First Woman To Win Gold In Asian Games
Chee Swee Lee, 19, became the first Singaporean woman to win an Asian Games gold when she won the 400m race at the 1974 Teheran Games. She clocked 55.08 sec, smashing the 400m record by more than a second. Read More »
Fastest Sprinter
UK Shyam holds the 100m sprint record with a time of 10.37 sec. At the World University Games in Beijing in 2001, he broke the 33-year-old record of 10.38 sec set by Canagasabai Kunalan. He equalled his own national record the same year at the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. Read More »
Highest Taekwondo Grades Achieved
Lim Teong Chin is the only athlete to achieve an eighth dan in taekwondo, as recognised by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation, the World Taekwondo Federation and Kukkiwon. Wong Liang Ming is the highest-ranked female athlete with a seventh dan. Read More »
First Asian Games Sailing Gold Medallist
Benedict Tan won the sailing gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. The young doctor was so well ahead of his competitors in the Laser class, that he didn’t even have to sail the final race. He was also the first recipient of a S$250,000-cash award under the SNOC’s Multi Million Dollar Award Programme. Tan was awarded Sportsman ... Read More »
Most Number Of People Doing Action Songs Together
The Pri 4 – Sec 4 students of CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School had their Fun Run at the Sports Hub on 24 Jul 2015. After the run, 2,018 students sang a series of popular local songs with well synchronised actions against the city skyline as backdrop. Read More »
