Cheng Chu Sian (; born 1 March 1986 in
Kuala Lumpur
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) is an athlete from
Malaysia
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, who competes in
archery.
2008 Summer Olympics
At the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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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
Australia in the first round, 109-101. With a win over
Matti Hatava
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Hatava came 8th in the 1998 World Junior Championships, and represented Finland in the European Champio ...
of
Finland
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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 P ...
of
South Korea
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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 of
Russia
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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
2012 Summer Olympics, 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
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