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Cecilia Low
Rui Qi "Cecilia" Low (born 1 April 1991) is a Singaporean sailor. She competed in the 49er FX event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Sailing career In 2016, Low and her teammate, Kimberly Lim, participated in the Sailing World Cup in the 49erFX class but without much success, coming in at 8th at Hyeres and 12th at Miami. With a new coach, Fernando Kuo, Lim and Low came in third at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia sailing regatta held at Palma de Mallorca, Spain in 2017. In the 2017 Sailing World Cup series, Low and Lim finished in ninth place at Hyères, France. With the results from Trofeo Princesa Sofia, both were able to compete at the Sailing World Cup Final held in Santander. They eventually finished in seventh place. In 2018, Low and Lim won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in the 49erFX class with one race to spare. In 2021, Low and Lim participated at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing (sport)
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or handicaps. On water, a sailing competition among multiple vessels is a regatta, which usually consists of multiple individual races, where the boat crew that performs best in over the series of races is the overall winner. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from large yacht to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
