1 SPORTS AWARDS 2020 2 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 on thisjourney. teams andmany more who have madeadifference gratitude to ourexcellent coaches, capable support performance in 2019, we alsoextend ourdeepest As we celebrate Team Singapore’s outstanding and commitmentto excellence. a testament to Team Singapore’s tenacious spirit numerous podium (MVP) award. Many new records were setamidst SEA Games, together withtheMost Valuable Player of 53gold, 46silver and68bronze medalsatthe2019 rankings whilealsobringinghomeanimpressive haul our athletes achieved multiple world number one for Team Singapore. Forging aheadofthecompetition, 2019 was ayear ofhistoric ! FORGING AHEAD FORGING nishes throughout the year – ! rsts andincredible wins

3 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 End ofprogramme ofthe Sportsman Year Sportswoman ofthe Year ofthe Sportsboy Year ofthe Sportsgirl Year Coach ofthe Year Team ofthe Year (Team Sport) Team ofthe Year (Event) Sportsboy/Sportsgirl Team ofthe Year (Event) PhotoBest Sports ofthe Year Story ofthe Most InspiringSport Year Event ofthe Best Sports Year (International) Event ofthe Best Sports Year (Local) Singapore Sports Awards 2020 Organising Chairperson, Welcome by Mrs. Jessie Phua the Singapore NationalOlympicCouncil Speaker ofParliament &President of Mr Tan Chuan-Jin Opening by Guest-of-Honour

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4 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Shooting Athletics Jiu-Jitsu Bowling Fencing Sailing Wushu Silat Elena LeeNaPedersen Gan ChingHwee Christie May Chue MunEe Muhammad Syakir BinJeffry Abdul RaazaqBin Abdul Rashid Ho Xiu Yi Kenan Tan Kee Zen Lee Wonn Kye Radiance Koh Noah Lim Tian Run Maxine Wong JieXin Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman Xavier Teo Jun Hao Brandon OngKai Jun Amabel Chua Jiaying Marc BrianLouis Tay Yu Xuan Zoe Tan Ziyi Kimberly OngLiLing Heidi Kong Kai En Isabel Chua Xin Ting Cherlyn Yeoh ChzieLin Jonathan Tan EuJin SPORTSBOY/ SPORTSGIRL INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL SPORTSGIRL SPORTSBOY/ MERITORIOUS AWARDS AWARDS MERITORIOUS 5 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Women’s Under-17 Team Bowling Championships Bowling Championships IDBF World Dragon Boat 20th Asian Youth Tenpin 20th Asian Youth Tenpin 2019 Commonwealth Junior Mixed Doubles Junior Women’s Team Championship 2019 Championship 2019 Championships Boys’ Doubles Dragon Boat Table Tennis Boys’ Team 29er World Bowling Sailing

Koen Pang Yew En Goi RuiXuan Faith Hailey Toh Lee Riane Yap Yu Ting Anthea Woo Kei Ean Joie Teo Yi Yun Sue-Ann Tan Kai Ying Soh Zhi Yi Celeste LeeLinXuan Koh RuiXin Kho Rui-En Nguyen HoangNgoc Anh Stephanie Gay EnNing Gan JieHui Samrita Das Christine Hayashi Akane Eugene Yeo Hanjie Xavier Teo Jun Hao Brandon OngKai Jun Jomond Chia Yu Sun Brandon OngKai Jun Jomond Chia Yu Sun SPORTSBOY/ SPORTSGIRL (EVENT/TEAM) MERITORIOUS AWARDS AWARDS MERITORIOUS 6 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Lawn Bowls Ice Skating Badminton Shooting Jiu-Jitsu Bowling Cycling Sailing Chess Silat Golf Martina Lindsay P Martina Veloso Ryan Lo Jun Han Pang HengHeck Constance Lien Tian En Chloe IngXuanling James Leow Luo Yiwei Riyadh HakimBin Lukman Gong Qianyun Bernice LimHui Ying New HuiFen Yeo JiaMin Loh Kean Yew Adib Farhan BinRamli Nurzuhairah Binte Mohammad Yazid Nurul SuhailaBinte MohdSaiful Sheik Farhan Bin Sheik Alau’ddin Abdul RaaziqBin Abdul Rashid Muhammad IqbalBin Abdul Rahman MERITORIOUS AWARDS AWARDS MERITORIOUS INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL 7 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Sambo/Wrestling Table Tennis Swimming Wushu Vera Tan Yan Ning Yong Yi Xiang Jesse Colin Adalia Jowen LimSi Wei Muhammad NazriBinSutari Lin Ye Teong Tzen Wei Joseph IsaacSchooling Amanda LimXiangQi Lionel KhooChien Yin MERITORIOUS AWARDS AWARDS MERITORIOUS INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL 8 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Boat Championship IDBF World Dragon Women’s Team World T20 Asia Dragon Boat Region Final Men’s Team Cricket

Janice Yoong Yuan Ling Joyce Wee Zheng Eunice Thiam Jia Min Sherdyn Teng Siew Ting Vanessa Tan Huiwen Amelie Tan Chen Xi Denise Lindsey Ng Yu Hui Diana NaiMinZhen Renee SherlynnSimoneLoh Xue Ying Lim Xiaowei Lew SiHsien Lam Ting Janice GohLiLing Melissa ChangHuiMin Aryaman Uchil Manpreet Singh Sidhant Janak Prakash Anish Edward Paaram Navin Michael Param Amjad Mahboob Anantha Krishna Rezza Gaznavi Aritra Dutta Avi Dixit Timothy Hays David Surendran Chandramoha Vinoth Mandrayar Baskaran Aahan Gopinath Achar MERITORIOUS AWARDS AWARDS MERITORIOUS EVENT 9 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Asia OceaniaFloorball Confederation Cup 2019 SEAGames Men’s Foil Team Men’s Team Floorball Fencing Zong Wei Tng Yeo Kaixiang Thaddeus Tan Jared Tan Jenmark Sorreda Akmal Shaharudin Joshua Seow Syazni Ramlee Suria R Glendon Phua Vignesa Pasupathy Lim JianHong Lee Chee Yong Ng Juin Jie Nicholas Low Devanand M Sean Huang Haleef Hairon Chun Yin Yeung Jeremy Chia Chan Li Yang Abdul Mateen Amir Mizra Haziq Abdul Wahab Darren Tan Jun Hao Jet NgShangFei Joshua LimIan Kevin Jerrold Chan MERITORIOUS AWARDS AWARDS MERITORIOUS EVENT 10 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Artistic Female Doubles Artistic Men’s 4x100mFreestyle 5th Asian Pencak Silat Men’s 4x100mMedley 5th Asian Pencak Silat 5th Asian Pencak Silat Artistic MaleDoubles Artistic Artistic Female Artistic Team 2019 49erFX World 2019SEAGames 2019SEAGames 2019 SEAGames Championships Women’s Triples Championship Championship Championship Lawn Bowls Relay Team Relay Team Swimming Sailing Silat Darren Chua Yi Shou Nurhanishah Binte Shahrudin Nur Azlyana Binte Ismail Nur HakimBinNorshamsuddin Sya Siti Nazurah Binte Mohd Yusoff Nurzuhairah Binte Mohd Yazid Nur Azlyana Binte Ismail Cecilia Low RuiQi Kimberly LimMin Shermeen LimXin Yi Lim Poh Eng Goh QueeKee Joseph IsaacSchooling Quah Zheng Wen Lionel KhooChien Yin Darren Chua Yi Shou Jonathan Tan EuJin Joseph IsaacSchooling Quah Zheng Wen ! q Syazry BinMohd Abdul Majid MERITORIOUS AWARDS AWARDS MERITORIOUS EVENT 11 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Men’s 4x200mFreestyle Tennis Championships Underwater Hockey Freestyle Relay Team ITTF-ATTU Asian Table Women’s Team 2019 Medley Relay Team Women’s 4x100m 2019SEAGames Women’s 4x100m 2019 SEAGames 2019 SEAGames 2019 SEAGames Table Tennis Men’s Team Relay Team Swimming

Jonathan Chan Tuan San Yu Mengyu Wong XinRu Lin Ye Goi RuiXuan Feng Tianwei Quah Jing Wen Elena LeeNaPedersen Christie Chue MunEe Cherlyn Yeoh ChzieLin Quah Ting Wen Quah Jing Wen Amanda LimXiangQi Jonathan Tan EuJin Joseph IsaacSchooling Quah Zheng Wen Darren Chua Yi Shou Samuel Wong Yew Kong Twang Jia Ye Lucas OngXianDa Liu Dongliang Rudy Kurniawan Lim Wee Lit Simon Lee Yuek Lun Vincent LawSaiHow Kwan Chuek Hay Kerby Kok KiatHan Marcus Chua Kuan Long MERITORIOUS AWARDS AWARDS MERITORIOUS EVENT BEST SPORTS EVENT OF THE YEAR (LOCAL) 13 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 to previous editions of OCBCCycle. itemsunnecessary –from bubblewrap to ziploc bags–compared careful planning, the organisers managedto prunealmost40,000 were eliminated from theevent pack collectionprocess. Through In a Nature Park. As aresult, 140trees were planted Farm on1June 2019atDairy plant onetree for every 50cyclists whoregistered for OCBC Cycle 2019. environmental impact. ofthatpush,As part OCBCBankcommitted to the latest validation ofOCBCBank’s on-goingpushto create apositive set ofstringentenvironment compliance guidelines. The certi proactive steps to uselessandgreen more, benchmarked againsta The green labelisintended to recognise events inSingapore thattake planting oftrees. F&N, onrecycling projects andby tagging event to participation certi event here to earn theSingapore Environment Council’s EcoEvent through arigorous green audit process –andbecamethe to waste less, OCBCBankputitssignature OCBCCycle 2019event friends andfamily atannual cycling OCBC Cycle 2019offered achance to 6,800participants bondwith ! ! rst for event a sporting inSingapore, single-useplastics cation withgreen innovations such aspairingwiththeir sponsor, Singapore Cycling Federation ! esta. Singapore’s Supporting drive SANCTIONING BODY SANCTIONING Management Pte Ltd EVENT ORGANISER ORGANISER EVENT /TITLE SPONSOR /TITLE EVENT OWNER CYCLE CYCLE OCBCBank OCBC PICH Event Event PICH ! rst sports rst sports ! 2019 cation is

14 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 a platform ofstructured play. Play Inclusive aimsto create awareness andto include everyone to uni intellectual disabilitiesorvisualimpairmenttrain andplay together in This event ofaninitiative where ispart students withandwithout compete inbadminton, basketball, football, More teamed than700participants up asuni to include boththeintellectual andvisualdisability’s community. This year, theorganisers disabilitytypes expanded theparticipating addition ofGoalball, for asport personswithvisualimpairment. with andwithoutdisabilities, returned for asecondyear withthe Play Inclusive, Singapore’s largest uni ! ed teams to buildfriendshipsthrough shared experiences. sporting ! ed sports competitionfored sports persons " & Ministry of Education& Ministry Singapore, SportCares SportCares Singapore, oorball andgoalball. ! ed teams to train and INCLUSIVE INCLUSIVE EVENT ORGANISER ORGANISER EVENT Special Olympics Olympics Special TITLE SPONSOR TITLE SportCares PLAY 2019

15 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 the company ofthe mostrenowned marathons in the world. to jointhe Abbott World Marathon Majors, which willplaceit among Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon hasannounced itsambition Half Marathon, Ekiden, 10km, 5kmandKidsDash. over 127countriesannually, offering various runformats including the from allover theworld, attracting anaverage of50,000runnersfrom include, inspire andbecelebrated by Singaporeans andparticipants 18th edition, theStandard Chartered Singapore Marathon continues to race andcelebrated together withover 150,000spectators. Now inits In 2019, runnersexperienced theintroduction ofthe compliance withtheIAAFRulesandRegulations. signi experience withitsworld-class excellence inglobal sporting recognised for anunparalleled bringingparticipants running The onlyIAAFGoldLabelledrace intheregion, SCSMhasbeen by theBay andtheEsplanade. landmarks andvibrant skylines such asMarinaBay Sands, Gardens the world andallwalks oflife runpastsomeofSingapore’s mosticonic Sunday ofDecember, tens from ofthousandsparticipants allover event andahighlightonSingapore’s calendar. sporting Onevery The Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon isaniconicnational ! cance, highorganisational quality, athletes’ safety and Standard Chartered Bank CHARTERED CHARTERED SINGAPORE SINGAPORE MARATHON MARATHON SANCTIONING BODY SANCTIONING STANDARD STANDARD Singapore Athletics EVENT ORGANISER ORGANISER EVENT ! TITLE SPONSOR TITLE rst-ever evening IRONMAN Asia 2019 ! rst

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OF THE YEAR (INTERNATIONAL) 17 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 and Alia Atkinson goingaround theisland. took 305participants part Champions such asJoseph Schooling, EmilySeebohm, Cate Campbell Singapore for thelocalswimming fraternity, withOlympicand World Swim clinics conducted by thestar swimmers were heldacross spectators attended theevent over three days. representing 22nations and205localswimmers. More than6,000 swimmers participated intheevent, with143international swimmers the OCBC Aquatic Centre from 17to 19 August 2019. A total of348 The FINASwimming World Cup2019Presented by Yakult was heldat Freestyle relay event. Cherlyn Yeoh andQuah Ting Wen clinched silver inthe Mixed 4x 100m record intheprocess, andtheteam ofDarren Chua, Pang ShengJun, medal inthe Women’s 200m Butter as Cluster 1winners, whileSingapore’s QuahJing Wen won abronze The competitionsaw Vladimir Morozov andKatinka Hosszucrowned over 200participants. World CupSingapore event, withthe Yakult Relay Challengeattracting The Yakult Relay Challengewas alsoheldinconjunctionwiththeFINA in seven swim clinics thatwere conducted. (Fédération internationale de natation) de internationale (Fédération " y event settinganew national PRESENTING SPONSOR PRESENTING WORLD CUP WORLD SANCTIONING BODY SANCTIONING Singapore Swimming Swimming Singapore SWIMMING PRESENTED PRESENTED BY YAKULT BY EVENT ORGANISER ORGANISER EVENT Yakult Singapore Yakult Association 2019 2019 FINA FINA FINA

18 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 The onlyguarantee attheSingapore Sevens ishaving agreat time! down athalf-timeto seala20-19victory over defending champions Fiji. some, heart-breaking) Singapore hasbecomefamous for; anepic, heart-stopping (andto 2019 sawmore than55,000fans over two days, bearwitnessto what young atheart. unlimited offunandgreat servings memoriesfor theyoung and entertainment spanninglocaland international actsaswell as for all, best-in-class children’s activities, carefully curated music and accompaniment isaweek-long festival rugby ofancillary tournaments out onthehallowed NationalStadium turf; whattranscends in There ismuch more thanworld-class, exhilarating Rugby 7splayed Hub.Sports Rugby Sevens, heldover aweekend atthe iconic Singapore Asia’s largest andmostprestigious rugby event, theHSBCSingapore The community comestogether each year to celebrate Southeast ! nal thatsawSouth Africa comeback from 0-19 Singapore Rugby Union Singapore Sports Hub Hub Sports Singapore SANCTIONING BODY SANCTIONING SINGAPORE SINGAPORE and Sport Singapore Sport and EVENT ORGANISER ORGANISER EVENT TITLE SPONSOR TITLE SEVENS SEVENS RUGBY RUGBY HSBC HSBC

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19 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 in approximately 193territories worldwide. broadcast and streaming services, engagingmillionsofviewers global audienceviamulti-platform distributionchannels across Besides engagingthein-stadium audience, itreached thelarger culminating inastar-studded weekend offootball. enhanced withastrong line-upofteams showcasing their fullsquads, anticipation andinteraction amongregional football fans, further national football tournaments thissummer, theICCgenerated strong has adopted anew-look four team, two match formats. With few major regional calendar. sporting This was also the Cup (ICC)hasmatured into event amajorannual sporting onthe Entering itsthird year inSingapore, theInternational Champions Football Association of SingaporeFootballof Association INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS PRESENTING SPONSOR PRESENTING ! Relevent Sports Group ReleventSports SINGAPORE rst year inwhich ICC SANCTIONING BODY SANCTIONING PRESENTED PRESENTED EVENT ORGANISER ORGANISER EVENT BY AIA AIA BY 2019 2019 CUP CUP

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20 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 sessions andyouth andjuniorraces. visits andhelpedthenext generation ofathletes withcoaching in amateur events butalsoengaged1,000studentsoncommunity spectators across theweekend andinspired 730peopleto participate Super League’s athletes notonly entertained more than10,000 and risingstar Cassandre Beaugrand. most dramatic ever The racing onthecoursewas red hotandproduced oneoftriathlon’s to provide theperfect backdrop for top level competition. captivated itsaudienceby drawing uponSingapore’s natural beauty of more than1billion, attracted ahuge socialmediafollowing and The event was broadcast to 104territories across theworld witha reach its dramatic climax withtheGrand FinalonSentosa Island. The SuperLeague Triathlon’s globalChampionshipSeriesreached ! nishes involving World ChampionKatie Zaferes ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove SUPER LEAGUE ITU/TriathlonSingapore Super League Triathlon League Super SINGAPORE SANCTIONING BODY SANCTIONING TRIATHLON TRIATHLON EVENT ORGANISER ORGANISER EVENT TITLE SPONSOR TITLE

MOST INSPIRING SPORT STORY OF THE YEAR 22 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 top-events-yes-but-sports-culture www.straitstimes.com/sport/medals- Times Straits The of Aziz Abdul Sazali Muhammad BY CITY? SPORTING A TRULY SINGAPORE IS change before ofcitizens’ trulybecomes apart sport lives. nation,sporting there isroom to grow andfor attitudes to notesarticle thatwhile Singapore hasindeedbecomea centres,million visitsto sports SportSG poolsandgyms, the membership hascrossed the1.8millionmark. With over 17 steadily growing numbers and participation sport ActiveSG pathways for athletes. Recent trends have recorded facilities andworld-class events, aswell assporting nation,of a sporting such as high-performance excellence, exploresThis article thedifferent factors andcharacteristics

23 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 are-found-on-all-types-of-wheels www.straitstimes.com/sport/heroes- Times Straits The of Brijnath Rohit BY WHEELS OF TYPES ALL ON FOUND ARE HEROES possibility and opportunity’. pays tributethe article andsends ‘a message ofhope, Goh and Yip have found theirpurposeand drive inlife, are bothinspirations intheirown right. Inshowing how achievements bothonandoff thepodiumandhow they with aglimpseinto thepair’s determination, zestfor life, fellow Paralympian Yip PinXiu, Brijnathpresents readers In afeature pieceon Theresa Gohandher friendshipwith SWIM LEGEND GOH’S NO UNICORN | plain truth is a rousing thing. always tended to crumble.” The said, bluntly: “On the big stage, I finally fulfilled in Rio 2016, she Paralympic medal, which she brave, 17-year quest for a honesty that was searing. funny and natural and had an learnt from Goh. That she was tell them, ‘my mum ate them’.” with a terrific reply: “She told me to asked her mum, who armed her fingers. She wasn’t sure and so she she wasn’t self-conscious. fingers were not fully developed but and extended her right hand. Two wheelchair, smiled like a sunbeam, Sports Council. She sat in her write for the Singapore Disability years ago, for a book I was helping to had shaved off for kids with cancer. The hair that she, with spina bifida, she loved but didn’t have that day. was unusual. The hair It was the hair which first told me Assistant Sports Editor Rohit Brijnath Sporting competitive swimmer. a as career 20-year her of part ter bet- the for routine her on flecting re- Goh, said session,” the of end herself out of bed. drags she then, And training. are they how and competitors her of thinks she times other goal, her of of a struggle. her morning training session is less pastthat ready forwindow, getting back if to shestays but sleep awake go to wants She crucial. are onds still dark and knows it’s the next 10when sec- up wakes Goh Theresa Nicole Chia achievements at Paralympics, world meet Para-swimmer blazed trail with pioneering on all types of wheels of types all on found are Heroes Theresa Goh retires Goh Theresa “But I end up really happy at the the at happy really up end I “But herself reminds she Sometimes Last year, as we discussed her These were the first lessons I In school, kids asked about those It was the first time we met, 10 What a woman, I thought. USA,SPEBR1,2019 17, SEPTEMBER TUESDAY, Life | excellence. athletes pursuing first and foremost, they’re acknowledgement that, pity, just an Because they don’t want I admire these women. their friendship glitters more Pin Xiu, 27, will be around and be less joyous. But her buddy, Yip who has retired, will go on but it’ll Tooth, ensures that her muscles her. Her condition, Charcot-Marie- because I know typing is tough for Yip wrote. I expected 150 words be my pleasure.” intrusion but Yip replied: “It would paper. I apologised for the short, farewell note to Goh for our I texted Yip to ask if she’d write a midst of championships, and Yip have. Last week, in the were half-silver, half-bronze. half and forged new medals that jeweller, had their medals cut in when they got home they went to a given silver and Oe bronze, but other. Eventually Nishida was refused to vault off against each Oe, who were tied for second but vaulters Shuhei Nishida and Sueo Olympics about Japanese pole beautifully than any medal. able faces in Singapore sport. recognis- most the of one being of distinction the and records world medal, Paralympic a includes that accolades of slew a to amounted man, I just love to sleep.” know don’t I but training, morning siblings, three the same for added: couldsay “You of oldest the is long as it doesn’t kill me”. Goh, who said the through,” 32-year-old. go to had ever I’ve est est challenge of her career. considers morning training still sessions the hard- she why plained ex- she as laughed and yesterday H TAT TIMES STRAITS THE Singapore sport without Goh, 32, So, in between winning golds, This is the sort of friendship Goh There is a tale from the 1936 iig u rcos sep hs has sleep precious up Giving as “doable... was else Everything hard- the are seconds 10 “Those retirement her announced She | [email protected] pursuing excellence. Because they first and foremost, they’re athletes just an acknowledgement that, even skydived together. Dear god. their prison. Once, in Australia, they wheelchairs are their rides, not independent. Because their resourceful, articulate and women. Because they’re generous, words of love and respect. sent me 504 words on Goh; 504 So she uses her knuckles. Still, she bent and she can’t type with them. point where her fingers are now degenerate progressively, to the of wheels. that heroes are found on all types week, it’s a good time to remember other to a dip in an icy lake. and will probably challenge each tomorrow they’re off to Iceland To appreciate their spirit – to PX. To be grateful for them both. say thank you to TG and good luck best. This is a good time for that. To briefly for a nation to salute its done it with a smile. belongs to everyone. And they’ve inclusive and reminded us sport made us question if we’re truly gay rights, modelled for cosmetics, helped erase stigma, stood up for became our trailblazers. They’ve trained to become champions yet freedom and purpose. They and they found in water both hope, possibility and opportunity. visibility has been a message of thought I was alone” and their never saw people like me on TV, I Paralympic golds, once told me “I record books. Yip, who has three our sports pages and now in our a pirate’s treasure. chest so full of medals it looked like Goh once sent me a photo of a own enough medals to start a shop. fort and challenges is something I I something is challenges and fort being able to take pain and discom- sport... with competitive that come stresses the and failure to posed ship. Being in training and being ex- ity that taught me how to take hard- ming when she was five. thing,” said Goh, who started swim- every- shaped it’s me, to happened has that thing important most the probably is “Swimming freest. the feels she place the been always has ysedfrom the waist down, thepool is proud of. be “the swimmer” – an identity she so long”, knows will alwaysshe for of part a been you’ve that hind be- something leaving “just from Despite occasional moments of fear was “done” and “ready to move on”. made byfirmer thefeeling that she one, gradual a was retire to cision Because they don’t want pity, This is why I admire these Most of all, in this Formula One Sport never stops yet it pauses They came to the pool to swim They’ve been on our front pages, “Surprisingly, it’s not my disabil- my not it’s “Surprisingly, paral- and bifida spina with Born Goh told her de- tears of joy shed on best friendand onbest shed tears joy of were they time this but lympics, lot about myself.” just did things that made me happy. to change whatever I was doing and decided I so down… crashing come disappointed in me. be to going were people that ried wor- so was I results, my on phasis em- of lot a placed “I said: she and Paralympics the after swimming from break anine-month Goh took crying. alone, bed in lay she and by 0.74 of a second. podium the of short fell but Games Paralympic the at medal in 2008, when she were was tipped to win a moments painful most petitive swimmer.” can only do because I’ve been a com- literally blood, sweat and tears. one. We were always tired. It was did show with your amazing times. hard work put in will show and it always believed that the amount of was so, so, so happy for you. I have your bronze medal, I was ecstatic. I trained for Rio. When you received teammate to push me on as we company. motivation, encouragement and 2016. Thank you for the Beijing 2008, 2012 and Rio including for the Paralympics in training alongside each other, me and use it for the rest of my life. myself. I will carry this advice with about it and to instead focus on you calmly told me not to worry was stricken with panic. However were getting faster than me and I the rankings. I saw my competitors class in 2010, I decided to check roommates. thereafter we have been September 2005 and for every trip were roommates in in half after I was in the team. We became friends almost a year and a was immediate. In fact, we only along the way. three is for the people I have met enough to create. And number impact I have been fortunate Number two is for the social have had in and out of the pool. would be for the achievements I most grateful for. Number one there are three things that I am Dearest Theresa, A letter from It’ll be different training without you you without training different be It’ll She cried again at the 2016 Para- 2016 the at again cried She a learnt I years the were “Those didn’t world the realised I “Then ended had it like felt world Her her but smile ready a wears Goh The journey has not been an easy I could not have had a better For 15 years we have been I remember once, when I was in Our friendship was not one that Especially you. On this journey as a swimmer, it’sa signifier. They can say allthey their able-bodied peers. as rewards monetary same the get should para-athletes whether debate over ignited has Yip and Goh Wong Zhi Wei. and Soon Sophie Soong, Wei Toh emergence of young swimmers like the see to happy now is but baton, the over take to ready was eration in the future,” she said. contribute, even to disability sports to able be to want just I but legacy ming Championships in London. Swim- Para World the at week last did it again just before her final race the 100m SB4. in bronze a – Games the at medal der, after she won her first and only fellow swimmer Yip Pin Xiu’s shoul- you on FaceTime instead. London any more and so I called remembered that you were not in back to the hotel. Then I come down for dinner when I got Wednesday, I wanted to text you to became world champion again on not to have you around. When I championships and it felt weird your races at the world being there at every moment. common goals and thank you for We were both trying to reach understood each other’s journeys. mad at each other because we periods. But we could never stay emotions run high during stressful other over the smallest things as rough day. goggles when it was a specially amount of tears cried into our testing, sweat at training and the The blood taken for physiology Goh said: “It’s not important but but important not “It’s said: Goh of success the years, the Over She used to worry if the next gen- a leaving about know don’t “I She race. that watches still Goh I have always been able to You went back on Tuesday after At times we were angry at each to her teammate and friend Theresa Goh [email protected] her feats legendary. finding for faulted be cannot one ter and that’s what I feel like”. be- cause “it’s like the unicornnarwhal of the wa- a chose Goh stars”. the to hardship, “through to lates tusk-like long tooth) and a a Latin phrase that trans- with whale (a andher mostrecent is of anarwhal sports she that tattoos seven the and transgender) and racism. bisexual gay, (lesbian, LGBT imals, sues related to the environment, an- topics is- include They heart. her to close the about more learning continue to wants ago, years two gay as out came who Goh, cards, don’t see us as the same.” still they that shows that but want want, they can congratulate all they Pin Xiu be there for me in life. more, I can still depend on you to be in the pool alongside me any know that even though you will not how things might change. But I do hard for Tokyo 2020, I have no idea into the water and start training all this with me. fortunate to have you go through listening ear. I have been very advice or just when I needed a depend on you as a friend, for goals”. common reach “to striving were and journeys” other’s each “understood they because well so click could pair the that feels swimmer younger The 2011. in back Goh Theresa and Xiu Pin Yip friends Long-time to her heart. heart. her to close are that issues about more learn to wants now Goh Theresa sport, her from away Swimming • HER ACHIEVEMENTS • • • • She is no mythical creature, but but creature, mythical no is She The stories of Goh’s life are told in the on be could activism While Come October when I get back Singapore’s first female 2016 finishing third in 1:55.55 in the 100m breaststroke SB4, Paralympic bronze medallist in are gold, from nine editions. Games – 33 medals, of which 30 athlete at the Asean Para Most bemedalled Singapore breaststroke. the 50m and 200m Former world record holder in 6.39sec in Durban, . medley (SM5 category) in 4min winning the 200m individual world champion in 2006, Singapore’s first swimming competing in 2004. 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example oflivingbetter through sport. and mentorship for youths under hischarge –aprime an insightinto Ho’s journey, sporting coaching career as acoach at82years ofage, gives thearticle readers Singapore atthe1956 MelbourneOlympicsto retiring and hislifelong passionfor thegame. From representing featuresThis article veteran basketball coach HoLienSiew

BEST SPORTS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 27 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 ANDYCHUA at New ClarkCity Aquatics Center, . win themen’s 50mbutter defending champion by 0.06secto The close touch – Teong Tzen Wei from Singapore beat " y event atthe2019 SEAGames

28 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 LEANDRO NGO LEANDRO Rugby SuperSeriesattheSingapore Cricket Club. the Halcyon Agri Singapore 4’s International Wheelchair Tan Whee BooninactionduringtheSingapore round of 29 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 LIM SAU BOON LIM competition at The Rink. routine duringtheSingapore NationalFigure Skating Grace –Singapore ! gure skater CocoLinexecuting her 30 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 LIM WEIXIANG LIM 2019 atOur Tampines Hub. Rovers’ Tau the lineto keep histeam inthegameanddeny Tampines Warriors FCgoalkeeper Fashah Iskandar putshisbodyon ! k Suparnofrom scoringintheSingapore Cup 31 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 KOHEI UENO KOHEI the Apnea Association of Singapore. Championships heldinBali, , organised by way down to 60matthe2019 AAS Freediving Depth Muhammad Firdaus, aSingaporean freediver, onhis

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TEAM OF THE YEAR (EVENT) 33 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 teamwork intheirjourney. complementing each other’s capabilitiesanddisplaying excellent contenders. The team makes aformidable quartet whentogether, of pinfalls (5,477)amongst thenumerous strong international in 2019, qualifyingfor thesemi- the bronze medal atthe World Junior ChampionshipsinFrance The Singapore Bowling Mixed Team didSingapore proud by winning BOWLINGCHAMPIONSHIPS) BOWLING MIXED TEAM TEAM MIXED BOWLING (2019 WORLD JUNIOR JUNIOR (2019WORLD ! nals withthesecond-highestnumber Xavier Teo Jun Hao Hao Jun Teo Xavier Eugene Yeo Hanjie Yeo Eugene Arianne TayArianne Kai Lin Quek Lu Yi Yi Lu Quek

34 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 ever for Team Singapore atthe World Junior Championships. achieved sixthposition intheJunior Boys’ Team event -the best medal Singapore hasever secured atthisChampionship. The team 2019 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships which isthe The capablepairalsopaddledtheirway to abronze medalatthe SEA Gamesby winning thesilver medalintheMen’s Doublesevent. Josh Chua andKoen Pang madeanastounding debutatthe2019 TABLE TENNIS MEN’S MEN’S TENNIS TABLE (2019 SEA GAMES) (2019SEA DOUBLES TEAM TEAM DOUBLES Josh Chua Shao Han Koen Pang Yew En En Yew Pang Koen ! ! rst nish

35 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 THE YEAR TEAM OF (EVENT) 36 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 on theworld stage of thewomen’s teamwork, determination andkeen competitive edge That’s two National Records in just at 13thplace, againwithanew NationalRecord under theirbelt. the samequartet racing againstinternational powerhouses to emerge Record timingsto boot. The 18thFINA World Championship inJuly saw the goldmedalonceagainfor Singapore withnew NationalandMeet at the2019SEAGameswithease, defending theirtitle and winning This impressive quartet dominated the Women’s 4x200mFreestyle Relay 4X200M FREESTYLE TEAM TEAM FREESTYLE 4X200M SWIMMING WOMEN’S WOMEN’S SWIMMING (2019 SEA GAMES) (2019SEA ! ve months – an indisputable display Christie Chue Mun Ee Mun Chue Christie Gan Ching Hwee Quah Jing Wen Wen Jing Quah Quah Ting Wen

37 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 and perseverance. manoeuvres, balancedwith calmteamwork, determination A memorable performance involving a high degree ofdaring of thefour skaters were 16-17year olddebutants atthe SEAGames. all themore jawdropping whencoupledwiththefact thatthree out beginning tilltheend, breaking therecord for itwithease. This feat is relay event atthe2019SEAGames. The team ledtherace from thevery glorious victory, winningthe goldmedalattheMen’s Team 3000m Singapore’s track short speedskating men’s team speditsway to a ICE SKATING MEN’S TEAM TEAM MEN’S SKATING ICE 3000M RELAY TEAM TEAM RELAY 3000M (2019 SEA GAMES) (2019SEA Zen Koh Sheng Sian Sheng Koh Zen Trevor Tan Xuxuan Tan Trevor Lucas Ng Jun Jie Jun Ng Lucas Xu Jingfeng Xu

38 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 edge outMalaysia. that winhappen, accumulating afantastic total of4,833pinfalls to important goldof all, andthey gave their100%to each otherto make the goal, thisteam touched goldwas atthe2011SEAGames. Their eyes always Games goldmedalafter aneight-year wait –thelasttimethey competition timeandagain, snaggingthelong-awaited 2019 SEA This reputable women’s team offour hascertainly bowled over the ! rmly believes thattheteam goldisalways themost BOWLING WOMEN’S WOMEN’S BOWLING (2019 SEA GAMES) GAMES) SEA (2019 Daphne Tan Shi Jing TEAM OF 4 OF TEAM Cherie Tan Shi Hua Tan Shi Cherie Shayna Ng Lin Zhi New Hui Fen Fen Hui New ! rmly on

39 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 in theircapabilitiesto make Singapore proud. indefatigable teamwork have laidasolidfoundation ofcon de recovering magni gold medalinthewomen’s team foil Team Singapore’s fencers have taken askilfulstab atand won the ! cit against . Their calmprecision, sharptechniques and ! cently from anearlyscare andaseven-point FENCING WOMEN’S (2019 SEA GAMES) (2019SEA AmitaBerthier Nicolette Marie ! nals atthe2019SEAGames, Denyse Chan Wan Jing Jing Wan Chan Denyse Tatiana Wong Yu Rong Yu Wong Tatiana Maxine Wong Jie Xin FOIL TEAM TEAM FOIL ! dence

40 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 the Open. Open, onebronze medalattheBelgium Openandplacedfourth at three gold medalsattheUSAOpenand7th8thSingapore SEA Games. fromApart that, thisteam hasalsopreviously swooped up gold medalagainsttheprevailing team Indonesiaartistic atthe2019 trio madeadistinctmarkforThis artistic themselves whenthey won the Muhammad Nazrul Bin Mohd Kamal (2019 SEA GAMES) (2019SEA Nujaid Hasif Bin Zainal Abidin Abidin Zainal Bin Hasif Nujaid ARTISTIC TEAM TEAM ARTISTIC Hamillatu Arash Bin Juffrie Juffrie Bin Arash Hamillatu SILAT MEN’S MEN’S SILAT

41 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 their victory, andhasbrought to glory Singapore. Games’ programme. Their hard work haspaidoff handsomelywith it beingthe 2019 SEAGameswhenthey claimed theinaugural goldmedal, team, don’t holdyour breath. The team madeahuge splashatthe If you’re thinkingoftopping ourmighty underwater hockey women’s ! Alice Chong Alice Voon Lin rst time the sport hasbeenincluded inthebiennial rst timethesport Roeswita Leono Liaw Leono Roeswita UNDERWATER HOCKEY HOCKEY UNDERWATER Lee Chi Kuen Chi Lee Chua Yi Ying Yi Chua Priscilla Ang Priscilla Cheoh Pin Pin Cheoh (2019 SEA GAMES) (2019SEA WOMEN’S TEAM TEAM WOMEN’S Christina Tham Yoke Tham Yee Christina Beverley Ong Jia Jing Jing Jia Ong Beverley Lim Yiru Celine Celine Yiru Lim Lim Pei Ching Ching Pei Lim Sheena Soh Ena Ng Ng Ena

42 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 (TEAM SPORT) THE YEAR TEAM OF 43 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Jerelee Ong Yan Ting Zabir Ong Hui Hui Mohamed Binte Begum Fariza Nordiana Bte Md Yeari Qi Hui Lok Michelle Yunhan Lim Pearlynn Mindy Lim Zhi Yu Ting Pei Lim Felicia Siti Nurhaliza Binte Khairul Anuar Shermaine Goh Xin Mei FarahWeers Binte Islam W I F Lina Chu incredible teamwork. Team is now ranked 14thintheworld –atruetestament to their With theiroutstanding performances, theSingapore Women’s Floorball ranking attained sincethe tournament format was changed in2011. Asia and12thatthe World FloorballChampionships2019–thehighest would eventually break new ground to becomeNo. 1inSoutheast always bouncingback upagain with every fall. Itisinevitable thatthey intensity, exhaustion andinjuries, they never oncethrew inthetowel, two competitionsacross different climates over 19 days. Despite the This team played 11back-to-back matches atthehighestlevels, in reputed teams from , USAand Australia. and fought theirway upto eventually winthegroup games, beating Floorball Championship. Despite aninitiallag, theteam dugdeep over Thailand inthe 2019. They successfullydefended theirSEAGamestitlewitha3-2win never-say-die attitude, theFloorball Women’s Team had amemorable By now renowned for theircohesiveness, resilience, ! nal and won the hearts offansnal andwon thehearts atthe World AmandaYeap Ting Hui Natalia Clare Wee Yuning Zhi Hui Tan Jowie Tan Hui Ying SuiradiraSulaiman Pin Huei Poh Debbie TiffanyTingZi Ong Ling Swee Ong Yeo Xuan Xuan Yeo Er Shi Yeo Shannon Shawn Yun Yee FLOORBALL FLOORBALL WOMEN’S WOMEN’S ! ghting spiritand TEAM TEAM

44 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Andrew Tan Wei Kang Kang Wei Tan Andrew Jeron Tan Tai Jin Kai Jun Tan Watson Wen Jun Tam Joshua Toshifumi Keong Chin Seow Le Jia Seah Schuyler Heng Jun Ong Aloysius Oh Ziglar Noorham Han Ee IvanNg Mohammad Bin Huzaifah Mohammad Jun Jian Rhys Lim Malcolm Xun Fu Heng Raynard Yuchou Han Dominic Kian Say Foo Jin Shaw Chia Andre Phng Shi Chew Marcus Muhammad Farhan Harahap Bin Amirudin victory. A breathtaking feat for ahigh- setbacks to overcome stacked oddsfor thisresounding, turnaround absolute commitmentto team work sawtheteam battlingearly ranking of22. The sheerdetermination ofevery individualandthe their way uptherankings to placeat17thpositionfrom theirprevious World Championship–their the year, theteam beatPhilippinesatthe2019 WBSC Men’s Softball their resounding winagainstthecrowd favourite Philippines. Earlierin Games, becomingthenew reigning champions intheregion after feat ofwinningSingapore’s remarkable performance in2019. The team achieved thehistoric The SoftballMen’s Team trulyhittheballoutofparkwiththeir ! ! rst Softballgoldmedalatthe2019SEA rst appearance since1992–and fought " ying team indeed. SOFTBALL MEN’S TEAM TEAM COACH OF THE YEAR 46 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 before, and delivering spectacular results for Singapore. produced stellar results, withtheteam than ever pushing theirlimits further training sessionsduringtheweekend. teamworkThis anddedicationhas under Gao’s example, asplayers themselves chose to partake intheextra one-on-one videoanalysis sessionswitheach player. Team work needs ofhisplayers, incorporating strength andconditioningsegments and to thetraining programme to Gao’s dedicated hands-onapproach meant careful analysisandchanges Singapore hasever recorded attheChampionships. 2019 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships –thebest at the2019SEAGames, andthepairwent onto winabronze medalinthe magni Josh Chua andKoen Pang’s debutattheSEAGamesalso saw their the SEAGames seconded by Clarence Chew, whosuccessfullydefended hissilver medalin category –ahistoric momentfor table tennis inSingapore. Hiswinwas SEA Gamesandsubsequentlyranking at World No. 1intheITTFUnder-18 with Koen Pang winningthesingle’s goldmedalathisdebutinthe2019 boys’ table tennis team. Individually, theplayers have outdonethemselves, Under Gao’s tutelage, 2019was adazzlingyear for Singapore’s junior to reach thetop. Gao Ning–headcoach oftheNationalMen’s Team –knows whatittakes As aformer top athlete himselfwithoneofthemostmedalsunderhisbelt, ! cent team work bringinghomethesilver medalinthedoublesevent ! nals. ! t thespeci ! c academic, physical andmental TABLE TENNIS TABLE GAO NING GAO ! nish that Team " ourished

47 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 his coaches andplayers, andwhomthey lookup to asawiserole model. A manofexcellence andintegrity, whoiswillingto walk theground with for recruitment into Singapore School. Sports programmes thatbetter develop ouryouth players, andidentifyingthetalent them withvaluable guidance andinsightsintheimplementation oftraining keen rapport andimpactfulworking relationship withthecoaches, providing fromApart hiseffectiveness withtheplayers, Handoyo hasalsodeveloped a gold medalist. Thailand Master 2019 men’s singles by defeating Lin Dan, a two-time Olympic a Singaporean 12years ago. Loh alsoachieved aresounding winatthe SEA Gamesmen’s singles–acoveted accomplishment lastachieved by world, inthe Singles by beating An Se Young, thecurrent top ten ranked player inthe She alsosmashedthecompetitionatHyderabad Open2019 Women Championship for women’s singlesby paving theway to thequarter Yeo JiaMinachieved thebestever results for Singapore inthe World under Mulyo Handoyo’s dedicated andthorough guidance. Shuttler Breakthroughs abound for thenationalbadminton singlesteam in2019 ! nals. Loh Kean Yew brought back asilver medalfrom the2019 MULYO HANDOYO HANDOYO MULYO BADMINTON

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48 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 care of. athletes to ensure thattheirtraining, competitionsandwell-being were taken when hewas undergoing cancertreatment, hecontinued to check onhis ounce oftheirpotential to becomethevery bestthatthey canbe. Even not justaboutthesport, butaboutmakingsure hisshooters tap into every Adaptable, hardworking, innovative andresourceful, Ivanov ispassionate shooters have madeanamefor Singapore ontheglobal stage. for thepastnineyears. Underhisguidanceandskilledcoaching, Singapore open many doorsfor the Team Singapore whomIvanov hasbeencoaching Ivanov’s vast experience andesteemed reputation precedes him, helpingto merit. charge, have bothwon aquota each inconsecutive Olympicgamesby at the2019H&NCup. Tessa NeoandJasmine Ser, two shooters underhis Championship in2019, andto achieve animpressive top eigthplacing leaps andbounds. The team hassnaggedasilver atthe14th Asian Shooting evoke itinhisteam ofshooters, whoseskillsandtechniques have grown by it takes to achieve spectacular results. More importantly, heknows how to once abronze medalistatthe1988OlympicGames, KirillIvanov knows what With aphilosophy of ‘Have willpower. Beindependent. Bestrong.’, andhimself KIRILL IVANOV IVANOV KIRILL SHOOTING 49 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 than ever. helm. With Khng, thefuture ofSingapore’s women’s continuity inthe subsequentdevelopment ofthesquad, regardless ofthe documentation oftheNational Team’s progress, ensuringthatthere is coaching hasallowedin sports for thesystematic development and Her commitmentandsel and theircommunity. they are exemplary peoplededicated to buildingthemselves, each other court, butalsostronger holistically. Herteam are notonlyexemplary players; speci ranking 14thinworld position. Khng’s comprehensive, innovative andplayer- the team, asembodiedby Khng. The team hasimproved itsoverall placing, and anever-say-die winningattitudehave becomede Sharpness ofmind, strength ofspirit, animpactfulpresence onthecourt best positionever accomplishedfor theSingapore women’s team. Team clinched 12thplacingatthe2019 World FloorballChampionship–the distance withandfor each other. Underherguidance, theFloorball Women’s Louise Khngisthelivingexample ofgritandwhatitmeansto gothe ! c training designhasnotonlymadeeach player stronger onthe " ess sharingasaneducator andherexpertise " oorball looksbrighter LOUISE KHNG KHNG LOUISE ! ning hallmarksof FLOORBALL 50 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 rise intalent andreputation intheglobal arena. depth than itever hasatthemajorGames level, andcontinues itsmeteoric performance arena. Becauseof Widmer, Singapore swimming exhibits more gained momentum through theirjuniorathletes’ development into thehigh Swimming continues to inSingapore excel astheleading sport andhas swimmers’ andcoaches’ highperformance, team-focused mindset. and accountability to theprocess. This iscrucialinthedevelopment ofour to bringouttheircreativity, courage, relentlessness to pursueexcellence in themselves andeach other, to push andchallenge, andbeyond all, Widmer’s prowess liesinhaving hisswimmers andcoaches alike seemore Singapore’s swimming standard maintains itsconsistent, sharpedge. monthly educationworkshops for thedifferent tiersofcoaches to ensure that providing dailymentorship attheNational Training Centre andconducting foraccolades andglory Singapore. Heworks very closely withthecoaches, his swimmers to excel beyond theirpreconceived limitsto attain abuffet of experience andknowledge indesigningthetraining programmes, pushing Widmer blendsscienceandtechnology together withdecadesofvaluable at theGameslastyear. golds andtwo silvers —thehighestnumber ofmedalswon by any swimmer the Most Valuable MalePlayer (MVP)atthe2019SEAGames, having won six records and nineNationalrecords. SwimmerQuahZheng Wen was crowned gold, 10silver andfour bronze medals, 25personal besttimings, 16Meet Championships andthe2019SEAGames, which sawarecord haulof23 guiding force behindthesweeping winsatthe2019FINA World Swimming international levels hasbeenaspowerful asatidalwave. Hewas the alike, Stephan Widmer’s impactonswimming on boththenationaland A coach amongstcoaches, andinfact acoach ofcoaches andplayers STEPHAN WIDMER WIDMER STEPHAN SWIMMING 51 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 team events, they also delivered fantastic results individually. results? Ournational bowlers notonlyperformed spectacularly well inthe effective onthelanes, butaccountable team mates to each other. The improvements and SWOT analyseswithhisbowlers madethem notjust Taking thetimeto doone-on-onecoaching sessions, technical winning hersecondtitleintheprestigious Players Championship. Ng won hersecondprofessional title(PWBA), followed by Cherie Tan also events through New HuiFen atthe2019SEAGames. To top italloff, Shayna women’s seniorteam, notto beoutdone, won goldmedals insinglesandall- the Malaysian, HongKong, PhilippinesandChinese Openevents. The The youth group alsomadeitsmarkintheseniordivision, winningtitlesin Championships. Added to thatisabronze medalwon intheteam event atthe World Junior in thegirls’ team goldandwomen’s team goldinthe2019SEAGames. haul ofsixgoldmedalsinthe Asian Youth Championshipsthatculminated Cherie Tan won theworld’s masters titleinLas Vegas, ontop ofarecord premier event (Masters) atthe World Junior Championships inParis, while excellence hasreaped extraordinary results. Arianne Tay won thegoldin A masterful coach anddedicated mentor, Yeong-Nathan’s coaching team won agoldfor the silvers andonebronze medalatthe2019SEAGames, where thewomen’s Bowling Women’s Championships(Women Masters) andfour golds, two (Women), amomentous all-Singaporean medals galore. The countincludes onegoldandsilver medalinan and histeam ofbowlers gave ahistoric performance in2019, bagging As aheadcoach attheSingapore Bowling Federation, Jason Yeong-Nathan ! nal match atthe2019Singapore International Open ! ! rst timeineightyears. rst goldmedalfor Singapore atthe2019 World JASON YEONG-NATHAN JASON (BOWLING) 52 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 OF THE YEAR SPORTSGIRL 53 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 foil ofthegoldmedalwomen’s titleandwas part foil team quartet. At the2019SEAGames, shesuccessfullydefended herindividualwomen’s quali days –asilver andabronze –racking uppointstowards Tokyo 2020Olympic At theSabadellInternational event, shesecured apodium Trekantan International inCopenhagen, . tournament ontheFIEcircuit whensheemerged triumphantatthe isonlythesecondSingaporeanBerthier to clinch aseniorsatellite Conference Championships. Italy before helpingheruniversity team to victory atthe Atlantic Coast Fencing Federation (FIE)Junior World CupsinGuatemala, Cubaand got off to a Singaporean to reach thetop oftheworld juniorrankings. Her2019season 2019 was aspectacular year for Amita asshebecamethe Berthier ! cation. " ying start after sheclaimed three medals attheInternational NICOLETTE BERTHIER BERTHIER NICOLETTE AMITA MARIE MARIE AMITA ! nish twiceintwo FENCING ! rst

54 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Beach Pencak SilatChampionship2019in Thailand. path for silatandSingapore by clinching abronze medalatthe The swift andagileSitiKhadijahwas amightyforce in2019, blazingaglobal MOHAMED SHAHREM SHAHREM MOHAMED SITI KHADIJAH BINTE BINTE KHADIJAH SITI ! rst World SILAT

55 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 the world level. freestyle relay team whosetanew nationalrecord to rank 13thoverall at time. At the18thFINA World Championships, ofthe4x200m shewas part teams whowon goldandsetnew Gamesandnationalrecords atthesame to defend her200mbutter at the2019SEAGames. At theSEAGames, Quahfended off stiff competition Swimming Trials, followed by four Gamesrecords andthree nationalrecords women’s 200mindividualmedley nationalrecord atthe2019Canadian It was ayear ofrecords for swimmer QuahJing Wen. Sherewrote the " y crowd ofthree andwas part successfulrelay

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56 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 is certainly oneto watch outfor. in theyear. The Singapore Bowling Federation’s 2019 Youth Bowler of the Year by winningtheKaohsiung International OpenBowling Championshiplater another feather to hercapwhenshelifted her at theinaugural World Junior Bowling Championships inParis. Sheadded Bowler Arianne Tay snappedupthe goldmedalinthegirls’ singlesevent ARIANNE TAY KAI LIN KAI TAY ARIANNE ! rst seniorinternational trophy BOWLING

57 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 SPORTSBOY OF THE YEAR 58 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 World Cupsin Tokyo andSingapore. secured podium clinch three goldsandsettwo new Gamesrecords intheprocess. Healso events, settingpersonalbesttimingsinboth. Hehelpedtherelay teams relays. Heclinched two goldmedalsinthemen’s 100mand200mfreestyle bagging Darren Chua madeaspectacular splashinhisSEAGamesdebut2019, ! ve goldsandonesilver –two inindividualevents andthree in ! nishes –asilver and abronze –attheFINASwimming DARREN CHUA CHUA DARREN SWIMMING YI SHOU SHOU YI

59 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 the 2019 Sportsboy ofthe the 2019Sportsboy Year. Class Bsilatcategory atthe2019SEAGames-perfect Muhammad Hazimwon agoldmedalfor Singapore inthemen’s Tanding MUHAMMAD HAZIM HAZIM MUHAMMAD BIN MOHD YUSLI YUSLI MOHD BIN ! nish to 2019for SILAT

60 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Singapore. world rankings –anunprecedented feat inthehistory oftable tennis in number onespotontheInternational Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)Under-18 national team atthebeginningof2019, andsubsequentlyachieving the doubles event. Koen’s meteoric sawhimpromoted riseinthesport to the clinched agoldmedalinthemen’s singlesandasilver medal inthemen’s Koen Pang debutSEAGamesappearance turnedoutto beeventful ashe KOEN PANG YEW EN EN YEW PANG KOEN TABLE TENNIS TABLE 61 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 OF THE YEAR SPORTSWOMAN 62 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 women’s relay event. 100m event –settingnew records inboth, andabronze medalinthe3000 at the2019SEAGameswinningtwo goldmedalsintheindividual500mand Singapore’s dedication to hercraft andtheimpressive results shehasaccomplished. As has carved herway into theannalsofSingapore’s iceskating history withher trackSince makinghershort speedskating debutin2017, Cheyenne Goh, ! rst Winter Olympianin2018, shecontinued herwinning streak CHEYENNE GOH GOH CHEYENNE ICE SKATING

63 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Asian ShootingChampionships. at the Tokyo 2020OlympicGameswhen she of theMonthearnedaspotfor Singapore inthewomen’s 10mairri Singapore ontheinternational radar for shooting. The 2019Straits Times Star Tessa Neo’s commitmentto hasreaped hersport amazingresults andput ! nished secondatthe14th TESSA NEO NEO TESSA SHOOTING " e event 64 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 freestyle event settinganothernationalrecord. Cup in Tokyo, she medals andtwo nationalrecords intherelays. At theFINASwimming World 50m and100mButter 2019 SEAGames, shedefended herthree titlesinthe100mFreestyle, the maintained herdominanceintheSoutheast Asian swimming scene. At the Ever sinceherSEAGamesdebut14years ago, Quah Ting Wen has ! nished onthepodiumwithabronze medalinthe50m " y events, andbrought homethree additionalgold QUAH TING WEN WEN TING QUAH SWIMMING 65 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 of the Year. continual podium won eightyears back in2011. For herastounding accomplishments and the long-awaited goldmedalat2019SEAGames, thelastgoldhaving been PWBA Greater Cleveland Open. oftheteam Shewas alsopart thatcaptured Tournament, theBrunswick Ballmaster OpeninFinlandandtheNationwide back podium to wintheQubicaAMFPWBA Players Championshiptitle. Herback-to- Championships. A week later, Cheriemadehistory againasthe to liftthewomen’s Masters trophy atthe2019 World Bowling Women’s The world was bowled over by Cherie Tan whenshebecamethe ! nishes included secondplacingsatthe AIK International ! nishes, Cherie was named the 2019 World Bowling Athlete CHERIE TAN SHI HUA HUA SHI TAN CHERIE BOWLING ! rst Asian ! rst Asian 66 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 OF THE YEAR SPORTSMAN 67 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 world number one. 30-year-long, illustriouscareer to six. An impressive feat indeedfor the2019 medal anduppinghistotal tally ofSEAGamesgoldmedalswon inhis 2019 SEAGamesmakingithis the World Billiards Championship. To top italloff, healsostruck goldatthe Pan-Am CupandthePaci 2019 sawPeter Gilchrist baggingaslew ofchampionship titlesfrom the ! c International to theHiEndOpenBilliards and ! fth consecutive EnglishBIlliards singlesgold PETER EDWARD EDWARD PETER GILCHRIST GILCHRIST CUESPORTS

68 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 event atthe Tokyo 2020OlympicGames. two Olympic “A” timingsto qualifyfor the100mbackstroke and100mbutter and earninghimtheMost Valuable MalePlayer Award. Quahalsoachieved bringing histotal winsattheSEAGamesto sixgold medalsandonesilver relay events hecompeted inwithhisteam, hewon three goldmedals– breaking the100mbackstroke nationalrecord intheprocess. Ofthethree to date. Inhisfour individualevents, hewon three goldandonesilver medal, Quah Zheng Wen’s 2019SEAGamesoutingisarguably hismostimpressive QUAH WEN ZHENG SWIMMING " y 69 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 play and World Mastership 2019andtheUnjOpen. Versatile anddynamic, histactical Singapore Open, USAOpen2019, 2ndMalaysia Open, Womau Chungju Open 2019andsweeping anastonishing bronze medalsatthe5th Asian Pencak SilatChampionshipandBelgium Sheik Ferdous heldhisown againsthigh-pro " uidity makes himapotent force to bereckoned with. ! ve goldmedalsacross the8th SHEIK FERDOUS BIN BIN FERDOUS SHEIK ! le athletes winningtwo SHEIK ALAU’DDIN ALAU’DDIN SHEIK SILAT 70 SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS 2020 Thank you. contributed towards theevent. All otherindividuals andorganisations whohave award winners For sponsoring theairtickets for thefour main Singapore Ltd Airlines For sponsoring theawards andtheevent Singapore Pools andSingapore Turf Club Tote Board Group comprising Tote Board, President oftheSingapore NationalOlympicCouncil Speaker ofParliament & Mr Tan Chuan-Jin Guest-of-Honour appreciation to: SingaporeSport would like to express theirheartfelt The Singapore NationalOlympicCounciland ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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