| Matthew Kwok | |
| Fullname: | Matthew Kwok Hon-ming |
| Strokes: | Breaststroke |
| Coach: | Sam Freas (U.S.) |
| Collegeteam: | University of Hawaiʻi (U.S.) |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Laguna Hills, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 1.80NaN0 |
| Weight: | 720NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Matthew Kwok Hon-ming (also Kwok Hon-ming, ; born April 18, 1979) is a Hong Kong former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2000), and a member of the University of Hawaiʻi swimming and diving team under head coach Sam Freas.[2] He also holds numerous Hong Kong records in the 100 m breaststroke, and retains a dual resident status to compete internationally for his father's homeland. Kwok is also a younger brother of Olympic swimmer and Asian Games bronze medalist Mark Kwok.
Kwok competed only in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He posted a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:05.29 from the Hong Kong Long Course Championships.[3] [4] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Namibia's three-time Olympian Jorg Lindemeier. He posted a lifetime best of 1:05.28 to pick up a fifth seed by three hundredths of a second (0.03) behind Lindemeier. Kwok failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fiftieth overall on the first day of prelims.[4] [5] [6]