Name Lui Chun-yin School La Salle College Grade Form Seven Sport Swimming
Achievements Chun-yin, 18, is captain of La Salle College's swimming team, which came third in the Inter-School Swimming Championships last year. He has won more than 10 medals in the past six years.
He represented Hong Kong at the 2008/2009 Interport Swimming Championships and won a gold medal in the boys' 50m butterfly. At the 2008 Olympic Games time trial in Hong Kong, he grabbed a gold and a bronze.
Soundbite 'Although I am not a Hong Kong team member right now, I train with them on Tuesdays and Fridays at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. That, along with training at my club, keeps me in the best shape,' says Chun-yin.
'I have an enormous sense of belonging to my school. We call it the 'Spirit of La Salle'. That is the source of the motivation that has helped me win in the past six years. I won two inter-school swimming championship gold medals when I was in Form Four. I am not the fastest swimmer in town, but I always push myself to improve and be the top challenger.
'In this year's inter-school championships 50m butterfly, my goal is to get at least a silver medal. I did quite well in the heats and advanced to the final [to be held this Friday]. My timing in the heats was 26.71 seconds while my best personal time is 26.21 seconds, so there is room for improvement.
