Geoffrey Cheah

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Geoffrey Cheah
Personal information
NationalityHong Konger
Born (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990 (age 35)
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese謝旻樹
Simplified Chinese谢旻树
Hanyu PinyinXiè Mínshù
Yale RomanizationJeh Màhnsyuh
JyutpingZe6 Man4-syu6
Sport
SportSwimming
College teamStanford University
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Hong Kong
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Singapore 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Dubai 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Dubai 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Dubai 4×100 m medley
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 4×100 m freestyle

Geoffrey Robin Cheah[1] (Chinese: 謝旻樹; born 10 November 1990) is a Hong Kong competitive swimmer.

He qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the men's 50 metre freestyle.[2]

Early life

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Cheah was born in the United Kingdom. His father is Taiwanese, while his mother is Malaysian.[3][4] He attended West Island School in Hong Kong.[5] While a student, he competed at British Swimming's Age Group Championships in 2005, where he won gold medals in the 100 metres backstroke and 200 metres backstroke and a silver in the 100 metres freestyle. He broke Hong Kong age group and junior records in all three events.[6] He graduated from Stanford University in 2013 with a degree in earth systems.[7]

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