South China Athletic Association names outdoor water sports centre after Siobhan Haughey
The 4-time Olympic medallist and world champion learned to swim at its pool in Causeway Bay and competes for the SCAA in local competitions
The South China Athletic Association (SCAA) has announced that it will name its new outdoor water sports centre after Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong’s most decorated athlete.
The South China Athletic Association Siobhan Haughey Aquatic Centre will be unveiled on Wednesday.
Haughey, who has won four Olympic medals and four world championship golds during her career, learned to swim at the SCAA’s swimming pool in Causeway Bay and still competes for the association in local competitions in Hong Kong.
“The South China Athletic Association [SCAA] will officially name its newly completed outdoor water sports centre in honour of Ms Siobhan Haughey, recognising her outstanding achievements at the Olympic Games and her significant swimming achievements over her illustrious career,” a spokesman for the association said.
Haughey was the first Hong Kong swimmer to win an Olympic medal when she won silver in the women’s 100 metres and 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. At this year’s Paris Games, she won bronze in both events.
On Thursday, Haughey and Olympic gold medal-winning fencer Vivian Kong Man-wai became ambassadors for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation following the launch of its Hong Kong office this week.
“I’m excited and honoured to join the Laureus movement and I can’t wait to make a real difference to the programmes we support here in Hong Kong,” Haughey said. “This place is unique and growing up in Hong Kong, sport was always at the centre of my world.
