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(Introduce An Athlete - Siobhan Haughey)

Write an article to introduce Siobhan Haughey, an athlete in Hong

Kong,. Follow the guidelines and write about 150 words.

When did it
happen?

Appearance

Early life
Background
information

Siobhan Daily / Training

Haughey routine

What can we
learn from her? Achievement/
awards

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Siobhan Haughey
Age: 23
Born: 31 October, 1997 (Hong Kong)
Dad: from Ireland
Parents:
Mum: from Hong Kong
Height: 1.78m
Sibling: One elder sister (called Aisling)
Appearance: eyes? hair? figure?
Job: Swimmer
• 4 years old: started swimming (because his elder sister
joined a swim club and her parents thought it would be an
important skill to learn)
• attended St. Paul's Primary Catholic School and St. Paul's
Secondary School.
• took part in some junior international races like World
Early life:
Junior Championships and the Youth Olympics; got good
results
• went to the US to study
and graduated from
the University of Michigan in
2019, majoring in psychology
Daily • train with her small group of six from Monday to Saturday
Routine/ • go to the gym to lift three times a week
Training • do some land training like yoga classes

• two-time winner of the Hong Kong

Sports Stars Award (2017, 2019)
• set new Asian records in both 200
Awards:
metre freestyle and 50 metre
breaststroke at the International
Swimming League

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• 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

Silver – 100 m freestyle
Silver – 200 m freestyle
(the first Hong Kong swimmer to win an Olympic medal)
• Focused, disciplined

‘When I was in secondary school, we

had morning swimming training at
5.15am, so on an average day I'd
wake up at 4.45am, walk to the pool
and train until 7am. Then, I'd
quickly rush home, shower, eat
breakfast and go to school from
around 8am to 4pm.’

Personalities • Positive, optimistic

‘Once I have a goal in mind, I don’t

give up very easily and do
everything I can to achieve it. On
the other hand, even if I don’t
achieve it, I’m a very positive and
optimistic person. I know that as
long as I tried my best, that it’s ok
if I don’t make it.’

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Vocabulary / Phrases:

famous/well-known successful professional award-winning

著名的 成功的 swimmer 專業泳⼿ 獲獎的
personality achievement Eurasian cheerful
性格 成就 歐亞混⾎的 開⼼的

perseverant focused disciplined determined

有毅⼒的 集中的 有紀律的 有決⼼的
diligent positive optimistic rigorous training
⽤功的 正⾯的 樂觀的 嚴格的訓練

Sentence Patterns:

• Siobhan Haughey is one of the most well-known athletes in Hong

Kong

• Her outstanding performance and achievement has made her a

household name around the world.

• She has learnt swimming for _____ years/ since______.

• Her fame and success didn’t come overnight. She needs to undergo

long hours of rigorous training every day so that she can _______.

• Her _______ personality is admirable.

• She is not only _______, but also _______.

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Checklist:

Before you hand in your writing, have you Ö/X

1. Used the correct tenses?
2. Used good adjectives? (e.g. well-known)
3. Used connectives ? (e.g. so / so that /
because / either…or/ neither…nor)
4. Written in paragraphs?

Content Language Organization Spelling Tidiness Total

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