&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Kelly_Chan_at_the_Mistral_World_Championships_1986.jpg) Kelly Chan sits and shares a joke with friends, while waiting for the wind. Mistral World Championships 1986, Lake Silvaplana. Photo: Francesca Vincenti, Malta | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kelly Chan Kum Seng[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Singapore | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 December 1956[1] Singapore | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 August 1998 (aged 41) Singapore | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Singapore | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Windsurfing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | East Coast Sailing Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 1st (Raceboard Lightweight; March 1992) | ||||||||||||||
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Kelly Chan Kum Seng (Chinese: 陈金星; pinyin: Chén Jīnxīng; 15 December 1956 – 27 August 1998) was a Singaporean windsurfer. He was ranked number one in the Raceboard Lightweight class by the International Boardsailing Association in 1992. Chan represented Singapore from 1982 to 1997, winning several regional championships including a gold, a silver and two bronze medals at the Southeast Asian Games. He was ranked 35th in a list of Singapore's 50 Greatest Athletes of the Century by The Straits Times in 1999.[3][4]
- ^ a b "Kelly Chan – a brief profile". Singapore Monitor. 3 July 1984. p. 33.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
no1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Here's the full list". The Straits Times. 19 December 1999. p. 52.
- ^ "35 Kelly Chan". The Straits Times. 3 October 1999. p. 49.