[From L-R: Cecilia Low, Coach Fernando Han and Kimberly Lim. Photo Credit: Singapore Sailing Federation]
Twenty-two year old Kimberly Lim (Accountancy undergraduate), and her sailing partner Cecilia Low has secured sailing’s first gold in the women’s 49erFX at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang.
The brilliant performance at the Asian Games will give the pair a confidence boost as they look forward to qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 at the 49er World Championships next year.
[Photo: Kimberly and Cecilia in action; Photo Credit: Singapore Sailing Federation]
Kimberly is currently granted Leave of Absence to concentrate on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics bid and is based in Portugal for training.
You can read more about Kimberly here:
- The Straits Times (1 Sep 18); The Straits Times (29 Aug 18)
- Channel NewAsia
- Lianhe Zaobao
- SMU Snapshots
