Low Ji Wen (, born October 27, 1989) is a Singaporean former professional

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Career

Early life and career

Low was born at

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in Singapore to Lee Tang Yin, a general practitioner, and Low Wye Mun, a Sports Medicine physician. His siblings are Ji Zhen, a veterinarian and Ji Yin, an early childhood educator. Low's name, which means "to follow in his father's footsteps", was given to him by his grandfather, Lee Ting Hui, an author and poet. Low attended

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, Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College. He began cycling professionally in July 2004 and after completing one year of

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studies, he left the school to focus on his career in cycling. He was previously a member of

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and Team Guemsan Ginseng Asia. Low was crowned 2005 Singapore Men's Junior National Champion in the Under-19 category. He has also competed in the

2005 Southeast Asian Games The 2005 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines. This was the third time the Philippines hosted the games and its first time since 1991 S ...

, 2007 Union Cycliste Internationale Juniors World Road and Track Championships and the Tour of Egat in Thailand, where he posted the best time for

, and ultimately won the team an overall position of fifth place. In 2009, at the age of 19 years, Low won the Singapore National Road Cycling Championships, beating local riders as well as international cyclists.

Professional racing

During his professional career, he raced in the UCI Asian Pro Circuit races including the Tour de Langkawi, the Tour of Japan, the Tour de Kumano, and the Tour de Korea. He led an exciting breakaway in Stage 8 of the

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that was only chased down in the last . He finished sixth at the 2010

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, fourth at the 2014 Critérium International de Blida and seventh in the road race at the

2015 Southeast Asian Games The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015; ; ta, 2015 தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள்), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, or ...

Personal life

Ji Wen previously owns Red Kite Cycling, providing cycling instruction, cycling training and performance bicycles. His company is based in Singapore. He is currently a brand manager for Decathlon Singapore, he is based in the Bedok outlet. Decathlon is a French sport retail company where they hope to make sports accessible for all type of users.

References

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Red Kite Cycling
1989 births Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Living people Singaporean male cyclists {{Singapore-cycling-bio-stub