Siobhán Haughey

Siobhán Bernadette Haughey (Chinese: 何詩蓓; pinyin: Hé Shībèi; born 31 October 1997) is a Hong Kong competitive swimmer. She became the first Hong Kong swimmer to win an Olympic medal and the first Hong Kong athlete to win two Olympic medals in any sport, after winning a sliver in the women's 200 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre freestyle during the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

Siobhán Haughey
何詩蓓
Personal information
Native name何詩蓓
Birth nameSiobhán Bernadette Haughey
National team Hong Kong
Born (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997[1]
Hong Kong
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubEnergy Standard International Swim Club
South China Athletic Association (南華體育會)
College teamUniversity of Michigan
Medal record
Representing  Hong Kong
Women's swimming
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo 100 m freestyle
2020 Tokyo 200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2021 Abu Dhabi200 m freestyle
Asian Games
2014 Incheon 4x100 m freestyle relay
2014 Incheon 4x200 m freestyle relay
2014 Incheon 4x100 m medley relay
East Asian Games
2013 Tianjin 200 m medley
2013 Tianjin 50 m freestyle
2013 Tianjin 100 m freestyle
2013 Tianjin 200 m freestyle
2013 Tianjin 4x100 m freestyle relay
2013 Tianjin 4x200 m freestyle relay
2013 Tianjin 4x100 m medley relay
Summer Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing 100 m freestyle
2014 Nanjing200 m medley
Universiade
2017 Taipei 100 m freestyle
2017 Taipei 200 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
2013 Dubai 100 m freestyle
2013 Dubai 50 m freestyle
Representing the Michigan Wolverines
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
NCAA Championships 0 4 4
Total 0 4 4
By race
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
100 y freestyle 0 0 1
200 y freestyle 0 1 1
4×50 y freestyle 0 1 0
4×100 y freestyle 0 1 0
4×200 y freestyle 0 1 1
4×100 y medley 0 0 1
Total 0 4 4
NCAA Championships
2018 Minneapolis 200 y freestyle
2018 Minneapolis 4x200 y freestyle
2019 Austin 4x50 y freestyle
2019 Austin 4x100 y freestyle
2017 Indianapolis 4x200 y freestyle
2019 Austin 100 y freestyle
2019 Austin 200 y freestyle
2019 Austin 4x100 y medley
Siobhán Haughey
Traditional Chinese何詩蓓
Simplified Chinese何诗蓓

Personal life

Haughey was born in Hong Kong on 31 October 1997, shortly after the handover of Hong Kong, to an Irish father, Darach, and a Hongkonger mother, Canjo. She was baptised a Catholic at St. Margaret’s Church. Her elder sister, Aisling, is also a swimmer and represented Hong Kong in amateur events.[3][4] Darach's father Seán was the brother of former Taoiseach of Ireland Charles Haughey.[5] Siobhan attended St. Paul's Primary Catholic School and St. Paul's Secondary School. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2019, majoring in psychology.[6]

Swimming career

Haughey won gold medal and broke the meet record in the 100 metre freestyle at the World Junior Championships in 2013, which was the first medalist from Hong Kong. In 2014, she gained another two silver medals in 100 metre freestyle and 200m individual medley at Youth Olympics, which again set history for the Hong Kong swimming team.

In 2016, she was named Swimmer of the Championships at the Big Ten Conference championships and helped lead the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving to claim the women's team title, the first time that university had done so since 2004.[7]

Back in 2015 Haughey qualified for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as the first Hongkonger to get an A-cut in Olympic qualification, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's 200 metre freestyle and 200 metre individual medley.[8] Haughey won heat #3 in the 200 metre freestyle at the Olympics. She finished in sixth place in semifinal 2 and did not advance to the finals, finishing 13th, which was the best ever result of Hong Kong swimmers at Olympics.

In 2017 Haughey participated in the World Aquatics Championships, and finished 5th in women's 200 metre freestyle, that marked the first time Hong Kong had a swimmer in a final at the long course World Championships meet. Few weeks later in Taipei Universiade, she won gold medal in both women's 100 metre freestyle and 200 metre freestyle.

In 2019 Haughey stepped up again in the World Aquatics Championships, raced her fastest time ever in women's 200 metre freestyle, producing a mark of 1:54.98 to fall just .2 shy of the podium, finishing 4th. As such, Haughey just became the first woman ever from hong Kong to hit a sub-1:55 200m free time. [9] Later at the International Swimming League, she continued her onslaught of the Hong Kong National Records in swimming, setting new Asian records in both 200 metre freestyle and 50 metre breaststroke.

Haughey represent Hong Kong again at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, in which she won silver in the women's 200 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre freestyle, becoming the first Hong Kong swimmer to win an Olympic medal and the first Hong Kong athlete to win two Olympic medals in any sport.[10][11][12]

Honours
  • Two-time winner of the Hong Kong Sports Stars Award (2017, 2019)
  • Two-time winner of the Hong Kong Junior Sports Stars Awards (2013, 2014)
  • Two-time SwimSwam Asian Female Swimmer of the Year (2019, 2020)
  • HKSAR Chief Executive's Commendation for Community Service (2017)
  • Big Ten Medal of Honor (2019)
  • 14-time CSCAA All-American (2016-19: 200-yard Freestyle; 2017-19: 800-yard Freestyle Relay; 2018-19: 100-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Freestyle Relay, 400-yard Freestyle Relay; 2019: 400-yard Medley Relay)
  • 11-time CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (2016-18: 200-yard IM; 2017-18: 400-yard Medley Relay; 2016-17: 100-yard Freestyle, 400-yard Freestyle Relay; 2016: 200-yard Freestyle Relay, 800-yard Freestyle Relay)
  • 15-time Big Ten champion (2016-19: 200-yard Freestyle; 2016, 2018-19: 400-yard Freestyle Relay; 2016-17, 2019: 800-yard Freestyle Relay; 2016, 2019: 100-yard Freestyle; 2016, 2018: 200-yard IM; 2019: 200-yard Freestyle Relay)
  • 2016 Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships
  • Four-time All-Big Ten (2016-19: First Team)
  • Two-time CSCAA Scholar All-American (2017-18)
  • Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2017-19)
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018)
  • Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2016-19)

References
  1. "Profile - HAUGHEY Siobhan Bernadette". 2014 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on 2014-09-26.
  2. "SOTY 2014: Last year's Student of the Year Sportsperson winner, Siobhan Haughey, continues making a splash". South China Morning Post. 2014-10-23.
  3. Sallay, Alvin (15 September 2013). "Hong Kong teen Haughey set to leave swimming world in her wake". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. Siu, Phila (6 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Swimmer Siobhan Haughey's journey to a silver medal". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. Porteous, James. "Hong Kong's record-breaking Olympic swimmer making waves in Ireland as they discover she is related to former prime minister". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 August 2016.; Walsh, Anne-Marie (10 November 2006). "Charles Haughey's brother Sean laid to rest". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. "Student Spotlight, Name: Siobhan Haughey". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 2021-07-31.
  7. Porteous, James. "Hong Kong Olympic swimming hopeful Siobhan Haughey the star as she leads Michigan to US college title". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  8. "Siobhan Haughey". rio2016.com. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  9. "Siobhan Haughey stamps her class becoming double Olympic medalist, sets up another Asian mark". SwimSwam. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 31 Aug 2021.
  10. "Siobhan Haughey Qualifies for 2020 Olympics, 2019 World Championships at Hong Kong's 62nd Festival of Sport". Swimming World News. 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  11. "Tokyo Olympics: Haughey's silver makes 2020 Hong Kong's most successful Games ever". South China Morning Post. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  12. "Siobhan Haughey stamps her class becoming double Olympic medalist, sets up another Asian mark". The Standard. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  13. ""Hong Kong's star swimmer Siobhan Haughey shares her secrets to her Olympic success"". SCMP. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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