Siobhan Haughey’s Olympic swimsuit sells at auction for more than Phelps’ Speedos
HK$180,000 bid buys Arena swimsuit and team cap Haughey wore to earn Hong Kong’s first Olympic medal in swimming
The swimsuit and cap worn by Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey when she made history at the Tokyo Olympics have sold at auction for a huge sum, it has been revealed.
Haughey is this weekend poised to make her return to the pool after a three-month break, in Hong Kong’s Long Course Swimming Time Trial.
But her old kit has continued to notch up achievements for the 27-year-old during her time out, selling at Splash Foundation’s 10th anniversary gala for a sum higher than that fetched elsewhere by the Olympic trunks of the great Michael Phelps.
A winning bidder last month paid HK$180,000 (US$23,210) for the Arena Bishamon Carbon Glide suit and Hong Kong team cap worn by Haughey in Tokyo when she claimed the city’s first Olympic medal in swimming, storming to silver in the 200 metres freestyle on July 28, 2021.
She went on to add silver in the 100m freestyle in Tokyo, then bronze in both events in the Paris Games last year.