Name: Tiffany Chan
Country: Hong Kong
Event: Women's Golf
Tiffany Chan is one of three Trojans in the women's golf tournament at the Rio Olympics and the only one still in school. The rising senior picked up second team All-American honors in her first season at USC after transferring from Daytona State College.
Chan is one of only three amateurs to qualify among the 120 men and women golfers who will take part in Rio 2016. She boosted her resume by collecting wins at the Future Open in Taiwan and the Hong Kong Ladies Open.
As proud as the Trojan Family is to have Chan at the Olympics, she is an even bigger story back in Hong Kong, where they are trying to grow the game of golf. Mark Chan (no relation), the Hong Kong Golf Association president, called her "greatest thing ever to happen to Hong Kong golf."
Anyone who thinks golf is a niche sport in Hong Kong should look at this image. It's leading the news. @OlympicGolf pic.twitter.com/tYpb70LIxm
-- Alex Jenkins (@alexjenkins88) July 19, 2016
On a personal level, Tiffany Chan is most appreciative to have parents who let her pursue this dream.
"They tried not to force me into studying to be a doctor or any professional career and it ended up I chose golf as a hobby and ended up telling them when in college that I might want to play golf as a career," she told reporters. "They've been big supporters of my journey, they never say a word that I shouldn't be an athlete, and I'm really thankful and grateful that I have parents like them."
