some Hong Kong records in these competitions,' says Yvette.
'Originally, four swimmers were the lucky ones to represent our city at YOG. But now only two of us can go, as the organising committee cut the quota by half. I am glad I can still continue my YOG trip.'