Deborah Ong (born 18 September 1990), also known as Ong Hui Min, is a Singaporean former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy (470) class.[1] Together with her partner and 2006 Asian Games silver medalist Toh Liying, she was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a distant nineteenth place.[2] A member of the Singapore Sailing Federation, Ong trained for the Games under the tutelage of her Australian-born personal coach Craig Ferris.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ong Hui Min |
| Nationality |  Singapore |
| Born | 18 September 1990 Singapore |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Dinghy |
| Club | National Optimist Sailing Scheme |
| Coach | Craig Ferris (AUS) |
Ong competed for the Singaporean sailing squad, as a 17-year-old crew member in the women's 470 class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3] Building up to their Olympic selection, she and skipper Toh received a spare berth forfeited by New Zealand, as the next highest-ranked tandem vying for qualification, at the class-associated Worlds nearly eight months earlier in Melbourne. The inexperienced Singaporean duo clearly struggled to catch a vast fleet of world-class sailors under breezy conditions with marks equivalent to the fifteenth position or lower throughout the series, lying them in last overall out of 19 registered crews with 156 net points.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Deborah Ong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Low, Lin Fhoong (21 January 2009). "Much change in Olympic sailing squad" (PDF). Singapore Management University. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Event Guide: Women's Two Person Dinghy – 470". World Sailing. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Women's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ Tan, Les (13 August 2008). "Beijing Olympics update: Sailors Toh Liying and Deborah Ong lie in last place in 470". www.redsports.sg. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
External links
edit- Deborah Ong at World Sailing
- Deborah Ong at the Singapore National Olympic Council
- Deborah Ong at Olympedia
- Deborah Ong at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)
- Deborah Huimin Ong at Olympics.com
- Deborah Huimin Ong at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Deborah Huimin Ong at Olympic.org (archived)
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