# Camille Cheng

Camille Cheng Lily-mei (Chinese: 鄭莉梅; born 9 May 1993) is a Hong Kong competitive swimmer.
She qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, and 4x100 metre medley relay.

## Early life, education and career

Born on 9 May 1993 in Hong Kong to a Taiwanese father Cheng Wong-ping and French mother Catherine. She speaks French, English and Mandarin. She went to French International School until the age of nine, when her family moved to Beijing for her father's engineering job. She attended the International School of Beijing.
She swam for the University of California, Berkeley, team under Olympic coach Teri McKeever and alongside the already Olympian medalist Sara Isaković. She became joint captain in her final year before graduating university with a degree in Psychology. Cheng took Bronze at the Asian Games in 2014. In December 2015, Cheng made an Olympic A time (which guarantees a place) at the United States National Championships in 200 metre freestyle. She became one of three Hong Kong women to have ever made an A time.

## Competition Rankings

| Year | Competition | Location | Ranking | Race |
| 2013 | Universiade | Kazan | 8th | 4 × 200 m freestyle |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Incheon | 7th | 200 m freestyle |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Incheon | 6th | 100 m freestyle |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Incheon | 3rd | 4 × 200 m freestyle |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Incheon | 3rd | 4 × 100 m freestyle |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championships | Gold Coast | 8th | 100 m freestyle |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championships | Gold Coast | 7th | 4 × 100 m freestyle |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championships | Gold Coast | 6th | 4 × 200 m freestyle |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championships | Gold Coast | 6th | 4 × 100 m 4 strokes |
| 2015 | World Championships | Kazan | 32nd | 100 m freestyle |
| 2016 | Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro | 44th | 50 m freestyle |
| 2016 | Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro | 24th | 100 m freestyle |
| 2016 | Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro | 29th | 200 m freestyle |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta | 5th | 100 m freestyle |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta | 6th | 200 m freestyle |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta | 3rd | 4 × 100 m freestyle |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta | 3rd | 4 × 200 m freestyle |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta | 2nd | 4 × 100 m women's 4 strokes |
| 2019 | World Championships | Gwangju | 10th | 4 × 100 m freestyle |
| 2019 | World Championships | Gwangju | 11th | 4 × 200 m freestyle |

## Personal bests

Long course 50 m :
| Race | Time | Location | Date |
| 50 m freestyle | 25 s 74 | TYR Pro Swim Series | 7 March 2020 |
| 100 m freestyle | 54 s 86 | Austin | 15 January 2016 |
| 200 m freestyle | 1 min 58 s 78 | Federal Way | 4 December 2015 |
| 400 m freestyle | 4 min 24 s 4 | Minneapolis | 13 November 2015 |
| 100 m freestyle (lap) | 54 s 37 | Rio de Janeiro | 12 August 2016 |
| 200 m freestyle (lap) | 2 min 00 s 85 | Jakarta | 21 August 2018 |
| 50 m butterfly | 28 s 74 | 2021-22 Div.1 Age Group LC Swimming Comp P2 | 30 May 2021 |
| 100 m butterfly | 1 min 02 s 94 | Los Angeles | 20 July 2014 |
Short course 25 m :
| Race | Time | Location | Date |
| 50 m freestyle | 25 s 68 | Hong Kong | 30 September 2017 |
| 100 m freestyle | 54 s 78 | Hong Kong | 1 October 2017 |
| 200 m freestyle | 2 min 00 s 09 | Hong Kong | 30 September 2017 |