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Christy Ren
任家貝
Born (1983-08-05) August 5, 1983 (age 41)
Alma materTufts University
OccupationInvestment Banker
Known forOlympian Speedskater (Short track speed skating)

Christy Ren (Chinese: 任家貝; Jyutping: jam6 gaa1 bui3; born August 5, 1983) is a former short track speedskater Olympian representing Hong Kong at the 2002 Olympics. [1] Ren is an investment banker with HSBC. [2]

Early life

On 05 Aug 1983, Ren was born in Hong Kong. At age 8, Ren started figure skating. [3]

Education

In 2002, as a Freshmen at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, Ren competed in the 2002 Olympics. [4] [5] In 2005, Ren graduated from Tufts University. [6]

Career (Sport)

She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics for Hong Kong. Along with teammate Cordia Tsoi Pop-Yee, they became the first athletes to represent Hong Kong at the Winter Olympics.[7]

She was a member of the Hong Kong Speedskating Union.

After the 2002 Games, Ren has since left the sporting world and completed her studies at Tufts. Ren is working in investment banking with HSBC. [8]

Ren is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Olympic.org Christy Ren". Retrieved Nov 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "hk.linked.com Christy Ren". Retrieved Nov 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Tamer, Mary. "tufts.edu, Winter 2003, Christy Ren". Retrieved Nov 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "olympic.org". Retrieved Nov 22, 2016.
  5. ^ "enews.tufts.edu, Olympics Bound!,Dec 13, 2001". Retrieved Nov 22, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Tamer, Mary. "Winter 2003 Feature - Personal Best: Christy Ren, A05". Tufts Magazine.
  7. ^ "Lone Hong Kong athlete battles big chill". The Standard. 2010-02-16.
  8. ^ "hk.linked.com Christy Ren". Retrieved Nov 22, 2016.