Cheng Chu Sian (; born 1 March 1986 in

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) is an athlete from

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, who competes in

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2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Cheng finished his ranking round with a total of 660 points. This gave him the 26th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Matthew Gray of

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in the first round, 109-101. With a win over

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(110-103) he qualified for the third round and there he faced

Lee Chang-Hwan Lee Chang-hwan (; born 16 March 1982) is a professional archer from South Korea. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a gold medal with the men's team consisting of himself, Im Dong-hyun, Jang Yong-ho and Park ...

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. Both archers scored 105 points in the regular match and had to go to an extra round. Here Cheng advanced with 19 points, while Lee hit 18 points. In the quarter finals Cheng was unable to beat

Bair Badënov Bair Badënov (russian: Баи́р Доржи́евич Бадёнов, ''Baír Dorzhíyevich Badyónov'', ; born June 28, 1976, in Zugalay, now Zabaykalsky Krai) is a Russian archer. Badënov was a World Champion among Youth in 1993, a Europe ...

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(109-104). Badënov went on to win the bronze medal. Together with

Wan Khalmizam Wan Mohd Khalmizam bin Wan Abdul Aziz (born 21 August 1986 in Tanah Merah, Kelantan) is an athlete from Malaysia, who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Khalmizam finished his ranking round with a ...

and

Muhammad Marbawi Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman (born 30 January 1983 in Pengkalan Hulu) is an athlete from Malaysia, who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Marbawi finished his ranking round with a total of 659 points. ...

he also took part in the team event. With the 660 score from the ranking round combined with the 675 of Khalmizam and the 659 of Marbawi, Malaysia were in third position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter finals. With 218-213 they were however eliminated by the Italian team that eventually won the silver medal.

2012 Summer Olympics

Cheng was less successful at the

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, being knocked out by teammate

Khairul Anuar Mohamad Khairul Anuar bin Mohamad (born 22 September 1991) is a Malaysian professional archer. He began to compete for the national team in 2011. 2011 FITA Archery World Cup Khairul participated in the 2011 FITA Archery World Cup Stage 4 in Shanghai ...

in the first knockout round. The Malaysian team also lost in the first round, to Mexico.

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* * 1986 births Living people Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian male archers Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Malaysia Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur Archers at the 2006 Asian Games Archers at the 2010 Asian Games Commonwealth Games medallists in archery Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in archery Archers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{Malaysia-archery-bio-stub