Christy Ren (; born August 5, 1983) is a former short track speed skater Olympian representing

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

at the 2002 Olympics. Ren is an investment banker with

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Early life

On 05 Aug 1983, Ren was born in

. At age 8, Ren started figure skating.

Education

In 2002, as a freshman at

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, Ren competed in the 2002 Olympics. In 2005, Ren graduated from Tufts University.

Career (Sport)

She competed at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

for

. Along with teammate Cordia Tsoi Pop-Yee, they became the first athletes to represent Hong Kong at the Winter Olympics. She was a member of the

Hong Kong Speedskating Union Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organiz ...

. After the 2002 Games, Ren has since left the sporting world and completed her studies at Tufts. Ren is working in investment banking with

. Ren is fluent in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

and

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ren, Christy 1983 births Living people Hong Kong female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for Hong Kong Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Tufts University alumni HSBC people