Cheng Xinru (; born 10 September 1989), known as Colin Cheng, is a Singaporean sailor. He has been cited as "the top Asian sailor in the men’s laser standard class". Cheng won the gold medal at the

Laser 4.7 The Laser 4.7 or ILCA 4 is a one-design dinghy class in the Laser series and is a one-design class of sailboat. All Lasers are built to the same specifications. The Laser is 4.06 m (13 ft 10 in) long, with a waterline length of 3.81 m (12&n ...

competition at the

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held in

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. He switched to

Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The fi ...

class and won the silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games held in

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, China. Cheng has resided in New South Wales, Australia since 2010, where he has studied and trained at the

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. Cheng competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's Laser class, finishing 15th of 49. In 2014, Cheng competed in the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea and won the bronze medal. In 2015, he competed in the

2015 SEA 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 ...

. In March–April 2016 he finished 13th in the

Trofeo Princesa Sofia Trofeo Princesa Sofia is an annual sailing regatta in Palma de Majorca, Spain. The 46th edition was held in April and May 2015. It is part of the 2015 EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup. Winners Men's 470 *2015 – Lucas Calabrese & Juan de la ...

regatta in Spain and in May 2016 he finished 26th out of 112 in the

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, Mexico. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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* * * * 1989 births Living people Singaporean male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Singapore Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Asian Games medalists in sailing Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Sailors at the 2006 Asian Games Sailors at the 2010 Asian Games Sailors at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in sailing Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Singaporean expatriates in Australia 21st-century Singaporean people {{Singapore-yachtracing-bio-stub