Yau-Man Chan
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Chan playing table tennis in 2007
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| Born |
August 26, 1952 Hong Kong |
| Residence | Martinez, California, USA |
| Education |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. 1974) University of California, Santa Barbara (M.S. 1977) |
| Occupation | Technology executive |
| Known for | Reality television contestant |
| Home town | Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia |
| Television |
Survivor: Fiji Survivor: Micronesia |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Chan |
| Children | 2 |
Yau-Man Chan (born August 26, 1952) is a Malaysian-American table tennis player, technology executive, and reality television participant. He was the fourth-place finisher in the reality television series Survivor: Fiji. He returned to the show in Survivor: Micronesia, where he was the third contestant to be ousted. He was born in Hong Kong to ethnic Chinese parents and raised in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
He retired from University of California, Berkeley in June 2013. He was the Chief Technology Officer for Computing Services, Network Services, and Telecommunications at the College of Chemistry. He is also a champion table tennis player. Chan was also the 2005-06 Northern California Division Director for the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association. He has a Bachelor of Science (physics) from MIT and a Masters in scientific instrumentation from UC Santa Barbara in 1977.
In the polling at the official Survivor website, Chan was voted as being the favorite survivor of the Fiji season, with a 65.5% popularity rating. Eventual winner Earl Cole finished in second place, with only 10% of the vote.
Chan appeared in the reality television series Survivor: Fiji. He finished fourth and was the last person to be voted out. He appeared on the jury at the end of the season and voted for Earl Cole to win the game and one million dollars.
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