Ren Hsieh
Ren Hsieh is writer and editor for Dat Winning, a blog covering sports from an Asian/American perspective. He is the Executive Director of The Dynasty Project, a non-profit that creates and supports athletic programs for New York City’s APIA communities.
Updated April 2016
Stories from This Author
Rediscovering the Legend of Tommy Kono, World’s Greatest Weightlifter
July 26, 2016 • Ren Hsieh
If you’ve never heard of Tommy Kono, he probably wouldn’t have held it against you. Kono was a Japanese American man of humble origins, born in Sacramento, CA, who spent three years of his childhood in northern California’s Tule Lake internment camp. He also may have been the greatest weightlifter the world has ever seen. Kono rose to fame in the 1950s, winning Olympic gold medals in weightlifting for the U.S. in 1952 and 1956, and a silver in 1960. …
Asian Players Helping to Make History in Women’s Pro Hockey
April 18, 2016 • Ren Hsieh
A closer look at the Asian pro hockey players in the inaugural season of the National Women’s Hockey League Earlier this month (March 2016), the National Women’s Hockey League finished its inaugural season with the Boston Pride winning the Isobel Cup by defeating the Buffalo Beauts 2–0 in a best-of-3 series. Posing with her teammates for championship photos after the series clinching win at the Prudential Center Practice Facility in New Jersey was Rachel Llanes, a Filipina American from San …
