Xu Yuan Zhen

Xu Yuan Zhen (born 25 April 1985) is a Singaporean former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy (470) class.[1] Together with his partner Terence Koh, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a distant twenty-second place.[2] Outside his Olympic career, he and Koh gave the Singaporeans a sterling silver medal in the men's 470 at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[3] A member of the Singapore Sailing Federation, Xu trained for the Games under the tutelage of Australian-born head coach Craig Ferris.

Xu Yuan Zhen
Personal information
Full nameXu Yuan Zhen
Nickname(s)XYZ
Nationality Singapore
Born (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985
Singapore
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubNational Optimist Sailing Scheme
CoachCraig Ferris (AUS)
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing Singapore
Asian Games
2006 Doha 470
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

Xu competed for the Singaporean sailing squad, as a skipper in the men's 470 class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[4] He and crew member Koh topped the selection criteria in a three-way battle with the quota recipients Roy Tay and Chung Peiming, and Teo Wee Chin and Benjamin Tan to lock the country's berth, based on their cumulative scores attained at three international regattas stipulated by the Singapore Sailing Federation.[5] Stranded in the middle of a vast 29-boat fleet at the very start, the Singaporean duo held off a late charge from behind to attain a top-ten mark on the seventh leg of the series. Another wave of substantial outcomes towards the final stretch, however, diminished the Singaporeans' prospect to enter the medal round, sitting them in twenty-second overall with 159 net points.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Xu Yuan Zhen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. Low, Lin Fhoong (21 January 2009). "Much change in Olympic sailing squad" (PDF). Singapore Management University. Retrieved 7 June 2020. Xu Yuan Zhen
  3. "Singapore Blitz Medals". World Sailing. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. "Event Guide: Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470". World Sailing. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. Lin, Xin Yi (27 June 2008). "Koh siblings among four off to Beijing" (PDF). Singapore Management University. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  6. "Beijing 2008: Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.


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