Researching Joey Chan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12 people with the Chan surname? In that year Chan was ranked number 3567 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Joey means "form of JOSEPH - God shall add" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Joey Chan on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Joey Chan and the Chan Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Chan Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Chan family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 8171 people with the Chan surname in the UK? Chan is now ranked number 720 for popularity in the UK. |
Chan Family History Databases
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Chan Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Chan surname in the USA? Chan is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Joey Chan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Joey Chan
Joey Chan Ho-ling ( born May 20, 1988 in Hong Kong), known as Joey Chan, is a professional squash player who represents Hong Kong. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 16 in May 2012. In 2018, she captured the Women's Team Gold medal in the 18th Asian Games and a Bronze medal in the 2018 World Women's Team Championships.
Hong Kong's Joey Chan has made great strides on the Tour ever since she first joined back in 2003.
Her consistent performances at events meant that she broke the world's top 100 in 2006 and she claimed creditable semi-final finishes at the NSC Tour 12 No2 and the Taiwan Open the following year.
Her first Tour title came at the Indian Challenger No.4 in 2010 and she went on to pick up the China Open and the Chairman's Cup in September of that year.
She made it into the top 20 in the world in 2011 when she bested Aisling Blake in the final of the Macau Open to lift the crown and she toppled the number one seed Rachael Grinham to take home the Challenge Cup title a year later.
On 7 October 2013, at the 2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin, China, Joey Chan defeated China's Li Dongjin 3-1 for the women's singles title in squash.
Various runner-up finishes followed for Chan over the next few years before she ended her 2014/15 season in style by lifting the NZ International Classic in June 2015 with a win over Misaki Koboyashi in the showpiece event.
Chan returned to the world's top 20 in August 2016.
In December 2016, Chan and fellow Hong Kong teammates captured the Bronze medal in World Women's Team Championships by beating the Malaysia Team to get into the semi-finals.
In 2017, Chan became the first Hong Kong player reaches the final of the World Games and bagged a Silver medal in the women's single event.In 2018, Chan and her teammates captured the Women's Team Gold medal in the 18th Asian Games and a Bronze medal in the 2018 World Women's Team Championships.
Source: Joey Chan, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Chan
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