Chan Ming Tai
Chan in 2017
Personal information
Born (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995
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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

References

  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

3. Media extracts and Competition Profiles 2013-2016


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