120 people participated in the largest twister game at Downtown East on 06.06.10, organised by NTUC Club
First Asian Wakeboarding Champion
14-year-old Sasha Christian won a bronze at the 2007 Wakeboard Championships. In Aug 2009, she put up her best ever competitive performance and won a gold medal at the Asian Wakeboard Championships held in Chuncheon City, South Korea. Christian was crowned Reef Wakefest Singapore champion and Singapore national wakeboard champion from 2004-2008. Read More »
First International Water-Ski Gold Medallist
17-year-old Roger Koa was the first Singaporean to break the 4,000-point barrier at the World Water-Skiing Championships in Florida in 1989. In 1992, he won a gold medal in men’s tricks at the Asian Australasian Championships in Omigawa. He also won 3 gold medals in men’s slalom, tricks and jumps in the 1997 SEA Games held in Jakarta. Read More »
Most Team Golds At SEA Games
The water polo men’s team is the record holder for a national team with the most number of gold medals in the SEA Games. The team has won gold at every SEA Games since its independence in 1965. Read More »
Fastest 10,000m Athlete
PC Suppiah was the first Singapore athlete to go below 32 min at the 10,000m race when he clocked 31 min 59.2 sec at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Suppiah also won a surprise gold medal for the 10,000m at the 1971 SEAP Games in Kuala Lumpur. His national record of 31 min 19 sec which he set in Manila in ... Read More »
First Team Golds At Commonwealth Games
The women’s team, comprising Jing Junhong, Li Jiawei, Tan Paey Fern and Zhang Xueling, was the first to win a gold for Singapore at the Commonwealth Games in 40 years. At the 2002 Games in Manchester, Li Jiawei and Duan Yongjun also won Singapore’s first table tennis mixed doubles gold. Li Jiawei scooped another gold in doubles with Jing Junhong. Read More »
