As spectators, we all enjoy watching the opening ceremony and the the many sports up for offer at every Olympics. However, these last 2 years have been unprecedented with the pandemic and it has delayed the 2020 Olympics to happen in 2021. At this Olympics, there are no spectators in the stands, nor can the athletes have their loved ones present to cheer them on. For this Olympics Australia has sent 477 Olympians to Tokyo to complete in 30 sports, and looking at the team there at least 22 Aussies who are of Asian background. As usual, Aussie mainstream media has not acknowledged who they are and where they are, so here is a list of the Asian Aussies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the sport they are competing in.
If there are names missing, please let us know!
ARTISTIC SWIMMING TEAM
Alessandra Ho
BADMINTON TEAM
Wendy Chen (Hsuan-Yu) – Singles
Setyana Mapasa – Doubles
Gronya Somerville – Doubles, Mixed Doubles
Simon Leung – Mixed Doubles
CYCLING TEAM
Saya Sakakibara – BMX
DIVING TEAM
Esther Qin – 3m Springboard
Melissa Wu – 10m Platform
Shixin Li – 3m spring
Nikita Hains – 10m platform
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL TEAM
Sam Kerr
GOLF TEAM
Minjee Lee
GYMNASTIC TEAM
Himeka Onoda – Rhythmic
Georgia Godwin – Artistic
KARATE TEAM
Tsuneari Yahiro – Kumite – (-75kg)
RUGBY TEAM
Sariah Paki – Women’s
SWIMMING TEAM
Se-Bom Lee – 400m IM
TABLE TENNIS TEAM
Jian Fang Lay – Singles, Teams
Heming Hu – Mixed Doubles, Teams
Chris Yan – Singles, Teams
WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM
Erika Yamasaki – Women 59kg
Are we missing anyone? If so, please let us know!~~
Some beautiful looking athletes there