Low Ji Wen

Low Ji Wen
Personal information
Full name Low Ji Wen
Born (1989-10-27) October 27, 1989
Singapore
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Team information
Current team CCN Cycling Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2005–2007 Singapore National Cycling Team
2008–2009 LeTua Cycling Team
2010–2011 Geumsan Ginseng Asia
2012–2014 OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
2015– CCN Cycling Team
Infobox last updated on
10 April 2016

Low Ji Wen (simplified Chinese: 刘继文; traditional Chinese: 劉繼文; pinyin: Liú Jìwén, born October 27, 1989) is a Singaporean professional road racing cyclist and cycling coach.

Early Life

Low was born Low Ji Wen on October 27, 1989, at Thomson Medical Centre in Singapore to Lee Tang Yin, a general practitioner, and Low Wye Mun, a Sports Medicine physician. His siblings are Ji Zhen, a Veterinarian and Ji Yin, an Early Childhood educator. Low's name, which means "to follow in his father's footsteps", was given to him by his grandfather, Lee Ting Hui, an author and poet.

Low attended Anglo-Chinese School (Junior), Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College. He began cycling professionally in July 2004 and after completing one year of junior college studies, he left the school to focus on his career in cycling. He was previously a member of LeTua Cycling Team and Team Guemsan Ginseng Asia.

Ji Wen was crowned 2005 Singapore Men's Junior National Champion in the Under-19 category. He has also competed in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, 2007 Union Cycliste Internationale Juniors World Road and Track Championships and the Tour of Egat in Thailand, where he posted the best time for LeTua Cycling Team, and ultimately won the team an overall position of fifth place.

In 2009, at the age of 19 years, Ji Wen won the Singapore National Road Cycling Championships, beating local riders as well as international cyclists.

Career

Early Career

Fast forward to 2013, and Ji Wen has raced in the UCI Asian Pro Circuit races including Tour De Langkawi, Tour Of Japan, Tour De Kumano, and Tour Of Korea. He led an exciting breakaway in Stage 8 of Tour De Langkawi that was only chased down in the last 6 km. In Stage 6 of the race, the 217 km was covered in an average speed of beyond 48kph.

Ji Wen now owns Red Kite Cycling, providing cycling instruction, cycling training and performance bicycles. His company is based in Singapore.

Personal Life

Interests

Low is an avid drummer.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.