Rui Qi "Cecilia" Low (born 1 April 1991) is a Singaporean sailor. She competed in the 49er FX event at the

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Sailing career

In 2016, Low and her teammate,

Kimberly Lim Lim Min (born 26 August 1996), known as Kimberly Lim, is a Singaporean sailor. She was a multiple medalist in various sailing classes in various editions of the Asian Games and also the champion of the Optimist World Championships in 2011. S ...

, participated in the

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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

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sailing regatta held at

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, Spain in 2017. In the

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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

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. They eventually finished in seventh place. In 2018, Low and Lim won the gold medal at the

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in the 49erFX class with one race to spare. In 2021, Low and Lim participated at the

in the 49erFX class. The pair became the first Singaporean sailors to participate in a medal race in the Olympics and finished 10th, the best result in sailing for Singapore.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Low, Cecilia 1991 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Singaporean female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Singapore Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Asian Games medalists in sailing Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Sailors at the 2010 Asian Games Sailors at the 2014 Asian Games Sailors at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games 21st-century Singaporean women