Nationality Hong Kong Name Hayley Chan Class(es) Sailboard | Weight 60 kg (132 lb) Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 ⁄2 in) | |
Full name Hayley Victoria Chan Hei Man Club Windsurfing Association of HongKong | ||
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Hayley Victoria Chan (also Chan Hei Man, Chinese: 陳晞文; pinyin: Chén Xīwén; born January 10, 1991 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. She captured a silver medal in windsurfing at the 2010 Asian Games, and later represented Hong Kong at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Chan has been currently training for the Windsurfing Association of Hong Kong under her personal coach Chan Hai Shun. As of September 2013, Chan is ranked fourth in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation, following her successes at the One World Championships in Boracay, Philippines and at the World Championships in Buzios, Brazil.
Chan made her official worldwide debut at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, where she captured a silver medal in the women's Mistral class with a net score of 21, trailing host nation's Wang Ning by eight points.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Chan competed in the women's RS:X class by receiving a berth from the World Championships in Perth, Western Australia. She narrowly missed a chance to sail for the medal race from the ten-round opening series by seven points, finishing twelfth in a fleet of twenty-six sailors with a net score of 96 points.