Yvette Kong
Yvette Kong

Player Profile
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Hong Kong
High School:
Laurel Springs HS (Ojai, Calif.)
Height:
5-9
Event:
Breaststroke
Birthdate:
01/18/1993
Experience:
HS

03/17/2012

Cal Repeats as NCAA Champion

Rowell Takes 5th on Platform to Clinch the Title and Leverenz Wins the 200 Breaststroke

03/16/2012

Cal Wins Three More, Stays in First at NCAAs

Tran Repeats in 100 Back, Isakovic Claims 100 Fly and Bears Repeat in the 200-Yard Medley Relay

02/25/2012

Cal Captures Inaugural Pac-12 Championship

Stellar Night - With Wins by Jensen and Leverenz - Culminates in Second Conference Title in Four Seasons

02/24/2012

Historic Night Propels Cal to Lead at Pac-12s

Cal Swims NCAA/U.S. Open Record in the 400-Medley Relay and Three Individual Wins

12/04/2011

No. 2 Cal Takes 2nd as Leverenz Shines in Athens

Junior Wins Two More and Coughlin Sets American Record as Georgia Fall Invitational Ends

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB SUCCESS
• Named the HKBOC Bauhinia Bowl Outstanding Female Swimmer of the Year (2006-07, 2008-09).

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS
• Ranked 22nd in the world in the short-course 100-meter breaststroke during the 2009-10 season.
• In the 2009 East Asian Games, won a silver medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay with Hong Kong teammates Stephanie Au, a current Cal teammate, and Hannah Wilson, a former Bear.
• Took bronze in the 100-meter breaststroke in the 2009 Asian Swimming Championships.
• As of Sept. 14, 2011, held all Hong Kong women's long-course and short-course breaststroke records.

PERSONAL
• Undeclared major.
• Parents are Vivian Chu and Stephen Kong.
• Born on Jan. 18, 1993, in Toronto, Canada.

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