Chan Sau Ying
Personal information
Born (1970-08-30) 30 August 1970
Hong Kong
EducationUniversity of Southern California
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sportathletics
Event100 m hurdles
Coached byTonie Campbell

Chan Sau Ying (Chinese: 陳秀英; born 30 August 1970), also known as Wanet Chan,[2] is a retired athlete from Hong Kong who specialised in the 100 metres hurdles.[3] She represented her country at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as three outdoor and two indoor World Championships.

She was Hong Kong's flagbearer in the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics.[4][5]

Her personal bests are 13.14 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (Walnut 1994) and 8.32 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Montréal 1994). Both are still standing national records.

She competed for Mt. San Antonio College, where she won the CCCAA Heptathlon in 1993,[6] and at the University of Southern California. In 1994 she won the hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 13.14 seconds. She placed fourth at the NCAA Division I final later that year with a run of 13.34 seconds. She repeated that finish at the 1995 NCAA final, with a time of 13.32 seconds.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResultNotes
Representing Hong Kong
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 26th (h) 100 m hurdles 15.09
Asian Junior Championships Singapore, Singapore 3rd 100 m hurdles 14.46
1990 Asian Games Beijing, China 4th 100 m hurdles 13.82
Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 12th (h) 100 m hurdles 14.06
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 32nd (qf) 100 m hurdles 13.88
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 23rd (h) 60 m hurdles 8.32
East Asian Games Shanghai, China 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.35
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 30th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.50
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 10th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.94
Asian Games Hiroshima, Japan 5th 100 m hurdles 13.59
1995 Pacific Ocean Games Cali, Colombia 1st 100 m hurdles 13.37
World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 27th (h) 60 m hurdles 8.46
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 28th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.53
Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 20th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.96
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 38th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.63
1997 East Asian Games Busan, South Korea 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.29
Representing  Hong Kong
1998 Asian Games Bangkok, Thailand 6th 100 m hurdles 13.56
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 36th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.54

References

  1. Sports-Reference profile
  2. "Chan Sau Ying". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  3. Chan Sau Ying at World Athletics
  4. https://news.tvb.com/tc/programme/newsfile/610887c4335d19b14770b067/6/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8%E9%9A%8A%E7%8D%B2%E7%99%BC%E6%96%B0%E5%88%B6%E6%9C%8D%E5%92%8C%E8%A5%9F%E7%AB%A0 https://news.tvb.com/tc/programme/newsfile/610887c4335d19b14770b067/13
  5. "今日係......1996美國亞特蘭大奧運會揭幕 | on.cc 東網".
  6. "Women's Track & Field History of Champions".
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