Hayley Chan
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Full name | Hayley Victoria Chan Hei-man | ||||||||||||||||
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Born | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 10 January 1991||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||||
Class(es) | Sailboard | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Windsurfing Association of Hong Kong[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Coach | Chan Hai Shun[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hayley Victoria Chan Hei-man (Chinese: 陳晞文; born 10 January 1991 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong windsurfer, who specialised in Neil Pryde RS:X class.[1][2] She captured a silver medal in windsurfing at the 2010 Asian Games, and later represented Hong Kong at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Chan trains for the Windsurfing Association of Hong Kong under her personal coach Chan Hai Shun.[1] As of September 2013, Chan is ranked fourth in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation, following her successes at the One World Championships in Boracay, Philippines and at the World Championships in Buzios, Brazil.[3][needs update]
Chan made her official worldwide debut at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, where she captured a silver medal in the women's Mistral class with a net score of 21, trailing host nation's Wang Ning by eight points.[4]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Chan competed in the women's RS:X class after receiving a berth through her result at the World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[5] She narrowly missed a chance to sail for the medal race by seven points, finishing twelfth in a fleet of twenty-six sailors with a net score of 96 points.[6][7]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Hei Man Hayley Victoria Chan". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hayley Chan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Sports Digest: HK windsurfers look for Rio training site". South China Morning Post. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Sallay, Alvin (6 June 2012). "Hayley's Olympic dreams sunk". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Chan, Kin-wa (15 August 2012). "Chan says HKU to thank for gaining Olympics spot". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Simpson, Peter (7 August 2012). "Chan will take flight in medal chase". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Women's RS:X". London2012.com. LOCOG. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
External links[]
- Hei Man H V Chan at World Sailing
- Hei Man Hayley Victoria Chan at the International Olympic Committee
- Hei Man Hayley Victoria Chan at NBC 2012 Olympics website
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong female sailors (sport)
- Hong Kong windsurfers
- Olympic sailors of Hong Kong
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X
- Asian Games medalists in sailing
- Asian Games gold medalists for Hong Kong
- Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong
- Sailors at the 2010 Asian Games
- Sailors at the 2014 Asian Games
- Sailors at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X
- Asian yacht racing biography stubs
- Hong Kong sportspeople stubs