Cheuk Yuen Victoria Poon (Chinese name 潘卓源)[1] (born October 12, 1984) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who specialises in freestyle events. She was born in Hong Kong.[2] She moved to Canada when she was 11 years old.[3] She lives in the LaSalle borough[4] of Montreal, Quebec.[5] She is the former national record holder in the women's 50m freestyle, with a time of 24.75s.[6]
In the April 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials, Poon lowered her Canadian record for women's 50-metre freestyle to 25.47 seconds, which she has set in 2005.[7] At the 2008 Canadian Summer Open Nationals, she finished 3rd in the women's 50m freestyle event, behind Jennifer Carroll (2nd) and Jen Beckberger (1st).[8]
At the 2010 Canada Cup of Swimming, short course, Poon won gold for the women's 100-metre freestyle, and 50-metre butterfly. At the time, she was also the Canadian national record holder for those two events.[11]
At the 2010 World Swimming Championships, short course, Poon set and then bettered the Canadian national record for women's 100-metre freestyle. She set a new record on 16 December 2010 of 52.76 seconds in the semi-finals. On December 17, 2010, in the finals, she reset it to 52.51 seconds, and managed to finish fifth.[12] In the 50m freestyle, she lowered her own Canadian record to 29.14s. She ended with a 7th-place ranking.[3]
In the March 2011 Canadian World Championship Trials, Poon finished second, behind Julia Wilkinson, in the women's 100m freestyle race.[13]