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'''Cheong Jun Hoong''' (born 16 April 1990) is a Malaysian [[Diving|diver]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cheong-jun-hoong-1123025/|title=Cheong Jun Hoong|work=[[2012 Summer Olympics]]|accessdate=31 August 2012}}</ref> At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], she competed in the [[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|Women's synchronised 3 metre springboard]]. She finished 3rd in both the Women's 3 metre springboard and the Women's synchronised 3 metre springboard at the [[2012 Asian Swimming Championships | 9th Asian Swimming Championships]] in 2012.<ref>http://www.hkasa.org.hk/images/DIVING/Results/10-11/AS_Meet%20Result_2012.pdf</ref> Cheong won silver medal in the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform]] event with [[Pandelela Rinong]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]], becoming the first pair of Malaysian women to win silver at the Olympics.
'''Cheong Jun Hoong''' (born 16 April 1990) is a Malaysian [[Diving|diver]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cheong-jun-hoong-1123025/|title=Cheong Jun Hoong|work=[[2012 Summer Olympics]]|accessdate=31 August 2012}}</ref> At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], she competed in the [[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|Women's synchronised 3 metre springboard]]. She finished 3rd in both the Women's 3 metre springboard and the Women's synchronised 3 metre springboard at the [[2012 Asian Swimming Championships | 9th Asian Swimming Championships]] in 2012.<ref>http://www.hkasa.org.hk/images/DIVING/Results/10-11/AS_Meet%20Result_2012.pdf</ref> Cheong won silver medal in the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform]] event with [[Pandelela Rinong]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]], becoming the first pair of Malaysian women to win silver at the Olympics. She is the first Malaysian to win a gold medal at the [[2017 World Aquatics Championships]].<ref name=":0" />


==Career==
==Career==
Cheong represented [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370|Malaysia]] at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]], where she competed in the 1&nbsp;m, 3&nbsp;m, and 10&nbsp;m events. [[Diving at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|She placed 6th in the 10 m event]].
Cheong represented [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370|Malaysia]] at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]], where she competed in the 1&nbsp;m, 3&nbsp;m, and 10&nbsp;m events. [[Diving at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 1 metre springboard|She placed 8th in the 1 m event]], [[Diving at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 3 metre springboard|12th in the 3 m event]], [[Diving at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|5th in the 3 m synchronised event]], [[Diving at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10 metre platform|6th in the 10 m event]] and [[Diving at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|4th in the 10 m synchro event]] with partner [[Leong Mun Yee]], narrowly losing the the bronze medal to fellow athletes [[Pandelela Rinong]] and [[Nur Dhabitah Sabri]].


In August 2016, she participated at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio Summer Olympics]] in the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|Women's 3 Metre Platform]], with [[Pandelela Rinong]] in the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform]], and partnered with [[Nur Dhabitah Sabri]] in the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|3 m synchro event]]. She managed to get a silver medal in the 10 m event, with a final score of 344.34.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://vulcanpost.com/586000/rio-olympics-malaysia-best-record/|title=2016 Is Malaysia's Best Olympic Record Yet—With Perfect Timing For Our 59th Merdeka Day|last=Aziz|first=Iylia|date=22 August 2016|work=Vulcan Post|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> However, she did not qualify for the final of the 3m event. She placed 5th in the 3m synchro event. <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/diving/2016/08/08/diving-3m-synchro-springboard/|title=Malaysian divers agonisingly miss 3m springboard synchro medal|last=Phuah Shew Beng|first=|date=8 August 2016|work=The Star|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> Due to her persisting back pain, in October 2016 she withdrew from the [[2016 in aquatic sports#2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix|2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix]] in [[Kuching]], [[Sarawak]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/10/181986/diving-injury-forces-jun-hoong-out-world-gp-kuching-leg|title=Diving: Injury forces Jun Hoong out of World GP Kuching leg|last=Ajitpal Singh|first=|date=20 October 2016|work=New Straits Times|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>
In 2016, she participated at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] with [[Pandelela Rinong]] in the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform]]  and they managed to get silver medal.


Cheong became Malaysia's first diving World Champion, when she took home the gold medal in the [[Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 metre platform|Women's 10 Metre Platform]] event in the [[2017 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport|Budapest]], pipping her closest rival by just 1.5 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulse.ng/sports/other_sports/cheong-jun-hoong-malaysia-pips-china-in-10m-platform-for-historic-gold-id7018603.html|title=Cheong Jun Hoong Malaysia pips China in 10m platform for historic gold|publisher=Pulse News Agency International for AFP|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref> Four of the seven judges gave a perfect 10 on her best dive in the competition.<ref>{{cite web|author=Paul Newberry |url=https://apnews.com/0a50c0620701400697212be34c3084a6/Cheong-gives-Malaysia-first-gold-ever-at-world-aquatics-meet|title=Cheong gives Malaysia first gold ever at world aquatics meet |publisher=Associated Press |date=21 July 2017|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref> She also won a bronze in the [[Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform]] event with [[Pandelela Rinong]].
In June 2017, Cheong returned from a back injury to win the bronze medal in the Women's 1 Metre Springboard event at the 7th Asian Diving Cup in [[Macau]] after withdrewing from the [[Kazan]] and [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] legs of the [[2017 in aquatic sports#2017 FINA Diving World Series|2017 FINA Diving World Series]] earlier.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2017/06/249737/dhabitah-jun-hoong-podium-asian-diving-cup|title=Dhabitah, Jun Hoong on podium in Asian Diving Cup|last=Ajitpal Singh|first=|date=17 June 2017|work=New Straits Times|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> Cheong became Malaysia's first diving World Champion, when she took home the gold medal in the [[Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 metre platform|Women's 10 Metre Platform]] event in the [[2017 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport|Budapest]], pipping her closest rival by just 1.5 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulse.ng/sports/other_sports/cheong-jun-hoong-malaysia-pips-china-in-10m-platform-for-historic-gold-id7018603.html|title=Cheong Jun Hoong Malaysia pips China in 10m platform for historic gold|publisher=Pulse News Agency International for AFP|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref> Four of the seven judges gave a perfect 10 on her best dive in the competition, and she finished with an overall score of 397.5.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|author=Paul Newberry |url=https://apnews.com/0a50c0620701400697212be34c3084a6/Cheong-gives-Malaysia-first-gold-ever-at-world-aquatics-meet|title=Cheong gives Malaysia first gold ever at world aquatics meet |publisher=Associated Press |date=21 July 2017|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref> She also won a bronze in the [[Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform]] event with [[Pandelela Rinong]] with a total score of 328.74.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/diving/2017/07/18/joy-for-jun-hoong-diver-ignores-back-pain-to-win-bronze-with-pandelela/|title=Jun Hoong ignores back pain to win bronze with Pandelela|last=Lim Teik Huat|first=|date=18 July 2017|work=The Star|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Cheong was born in [[Batu Gajah (federal constituency)|Batu Gajah]], [[Perak]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/cheong-jun-hoong-1.html|title=Cheong Jun Hoong Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at SportsReference|last=|first=|date=|website=Sports Reference|archive-url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/cheong-jun-hoong-1.html|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref> She currently resides in Ipoh, Perak. Cheong


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
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|<ref name="SAM100plus2016">{{cite journal |title=Sportswriters name Chong Wei as athlete of the year|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2017/03/02/sportswriters-name-chong-wei-as-athlete-of-the-year/ |work=The Star|accessdate=26 May 2017}}</ref>
|<ref name="SAM100plus2016">{{cite journal |title=Sportswriters name Chong Wei as athlete of the year|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2017/03/02/sportswriters-name-chong-wei-as-athlete-of-the-year/ |work=The Star|accessdate=26 May 2017}}</ref>
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Revision as of 10:45, 24 July 2017

Cheong Jun Hoong
Personal information
Native name張俊虹
Full nameCheong Jun Hoong
Born (1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 34)
Batu Gajah, Perak, Malaysia
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
Country Malaysia
Event(s)10 m, 10 m synchro, 3 m, 1 m
PartnerPandelela Rinong
Coached byYang Zhuliang
Medal record
Representing  Malaysia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10 m synchro platform
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest 10 m platform
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 10 m synchro platform

Template:Chinese name Cheong Jun Hoong (born 16 April 1990) is a Malaysian diver.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's synchronised 3 metre springboard. She finished 3rd in both the Women's 3 metre springboard and the Women's synchronised 3 metre springboard at the 9th Asian Swimming Championships in 2012.[2] Cheong won silver medal in the Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform event with Pandelela Rinong at the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the first pair of Malaysian women to win silver at the Olympics. She is the first Malaysian to win a gold medal at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[3]

Career

Cheong represented Malaysia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she competed in the 1 m, 3 m, and 10 m events. She placed 8th in the 1 m event, 12th in the 3 m event, 5th in the 3 m synchronised event, 6th in the 10 m event and 4th in the 10 m synchro event with partner Leong Mun Yee, narrowly losing the the bronze medal to fellow athletes Pandelela Rinong and Nur Dhabitah Sabri.

In August 2016, she participated at the Rio Summer Olympics in the Women's 3 Metre Platform, with Pandelela Rinong in the Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform, and partnered with Nur Dhabitah Sabri in the 3 m synchro event. She managed to get a silver medal in the 10 m event, with a final score of 344.34.[4] However, she did not qualify for the final of the 3m event. She placed 5th in the 3m synchro event. [5] Due to her persisting back pain, in October 2016 she withdrew from the 2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix in Kuching, Sarawak.[6]

In June 2017, Cheong returned from a back injury to win the bronze medal in the Women's 1 Metre Springboard event at the 7th Asian Diving Cup in Macau after withdrewing from the Kazan and Windsor legs of the 2017 FINA Diving World Series earlier.[7] Cheong became Malaysia's first diving World Champion, when she took home the gold medal in the Women's 10 Metre Platform event in the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, pipping her closest rival by just 1.5 points.[8] Four of the seven judges gave a perfect 10 on her best dive in the competition, and she finished with an overall score of 397.5.[3] She also won a bronze in the Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform event with Pandelela Rinong with a total score of 328.74.[9]

Personal life

Cheong was born in Batu Gajah, Perak.[10] She currently resides in Ipoh, Perak. Cheong

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref(s)
2016 Sportswriters Association of Malaysia (SAM)-100plus Sports Awards Best Athlete (with Pandelela Rinong) Nominated [11]
2016 2016 Olympic Council of Malaysia’s (OCM)-Coca-Cola Olympian Awards Olympian of the Year (with Pandelela Rinong) Recipient [12]

References

  1. ^ "Cheong Jun Hoong". 2012 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  2. ^ http://www.hkasa.org.hk/images/DIVING/Results/10-11/AS_Meet%20Result_2012.pdf
  3. ^ a b Paul Newberry (21 July 2017). "Cheong gives Malaysia first gold ever at world aquatics meet". Associated Press. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. ^ Aziz, Iylia (22 August 2016). "2016 Is Malaysia's Best Olympic Record Yet—With Perfect Timing For Our 59th Merdeka Day". Vulcan Post. Retrieved 24 July 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ Phuah Shew Beng (8 August 2016). "Malaysian divers agonisingly miss 3m springboard synchro medal". The Star. Retrieved 24 July 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ Ajitpal Singh (20 October 2016). "Diving: Injury forces Jun Hoong out of World GP Kuching leg". New Straits Times. Retrieved 24 July 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ Ajitpal Singh (17 June 2017). "Dhabitah, Jun Hoong on podium in Asian Diving Cup". New Straits Times. Retrieved 24 July 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ "Cheong Jun Hoong Malaysia pips China in 10m platform for historic gold". Pulse News Agency International for AFP. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. ^ Lim Teik Huat (18 July 2017). "Jun Hoong ignores back pain to win bronze with Pandelela". The Star. Retrieved 24 July 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ "Cheong Jun Hoong Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at SportsReference". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 July 2017. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ "Sportswriters name Chong Wei as athlete of the year". The Star. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Chong Wei, Pandelela-Jun Hoong picked as 2016 OCM-Coca-Cola Olympian award winners". Malay Mail. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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