Colin Cheng

Colin Cheng
Personal information
Native name 郑忻如
Full name Colin Cheng Xinru
Nationality  Singapore
Born (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989
Singapore
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)[1]
Sailing career
Class(es) Laser 4.7, Laser Standard
Coach Brett Beyer[2]
Medal record
Dinghy racing (Laser)
Representing  Singapore
World Championships
Hourtin 2006 Laser 4.7
Asian Games
2006 Doha Laser 4.7
2010 Guangzhou Men's Laser
2014 Incheon Men's Laser
Asian Championships
Bali 2008 Men's Laser
Updated on June 11, 2016.

Colin Cheng Xinru (Chinese: 郑忻如; pinyin: Zhèng Xīnrú; born 10 September 1989) is a Singaporean sailor.[1] He has been cited as "the top Asian sailor in the men’s laser standard class".[2]

Cheng has resided in New South Wales, Australia since 2010, where he has studied and trained at the University of New South Wales.[2] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's Laser class, finishing 15th of 49.[2] In 2015, he competed in the 2015 SEA Games.[3] In March-April 2016 he finished 13th in the Trofeo Princesa Sofia regatta in Spain and in May 2016 he finished 26th out of 112 in the Laser World Championships in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico.[3] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Colin Cheng". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cheng completes Singapore Sailing’s largest Olympic contingent". Today Online. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sailing: Colin Cheng gets second Olympic nod". Redsports.org. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
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