{"id":528411,"date":"2023-05-12T10:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=528411"},"modified":"2023-05-12T10:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:46:08","slug":"olympian-jamie-yeung-retires-from-swimming-with-legacy-of-never-giving-up-on-dreams-and-giving-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympian-jamie-yeung-retires-from-swimming-with-legacy-of-never-giving-up-on-dreams-and-giving-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympian Jamie Yeung Retires from Swimming With Legacy of Never Giving Up on Dreams, and Giving Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamie Yeung<\/strong> never gave up on her dream of making it to the Olympics.<\/p>\n

It was a dream many swimmers share.<\/p>\n

But for years, Yeung was so close, only to have that dream dashed.<\/p>\n

Yeung never gave up and after graduating from the University of Michigan, kept that dream alive in her native Hong Kong and qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n

On Friday, she announced her retirement from the sport.<\/p>\n

“To swimming, for making me who I am today, for gifting me with the amazing people I\u2019ve met, some of which I call best friends for life, for all the highs lows and in between, and for bringing me around the world, thank you,” Jamie Yeung wrote on social medial. “I will forever treasure the memories. Now I\u2019m really ready to make new ones.”<\/p>\n

She had plenty of great memories in the pool in all parts of the world.<\/p>\n

“Swimming is so much more than a sport to me,” Jamie Yeung told Swimming World<\/em> on Friday. “It has taught me life lessons that shapes who I am today. Today my friend asked me, ‘What\u2019s a small decision that turned out to be a big one?’ I immediately thought of swimming, how every small detail, being conscious of changing a bad habit every day, ultimate makes that difference at the end. Yet I would say, the greatest aspect of this sport is really the people. I\u2019ve been able to meet friends who endured the blood sweat and tears, and then the success, together. The connections I\u2019ve made with everyone I\u2019ve met at the pool is precious and opens up many opportunities you wouldn\u2019t even imagine.”<\/p>\n

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