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 »
Top SEA Games Shooter
Lee Wung Yew is a 15-time SEA Games gold medallist. He finished 20th at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, USA. Read More »
First Asian Games Sailing Golds
Joan Huang and Naomi Tan, a student-teacher pair, won a gold in the International 420 class at the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998. The men’s team comprising Siew Shaw Her and Colin Ng also won the gold in the same event. Read More »
