Cheyenne Goh
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| Born | March 2, 1999 Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Simplified Chinese | 吴琪雁 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳琪雁 | ||||||||
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Cheyenne Goh (Chinese: 吴琪雁; pinyin: Wú Qíyàn; Mandarin pronunciation: [ǔ tɕʰǐ jɛ̂n]; born March 2, 1999) is a Singaporean short track speed skater.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Goh achieved her highest rank in a World Cup event, by placing 18th in the 500m event in Calgary.[1]
Goh became the first female short track speed skater from Singapore to compete at the World Championships.[2]
Goh won three medals at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] Goh took the bronze medal in the 500m event and silvers in the 1000m and 3000m relay events.
Goh became the first athlete representing Singapore to qualify for the Winter Olympics. Goh did this by being ranked in the top 36 in the 1,500 metres event over four world cups.[4][5][6] She competed at the women's 1500m short track speed skating event at the 2018 Winter Olympics on 17 February 2018, where she did not advance out of the qualifiers.[7]
Personal bests
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d ISU Profile
- ^ a b Munirah, Sharifah (15 December 2017). "Dream-chaser Cheyenne puts studies on ice". The New Paper. Singapore. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ Farhan, Noor (8 December 2017). "Singapore's first winter Olympian Cheyenne Goh looks forward to 2018 games in Korea". Channel NewsAsia. Singapore. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ Chia, Nicole (24 November 2017). "Winter sports: Cheyenne Goh, 18, becomes first Singapore athlete to qualify for Olympics, will race in Pyeongchang". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Skater Cheyenne Goh qualifies for Winter Olympics, a first for Singapore". Channel NewsAsia. Singapore. 24 November 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Olympics Overnight. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 February 2018. CBC.
External links
[edit]- Cheyenne Goh at ShortTrackOnLine.info
- Cheyenne Goh at Olympics.com
- Cheyenne Goh at Olympedia
- Cheyenne Goh at the International Skating Union
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Singaporean female short-track speed skaters
- Olympic short-track speed skaters for Singapore
- Short-track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games medalists in short-track speed skating
- Short-track speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Singaporean female speed skaters
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
- SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore
- Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent