Marita Cheng

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Marita Cheng
Born	Marita Cheng (1989-03-05) 5 March 1989^[1] Cairns, Queensland, Australia^[2]
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Ethnicity	Chinese
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Website
maritacheng.com

Marita Cheng (born 5 March 1989) is the founder of Robogals. She was named the 2012 Young Australian of the Year.^[3] She is currently the founder & CEO of 2Mar Robotics, a start-up robotics company.^[4]

References

↑ myRobogals - Profile - Marita Cheng
↑ Packham, Laura (26 January 2012). "Young Australian of the Year honour for Cairns girl Marita Cheng". The Cairns Post. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
↑ "Young Australian of the Year 2012". National Australia Day Council. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
↑ "2Mar Robotics - About". 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

Awards
Preceded by Jessica Watson	Young Australian of the Year 2012	Succeeded by Akram Azimi

Winners of the Young Australian of the Year Award

1979 Julie Sochacki
1980 Peter Hill
1981 Paul Radley
1982 Mark Ella
1983 Michael Waldock
1984 Jon Sieben
1985 Deahnne McIntyre
1986 Simone Young
1987 Marty Gauvin
1988 Duncan Armstrong
1989 Brendan Borellini
1990 Cathy Freeman
1991 Simon Fairweather
1992 Kieren Perkins
1993 no award
1994 Anna Bown
1995 Poppy King
1996 Rebecca Chambers
1997 Nova Peris
1998 Tan Le
1999 Bryan Gaensler
2000 Ian Thorpe
2001 James Fitzpatrick
2002 Scott Hocknull
2003 Lleyton Hewitt
2004 Hugh Evans
2005 Khoa Do
2006 Trisha Broadbridge
2007 Tania Major
2008 Casey Stoner
2009 Jonty Bush
2010 Mark Donaldson
2011 Jessica Watson
2012 Marita Cheng
2013 Akram Azimi
2014 Jacqueline Freney

Persondata
Name	Cheng, Marita
Alternative names
Short description	Australian roboticist
Date of birth	5 March 1989
Place of birth	Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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