1. Yau-Man Chan is a Malaysian table tennis player, technology executive, and reality television participant.
20 Facts About Yau-Man Chan
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Yau-Man Chan was the fourth-place finisher in the reality television series Survivor: Fiji.
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Yau-Man Chan returned to the show in Survivor: Micronesia, where he was the third contestant to be ousted.
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Yau-Man Chan was born in Hong Kong to ethnic Chinese parents and raised in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
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Yau-Man Chan retired from University of California, Berkeley in June 2013.
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Yau-Man Chan was the chief technology officer for computing services, network services, and telecommunications at the College of Chemistry.
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Yau-Man Chan has a Bachelor of Science from MIT and a Masters in scientific instrumentation from UC Santa Barbara in 1977.
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Yau-Man Chan finished fourth and was the last person to be voted out.
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Yau-Man Chan 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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Yau-Man Chan used his smarts to find the Hidden Immunity Idol.
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Yau-Man Chan constructed the false idol out of half a coconut shell and painted a face on it.
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Yau-Man Chan was part of one of the largest controversies in Survivor history.
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Herd accepted the deal, and Yau-Man Chan sent himself to Exile Island, the first in Survivor history to do so.
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However, Herd reneged on the deal and Yau-Man Chan was voted off.
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Yau-Man Chan has stated that he holds no grudge against what Herd did, as it was a risk he took.
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Yau-Man Chan joined the rest of his tribe in voting Jonny Fairplay off the island during that episode.
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Yau-Man Chan was targeted by Survivor: Panama favorite Cirie Fields, the swing vote for the two alliances.
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Yau-Man Chan received an invitation to be a participant of Survivor: Heroes vs Villains, the 20th season of the show, but had to decline due to an inability to secure sufficient leave from work.
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On May 29,2011, Yau-Man Chan lectured on "Reality of Reality TV" at the 2nd annual SkeptiCalCon event held in Berkeley, California.
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Yau-Man Chan is married to Jennifer Yau-Man Chan and has two children.