Chan Ming Tai

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Chan Ming Tai
Chan in 2017
Personal information
Born (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 29)
Hong Kong
EducationThe University of Hong Kong[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventLong jump

Chan Ming Tai (Chinese: 陳銘泰 born 30 January 1995), also known as Theophilius Chan,[2] is an athlete from Hong Kong specialising in the long jump.[3] He is coached by Ms Chan Wai Yin and Dr Anthony Giorgi. At the 2015 Summer Universiade he finished 4th with a jump of 7.89m (0.9). At the 2016 Asian Indoor Championships in Doha he won the bronze medal with a jump of 7.85m. At the 2017 Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar he won the silver medal with a jump of 8.03m.

His personal best in the event is 8.12m set at the Hong Kong Championships 2016. This is the current national record.

Competition record[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Hong Kong
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 16th (q) Long jump 7.13 m
East Asian Games Tianjin, China 6th Long jump 7.38 m
2014 Asian Junior Championships Taipei, Taiwan 2nd Long jump 7.70 m
World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 14th (q) Long jump 7.27 m
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 5th Long jump 7.73 m
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 9th Long jump 7.44 m
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 4th Long jump 7.89 m
2016 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd Long jump 7.85 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17th (q) Long jump 7.79 m
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 2nd Long jump 8.03 m
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 11th Long jump 7.44 m
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 3rd Long jump 7.44 m
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 7th 4 × 100 m relay 39.48
17th (q) Long jump 7.11 m
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 17th (q) Long jump 7.31 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 16th (q) Long jump 7.52 m
2023 Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 5th Long jump 8.02 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 27th (q) Long jump 7.60 m
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 6th Long jump 7.83 m
2024 Asian Indoor Championships Tehran, Iran 6th Long jump 7.46 m

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2015 WSG profile Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Chan Ming Tai". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  3. ^ Chan Ming Tai at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata

3. Media extracts and Competition Profiles 2013-2016