Name Cheryl Cheung Wai-yin
School Institute of Vocational Education (Chai Wan)
Grade Year Two
Sport Athletics
Achievements Cheryl, 20, from Tin Shui Wan, is a long-distance runner with Alexander Athletic Club and the athletics team at IVE, where she is studying for a higher diploma in beauty and health.
She won both the women's youth 10km Sai Kung district race and 8km Ma On Shan Cup this year.
Cheryl was last year's overall champion in the ladies open category (age 18-34) in the Athletic Veterans of Hong Kong Adidas 5km series. She won two gold and two silver medals in the four races held at Tai Tam Reservoir, Bowen Road, Wan Chai Gap and South Bay.
She also won the women's youth and adult 2010 Wong Tai Sin District Kowloon Peak 7km race.
Soundbite 'In Form Two, I did quite well at athletics and my PE teacher asked me to run for the school team,' Cheryl says.
'Then, in Form Four, some runners invited me to join my current club. I started racing over 100m and 200m first, but my results weren't good. My coach kept increasing my distances; over five years I must have trained for every distance before settling on 10km and the half marathon.
