Hayley Chan
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| Full name | Hayley Victoria Chan Hei Man | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| Born |
10 January 1991 Hong Kong, Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| 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 (also Chan Hei Man, Chinese: 陳晞文; pinyin: Chén Xīwén; born January 10, 1991 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong windsurfer, who specialized 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 has been currently training 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]
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 by receiving a berth from the World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[5] She narrowly missed a chance to sail for the medal race from the ten-round opening series by seven points, finishing twelfth in a fleet of twenty-six sailors with a net score of 96 points.[6][7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Hayley Chan". London 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ "Hayley Chan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 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". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.