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
NicknameToh
Nationality Singapore
Born (1985-04-02) 2 April 1985 (age 39)
Singapore
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sailing career
ClassDinghy
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

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

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  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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