{{short description|Singaporean sailor}} {{For|the Singaporean netball player with the same name|Kimberly Lim (netball)}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{family name hatnote|Lim|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Kimberly Lim | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Lim Min | nickname = | nationality = Singapore | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|8|26|df=y}}<ref name="Tokyo 2020 Olympics">{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1358399-lim-kimberly-min.htm |title=Sailing: LIM Kimberly Min |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=21 August 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814165741/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1358399-lim-kimberly-min.htm |archive-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> | birth_place = Singapore | height = | classes = 49erFX, 420, 470, Optimist | club = | coach = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Women's sailing }} {{Medal|Country | {{SGP}} }} {{Medal|Competition|420 World Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2014 Germany U18|420}} {{Medal|Silver|2013 Spain|420}} {{Medal|Silver|2013 Spain U18|420}} {{Medal|Silver|2014 Germany|420}} {{Medal|Competition|Optimist World Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Napier|Optimist}} {{Medal|Competition|Optimist Asian Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2011|Optimist}} {{Medal|Gold|2010|Optimist}} {{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2018 Jakarta–Palembang|49er FX}} {{Medal|Gold|2014 Incheon|420}} {{Medal|Silver|2010 Guangzhou|Optimist}} {{Medal|Competition|Southeast Asian Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2013 Myanmar|420}} }}
'''Lim Min''' (born 26 August 1996), known as '''Kimberly Lim''', is a Singaporean sailor. She was a multiple medalist in various sailing classes in various editions of the Asian Games and also the champion of the Optimist World Championships in 2011.<ref name="series">{{cite web |url=https://asiangames.sailing.org.sg/athletes/kimberly-lim/ |title=Sailor Series: Kimberly Lim |access-date=26 November 2018 |archive-date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127064832/https://asiangames.sailing.org.sg/athletes/kimberly-lim/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref name="Tokyo 2020 Olympics" />
==Early life== Lim studied in CHIJ Katong Convent Primary School then at Tanjong Katong Girls' School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annual Singapore Inter-Schools Sailing Championship Wraps Up |url=https://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Annual-Singapore-Inter-Schools-Sailing-Championship-Wraps-Up/-56168 |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=sail-world.com}}</ref>
She started sailing at 10 and started racing a year later.<ref name="series" />
==Sailing career== === Optimist === Lim won her first sailing event at the Optimist Australian Championships 2009 in the Optimist class, placing first at the girls' event and second at the overall event.<ref name="series" />
In the 2010 Optimist Asian Championships, Lim won the championship, tying in points with second placed Carlos Robles Lorente but winning more races than him. She also won the silver medal in the team racing event with the Singapore team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redsports.sg/2010/07/11/kimberly-lim-asian-optimist-sailing/ |title=Sailor Kimberly Lim is new 2010 Asian Optimist champion |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
Her success at the Optimist Asian Championships continued in 2011 when she won the championship again.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/porean-teen-clinches-world-sailing-championship-054250859.html |title=S'porean teen clinches world sailing championship |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
At the 2010 Asian Games, Lim won the silver medal in the Optimist class.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsingapore.gov.sg/Newsroom/Media-Releases/2011/2/Team-Singapore-Athletes-Rewarded-For-Medal-Haul |title=Team Singapore Athletes Rewarded For Medal Haul |access-date=27 November 2018 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728142338/https://www.sportsingapore.gov.sg/Newsroom/Media-Releases/2011/2/Team-Singapore-Athletes-Rewarded-For-Medal-Haul |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In the 2011 Optimist World Championships, Lim won the gold medal in the girl event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sail-world.com/Australia/2011-Optimist-Worlds-Singapores-Kimberly-Lim-is-new-World-Champion/-92697?source=google.sg |title=2011 Optimist Worlds- Singapore's Kimberly Lim is new World Champion |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref> She was also part of the racing team for the Nation's Cup (Miami Herald Trophy) and won the gold medal also.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redsports.sg/2012/01/10/singapore-sailing-kimberly-lim-optimist-world-champion/ |title=Sailing: Kimberly Lim wins Optimist World crown; Singapore sweep all titles |access-date=27 November 2018 |archive-date=12 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212004720/https://www.redsports.sg/2012/01/10/singapore-sailing-kimberly-lim-optimist-world-champion/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== 420 === At the 2013 Southeast Asian Games held at Myanmar, Lim won the gold medal in the 420 class.<ref>{{cite news |title=SEA Games: Singapore sailors bag five golds, two silvers and five bronzes in Myanmar |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-singapore-sailors-bag-five-golds-two-silvers-and-five-bronzes-in-myanmar |access-date=6 July 2018 |publisher=The Straits Times}}</ref>
In 2013, Lim with her sailing crew, Savannah Siew won a silver medal in both the Open and U18 categories at the 420 World Championships.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sailing: Kimberly and Savannah win silver for S'pore at 420 World Championships |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sailing-kimberly-and-savannah-win-silver-for-spore-at-420-world-championships |access-date=6 July 2018 |publisher=The Straits Times}}</ref> Together with Siew, she won the silver medal in the Open category and the gold medal in the U18 category in the 2014 420 World Championships.
Lim's success continued at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games where she won the gold medal in the 420 class with Siew. However, after the Asian Games, both Lim and Siew changed sailing class, with Lim changing to the 49er FX and Siew to the 470 class.<ref>{{cite news |title=Win-lose, all in the family |url=http://www.asiaone.com/news/sports/win-lose-all-family |access-date=6 July 2018 |publisher=Asiaone}}</ref>
=== 49erFX === In 2016, Lim and her teammate, Cecilia Low, 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 |url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/other-sports/sailors-lim-and-low-hit-high-princess-sofia-trophy-regatta-duo-begin-2020-tokyo |title=No reign in Spain, but sailors get buzz from bronze finish |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
In the 2017 Sailing World Cup series, Lim and Low finished in ninth place at Hyères, France.<ref name="wscfinal">{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/singapores-kimberly-lim-cecilia-low-finish-seventh-at-sailing-world-cup |title=Singapore's Kimberly Lim & Cecilia Low finish seventh at Sailing World Cup |newspaper=The Straits Times |date=11 June 2017 |access-date=27 November 2018 |last1=Ho |first1=Cai Jun }}</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, Lim and Low won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in the 49erFX class with one race to spare.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/asian-games-singapore-sailors-kimberly-lim-and-cecilia-low-secure-gold-in-womens-49erfx-with |title=Asian Games: Singapore sailors Kimberly Lim and Cecilia Low secure gold in women's 49erFX with one race to spare |newspaper=The Straits Times |date=29 August 2018 |access-date=26 November 2018 |last1=Chia |first1=Nicole }}</ref>
In 2021, Lim and Low participated at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 49erFX class.<ref name=":0">{{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=2022-01-07}}</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=":0" />
==Awards== * 2011/2012 Singapore Sports Award - Meritorious Award Sportsboy/Sportsgirl * 2011 Singapore Sports Award - Meritorious Award (Sportboy/Sportgirl Team) * 2014 Singapore Sports Award - (Team of the Year) - Won with Siew for sailing in the 420 class. * 2015 Singapore Sports Award - Meritorious Award (Team of the Year)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Kimberly}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Singaporean female sailors (sport) Category:Optimist class world champions Category:World champions in sailing for Singapore Category:Olympic sailors for Singapore Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Category:Asian Games sailors for Singapore Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Category:Asian Games gold medalists in sailing Category:Asian Games silver medalists in sailing Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in sailing 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:SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore Category:SEA Games medalists in sailing Category:Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Category:21st-century Singaporean sportswomen