Yvette Kong Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Site

Yvette Kong Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Site

04/12/2013

13 Bears Earn Pac-12 Academic Honors

Mims and Piehl Earn Second-Team Conference Selection

03/01/2013

Freshmen Bootsma, Acker Win at Pac-12s

Cal Moves to Third as Bootsma Takes the 100-Back Title and Acker Wins the 200 Free

02/02/2013

No. 7 Cal Swims Past No. 12 UCLA, 165-135

Six Different Bears - Including Leverenz in the 400 IM - Win Individual Events

01/26/2013

Bootsma, Leverenz Lead Cal to 177-121 Win at ASU

Leverenz and Bootsma Each Wins 4 Total Events for the No. 3 Bears

12/01/2012

No. 2 Cal Wins 3 More Events in Athens

Bears Remain in Second Place After Day 2 in the Georgia Fall Invite

CAL SUCCESS
• Finished 19th in the 100-yard breaststroke at the 2012 NCAA Championships with a time of 1:00.34.
• Placed 46th in the 200 breaststroke at 2012 NCAAs with a time of 2:14.20.
• Took 10th in the 100 breaststroke at the 2012 Pac-12 Championships with a time of 1:01.35.
• Placed 16th in the 200 breaststroke at 2012 Pac-12s with a time of 2:16.89.
• Finished 37th in the 200 IM at 2012 Pac-12s with a time of 2:06.60.

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.

  Yvette Kong
Yvette Kong
Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Hong Kong, China

High School:
Laurel Springs HS (Ojai, Calif.)

Height:
5-9

Event:
Breaststroke

Birthdate:
01/18/1993

Experience:
1V