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Geoffrey Cheah | |||||||||||||||
Nationality: | Hong Konger | ||||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 10 November 1990 | ||||||||||||||
Birth Place: | London, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
Height: | 1.85m | ||||||||||||||
Sport: | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Collegeteam: | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Robin Cheah[1] (; 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]
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]