Fenella Ng
Personal information
NationalityHong Konger
Born (1968-07-25) 25 July 1968
Sport
SportSwimming

Fenella Ng Gar-loc (吳家樂; born 25 July 1968) is a Hong Kong swimmer and rower. She competed as a swimmer at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics and as a rower at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Ng is of Chinese and British descent.[2] She took up swimming at an early age.[3] She trained at the Mantas Swimming Club along with Hung Cee Kay.[4] In swimming at the 1986 Asian Games, she won bronze in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with Hung, Fu Mui, and Lee Sau-mei.[5] She studied chemical engineering at the University of Leeds. Following her return to Hong Kong in 1993, for her final appearance as a swimmer at the Asian Games in 1994, she won silver in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. After a break from sport, in 1995 she took up rowing.[3] She represented Hong Kong in that sport at the 1998 Asian Games,[6] and in 2000 became the first Hong Kong athlete to compete in two different sports at the Olympics.[3] The following year, she retired from competition.[7] She co-founded the Tritons Triathlon Club in 2008 with fellow Olympians Annemarie Munk and Michael Tse (謝家德). Fenella also served as President of the Hong Kong Triathlon Association which grew to 2,500 members.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fenella Ng Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "香港三項鐵人總會執行委員新任命副會長及秘書" [New Vice President and Secretary of Hong Kong Triathlon Association Executive Committee]. Hong Kong Triathlon Association. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Sallay, Alvin (14 September 2000). "Different strokes". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Sallay, Alvin (17 May 2015). "Harry Wright's Mantas Swimming Club celebrates 40 years of churning out Hong Kong champions". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "1986年漢城 ( 亞洲運動會 )". Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 6 January 2018. "1986 Seoul ( Asian Games )". Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Woollard, Rob (20 December 1998). "Ng takes home matching silverware". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "吳家樂年尾別體壇" [Ng Gar-loc to depart from sporting world at year-end]. Wen Wei Po. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Jacqueline, Rachel (20 August 2013). "Lead: Hong Kong's triathlon scene". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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