Name Derick Ng Chun-nam School St Joseph's College Grade Form Five Sport Swimming
Achievements Derick, 16, is a member of Hong Kong's swimming team. He is a rising star and holds four Hong Kong records.
Last year, he represented Hong Kong in a number of overseas competitions, including the Asian Youth Games in Singapore, Eighth Asian Swimming Championship in Foshan and the Sixth Asian Age Group Swimming Championship in Tokyo. He came away with four gold, three silver and two bronze medals from these events.
He won four gold medals at the Schools Interport Swimming Championships in Xiamen last month.
He also won three gold medals at the 2009/2010 Division One Inter-school Swimming Championships. As part of Hong Kong's 100-metre relay team at the East Asian Games last year, he collected a bronze.
Soundbite 'At the inter-school competition in 2008, my school finished just one point behind title holders Diocesan Boys' School. I hugged my mum and cried at the pool when I knew the results. I hope my school can break Diocesan Boys' School's dominance over the past decade. As a team captain this year, I need to accomplish this tough mission,' Derick says. 'I set my first Hong Kong record [men's 100m butterfly] when I was 15. The previous record holder held it for more than 16 years. My schoolmate later broke my record so I'm waiting for a chance to get it back. Our team went to Hawaii for a training camp this summer. But I suffered food poisoning after eating some oysters. But with treatment I was better after one day.'
