Season 2015/16
UM Swimming Team Won 12 Gold Medals and Broke 5 Records in Macao University Swimming Championship
The 22nd Macao University Swimming Championship was held in Macau Taipa Olympic Swimming Pool on the 9th and 16th of January 2016.
Three higher education institutes participated in this event: University of Macau, Macao Polytechnic Institute and Institute for Tourism Studies. After two days of exciting competition, UM completed the championship with 12 gold medal, 10 silvers and 8 bronzes in 10 individual and 3 relay events. We also broke 5 records of the championship.
18 swimmers represented the UM Team in this competition. CHAO MAN HOU (FSS - Year 2 Student) won two record-breaking gold medals in Men 50-meter Freestyle and 50-meter Breaststroke. TAN CHI YAN (FSS - Year 3 Student) and LEI ON KEI (FED - Postgraduate Student) also won a record-breaking gold medal respectively in Women 50-meter Butterfly and Women 100-meter Breaststroke. In addition, the two ladies formed a relay team with CHOI WENG TONG (FED - Year 2 Student) and LI BOJIE (MCMC/FSS - Year 1 Student) won another record-breaking gold medal in Women 4 x 50-meter Freestyle Relay.
The 22nd Macao University Swimming Championship was held in Macau Taipa Olympic Swimming Pool on the 9th and 16th of January 2016.
Three higher education institutes participated in this event: University of Macau, Macao Polytechnic Institute and Institute for Tourism Studies. After two days of exciting competition, UM completed the championship with 12 gold medal, 10 silvers and 8 bronzes in 10 individual and 3 relay events. We also broke 5 records of the championship.
18 swimmers represented the UM Team in this competition. CHAO MAN HOU (FSS - Year 2 Student) won two record-breaking gold medals in Men 50-meter Freestyle and 50-meter Breaststroke. TAN CHI YAN (FSS - Year 3 Student) and LEI ON KEI (FED - Postgraduate Student) also won a record-breaking gold medal respectively in Women 50-meter Butterfly and Women 100-meter Breaststroke. In addition, the two ladies formed a relay team with CHOI WENG TONG (FED - Year 2 Student) and LI BOJIE (MCMC/FSS - Year 1 Student) won another record-breaking gold medal in Women 4 x 50-meter Freestyle Relay.