Toh Liying

Toh Liying (born 2 April 1985), also known as Toh Liying, is a Singaporean former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy (470) class.[1] Together with her 17-year-old partner Deborah Ong, 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] Outside her Olympic career, Toh and her previous tandem Elizabeth Ong gave the Singaporeans a sterling silver medal in the women's 470 at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[3] While pursuing to complete her degree in biomedical sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, Toh trained for the Games under the tutelage of her personal coach Craig Ferris.[4]

Toh Liying
Personal information
Nickname(s)Toh
Nationality Singapore
Born (1985-04-02) 2 April 1985
Singapore
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubNational Optimist Sailing Scheme
CoachCraig Ferris (AUS)
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing Singapore
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha 470
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan 420
In this Chinese name, the family name is Toh.

Toh competed for the Singaporean sailing squad, as a skipper in the women's 470 class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[5] Building up to their Olympic selection, she and crew member Ong 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. [6][7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Toh Li Ying". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. Low, Lin Fhoong (21 January 2009). "Much change in Olympic sailing squad" (PDF). Singapore Management University. Retrieved 12 April 2020. Toh Liying
  3. "Singapore Blitz Medals". World Sailing. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2020. Liying TOH
  4. "Monash fields eleven at Beijing". Monash University. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. "Event Guide: Women's Two Person Dinghy – 470". World Sailing. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. "Beijing 2008: Women's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. 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.


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