{{short description|Singaporean sailor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Cecilia Low | image = | caption = | full_name = Low Rui Qi Cecilia | nationality = Singaporean | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|4|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Sailing | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Women's sailing }} {{Medal|Country | {{SGP}} }} {{Medal|Competition|420 World Championship}} {{Medal|Gold|2012 Austria, Neusiedl am See|420}} {{Medal|Competition|ISAF Youth World Championship}} {{Medal|Bronze|2009 Brazil, Buzios|420}} {{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|2022 China, Hangzhou|49erFX}} {{Medal|Gold|2018 Jakarta, Palembang|49erFX}} {{Medal|Silver|2014 Korea, Incheon|29er}} {{Medal|Gold|2010 China, Guangzhou|420}} {{Medal|Competition|SEA Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2013 Myanmar, Ngwe Saung Beach|470}} }}
'''Rui Qi "Cecilia" Low''' (born 1 April 1991) is a Singaporean sailor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/146528 |title=Cecilia Low |work=Olympedia |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref> She competed in the 49er FX event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/overall-results-49er-fx-women.htm |title=Sailing: 49er FX Overall Results |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=3 August 2021 |archive-date=10 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010021743/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/overall-results-49er-fx-women.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Sailing career== In 2016, Low and her teammate, Kimberly Lim, participated in the Sailing World Cup in the 49erFX class but without much success, coming in at 8th at Hyeres and 12th at Miami.
With a new coach, Fernando Kuo, Lim and Low came in third at the Trofeo Princesa Sofía sailing regatta held at Palma de Mallorca, Spain in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=No reign in Spain, but sailors get buzz from bronze finish |url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/other-sports/sailors-lim-and-low-hit-high-princess-sofia-trophy-regatta-duo-begin-2020-tokyo |work=Today |date=3 April 2017 |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
In the 2017 Sailing World Cup series, Low and Lim finished in ninth place at Hyères, France.<ref name="wscfinal">{{cite web |title=Singapore's Kimberly Lim & Cecilia Low finish seventh at Sailing World Cup |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/singapores-kimberly-lim-cecilia-low-finish-seventh-at-sailing-world-cup |work=The Straits Times |author=Ho Cai Jun |date=11 June 2017 |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> With the results from Trofeo Princesa Sofía, both were able to compete at the Sailing World Cup Final held in Santander. They eventually finished in seventh place.<ref name="wscfinal" />
In 2018, Low and Lim won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in the 49erFX class with one race to spare.<ref>{{cite web |title=Asian Games: Singapore sailors Kimberly Lim and Cecilia Low secure gold in women's 49erFX with one race to spare |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/asian-games-singapore-sailors-kimberly-lim-and-cecilia-low-secure-gold-in-womens-49erfx-with |work=The Straits Times |first=Nicole |last=Chia |date=30 August 2018 |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref>
In 2021, Low and Lim participated at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 49erFX class.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Auto |first=Hermes |date=3 August 2021 |title=Olympics: Sailors Kimberly Lim, Cecilia Low finish 10th in 49er FX, Singapore's best result at Games |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/olympics-sailors-kimberly-lim-cecilia-low-finish-10th-in-49er-fx-singapores-best-result-at |work=The Straits Times |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> The pair became the first Singaporean sailors to participate in a medal race in the Olympics and finished 10th, the best result in sailing for Singapore.<ref name=":02" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Sailing|rui-qi-cecilia-low|Rui Qi Cecilia Low|id=SINCL1}} * {{Olympics.com|cecilia-low|Cecilia Low}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Low, Cecilia}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Singaporean female sailors (sport) Category:Olympic sailors for Singapore Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Category:Asian Games gold medalists in sailing Category:Asian Games silver medalists in sailing Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in sailing Category:Asian Games sailors for Singapore Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Category:Sailors at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Sailors at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Sailors at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Sailors at the 2022 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Category:21st-century Singaporean sportswomen