Team Singapore Gets Set To Soar At The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Team Singapore Gets Set To Soar At The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Singapore, 20 July 2010 - They may still be in their teens but 130 young Team Singapore athletes will be in for an unforgettable experience of a lifetime when they fly the Singapore flag high at the first-ever Youth Olympic Games to be held here from 14 to 26 August. With only 25 more days to the historic sporting event, Singapore will be represented by 70 athletes in individual events, and 60 in the team events, across all 26 sports to be competed during the YOG.
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Team Singapore’s contingent will be led by Chef de Mission Mr James Wong, who is a nine-time SEA Games Gold medalist, Sportsman of the Year 2004 and five-time winner of the Meritorious Awards from the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC).
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At a ceremony held at Nanyang Girls High School today, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Mr Teo Chee Hean, who is also the President of the SNOC, officially presented the Singapore flag to Team Singapore flag-bearer, national basketballer Jabez Su. Swimmer Amanda Lim, an Asian Youth Games 2009 gold medalist, then led the contingent in the pledge-taking ceremony.
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“Behind every Team Singapore athlete who has made it to the YOG is a story of perseverance and hard work. Each athlete has made huge sacrifices in order to perform well in his or her chosen sport,” said DPM Teo. “To our young athletes, I want to say a big thank you for choosing to train hard and to compete, not just for yourself but for Singapore, and for all those who have nurtured you.”
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Many of the Team Singapore athletes competing in the YOG are representing Singapore for the very first time at an international level, due to the unique age group requirements of the YOG. While some NSAs such as Swimming and Archery are sending athletes who have experience in major games, other NSAs such as Gymnastics and Fencing are taking this opportunity to inject new blood and discover local young talents.
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Also debuting at the YOG are Team Singapore athletes and NSAs who will be representing the nation in sports such as Modern Pentathlon and Handball. Moving forward from the YOG, these new NSAs will be expected to continue the legacy of the YOG and keep discovering and developing talent in their respective sports.
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Commenting on Team Singapore’s participation at the YOG, Chef de Mission Mr Wong said, “I am very excited for our Team Singapore young athletes. The YOG could not be taking place at a better time for us as we continue to groom our young emerging athletes. It will give our athletes international exposure on familiar grounds. I am certain that they will build on this experience to become stronger in their sports events and achieve greater success in the years to come. I am looking at them to embody the values of Team Singapore - Pride, Perseverance and Performance, and to exemplify and demonstrate the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect to the world as they compete together as Team Singapore.”
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To be able to bring glory to Singapore is Tang Jinfang’s birthday wish this year as she celebrates her 17th birthday on 24 August. The Judo exponent is one of the three Team Singapore athletes who will be celebrating their birthdays during the YOG competition. The other two are Muhammed Hanurdeen Hamid (Boxing) and Timothy Lee (Diving), who incidentally will celebrate their birthdays on the same day, on 19 August.
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“I was only 11 when I developed an interest for Judo, and my father has been my coach and inspiration all these years. I am determined to make my birthday wish come true by doing the best I can so that I can make my father proud of me,” said Tang Jinfang.
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At the Flag Presentation Ceremony, it was also announced that the NTUC FairPrice Foundation will be awarding sports scholarships to Team Singapore medalists at the YOG. This is similar to the sports scholarships that NTUC FairPrice Foundation awarded to medalists at the inaugural Asian Youth Games in 2009. Said Mr Wee Leong How, General Manager, NTUC FairPrice Foundation, “As we count down to the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, we are increasingly seeing how sports can be a common platform for the diverse Singapore community to bond. We have witnessed ground up support as various members of the community gear up for the games. We hope that through the NTUC FairPrice Foundation Sports Scholarship for team Singapore medalists at YOG, we can help nurture local young sporting talents and sustain Singapore’s passion in sports.”
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Singaporeans and members of the public who wish to keep abreast of Team Singapore’s performance at the YOG can sign up for a free SMS alert service through the Team Singapore website at www.teamsingapore.sg.
Annex A - Team Singapore Athletes At The 2010 Youth Olympic Games
| S/N | Sport | Name | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Archery | Vanessa Lo 罗梓榕 |
Recurve Ind. (W) |
| 02 | Archery | Abdul Dayyan Jaffar | Recurve Ind. (M) |
| 03 | Athletics | Devaraj Zachary Ryan | 1,000m (M) |
| 04 | Athletics | Sean To 卓稔傑 |
100m Hurdles (M) |
| 05 | Athletics | Goh Wei Nin 吴玮宁 |
100m Hurdles (W) |
| 06 | Athletics | Wendy En 余敏敏 |
400m (W) |
| 07 | Athletics | Ranjitha Raja | 1,000m (W) |
| 08 | Athletics | Liang We 梁微 |
100m (W) |
| 09 | Badminton | Huang Cha 黄超 |
Singles (M) |
| 10 | Basketball | Ng Hannah Jia Hu 黄嘉慧 |
Team (W) |
| 11 | Basketball | Tok Huimi 卓慧敏 |
Team (W) |
| 12 | Basketball | Eng Zo 翁如仪 |
Team (W) |
| 13 | Basketball | Lim Rui Jia Alann 林芮嘉 |
Team (W) |
| 14 | Basketball | Su Mingrong Jabe 苏铭荣 |
Team (M) |
| 15 | Basketball | Low Wenqiang Russel 刘文强 |
Team (M) |
| 16 | Basketball | Tan Jun We 陈俊伟 |
Team (M) |
| 17 | Basketball | Liew Larry Hua Se 刘华森 |
Team (M) |
| 18 | Boxing | Mohd Hanurdeen Hamid | Lt Fly Wt 48 kg (M) |
| 19 | Canoeing | Brandon Ooi Wei Chen 黄伟成 |
K1 (M) |
| 20 | Canoeing | Wang Nan Fen 袁南凤 |
K1 (W) |
| 21 | Cycling | Alvin Poo 潘 辉 智 |
Mass start, Race (M) |
| 22 | Cycling | Koh Jun Jie Daniel | Mass start, X-country (M) |
| 23 | Cycling | Travis Woodford | Mass start, Time Trial (M) |
| 24 | Cycling | Nur Nasthasia Nadiah | Road, MB, BMX (W) |
| 25 | Diving | Timothy Le 李含光 |
Ind. (M) |
| 26 | Diving | Chloe Cha 陈淑琳 |
Ind. (W) |
| 27 | Diving | Myra Le 李佳纹 |
Ind. (W) |
| 28 | Equestrian | Caroline Che 朱佩嘉 |
FEI Challenge (W) |
| 29 | Fencing | Rania Herlina Rahardj 陈玥桦 |
Epee Ind. (W) |
| 30 | Fencing | Liane Wong Ye Yin 王业盈 |
Foil Ind. (W) |
| 31 | Fencing | Justin Ong Xian Sh 王贤士 |
Foil Ind. (M) |
| 32 | Fencing | Lim Wei Ha 林伟豪 |
Epee Ind. (M) |
| 33 | Football | Amirul Iskandar K Anuar | Team (M) |
| 34 | Football | Syazwan Radhi Kasim | Team (M) |
| 35 | Football | Hazim Faiz Hassan | Team (M) |
| 36 | Football | Hamzah Fazil | Team (M) |
| 37 | Football | Muhaimin Suhaimi | Team (M) |
| 38 | Football | Dhukhilan Jeevamani | Team (M) |
| 39 | Football | Bryan Neubronner | Team (M) |
| 40 | Football | Lee Si Qin Illya 李思勤 |
Team (M) |
| 41 | Football | Sunny Ng Qiu Yan 黄秋阳 |
Team (M) |
| 42 | Football | Tan Zen Yang Jonatha 陈俊荣 |
Team (M) |
| 43 | Football | Muhd Syazwan Muhd Zin | Team (M) |
| 44 | Football | Hanafi Mohd Akbar | Team (M) |
| 45 | Football | Brandon Koh Kim Len 许金良 |
Team (M) |
| 46 | Football | Ammirul Emmran | Team (M) |
| 47 | Football | Jeffrey Adam Lightfoot | Team (M) |
| 48 | Football | Firdaus Mohd Sham | Team (M) |
| 49 | Football | Fashah Iskandar | Team (M) |
| 50 | Football | Irfan Asyraf Mohd Aziz | Team (M) |
| 51 | Gymnastics | Miki Erica Nomur 野村 美喜 |
Rhythmic Team (W) |
| 52 | Gymnastics | Phaan Yi Li 潘毓苓 |
Rhythmic Team (W) |
| 53 | Gymnastics | Chia Shing Eng Cecili 谢欣恩 |
Rhythmic Team (W) |
| 54 | Gymnastics | Sim Kwee Peng An 沈桂萍 |
Rhythmic Team (W) |
| 55 | Gymnastics | Vivien H 何炜燕 |
Rhythmic Team (W) |
| 56 | Gymnastics | Timothy Tay Kai Chen 郑凯骋 / 鄭凱騁 |
Artistic Ind. (M) |
| 57 | Gymnastics | Rachel Giam Pei Sh 严佩诗 |
Artistic Ind. (W) |
| 58 | Handball | Izzat Hashim | Team (M) |
| 59 | Handball | Clement Choon 钟镇安 |
Team (M) |
| 60 | Handball | Oscar Oo 黄军豪 |
Team (M) |
| 61 | Handball | Pritpal Singh | Team (M) |
| 62 | Handball | Ryan Go 许竖贤 |
Team (M) |
| 63 | Handball | Jason Ta 陈俊杰 |
Team (M) |
| 64 | Handball | Wilmer Ta 郑泽峻 |
Team (M) |
| 65 | Handball | Tow Wen We 苏文伟 |
Team (M) |
| 66 | Handball | Vinoth Pillay | Team (M) |
| 67 | Handball | Ervin Set 施迪文 |
Team (M) |
| 68 | Handball | Eugene Fo 胡职骏 |
Team (M) |
| 69 | Handball | Muhd Zahin Mazali | Team (M) |
| 70 | Handball | Koh Jing L 许敬立 |
Team (M) |
| 71 | Handball | Alvin Lo 刘俊霆 |
Team (M) |
| 72 | Hockey | Ong Pang Chian Samudr 王邦权 |
Team (M) |
| 73 | Hockey | Ng Rui Ming Kevi 黄睿明 |
Team (M) |
| 74 | Hockey | Abdul Rahim A Rashid | Team (M) |
| 75 | Hockey | Haseef Salim | Team (M) |
| 76 | Hockey | Fadzly Adam | Team (M) |
| 77 | Hockey | Shahid Manap | Team (M) |
| 78 | Hockey | Amirul Asyraf | Team (M) |
| 79 | Hockey | Zulfadhli Jasni Ismail | Team (M) |
| 80 | Hockey | Al‛fien Mohd Amir | Team (M) |
| 81 | Hockey | Nur Ashriq Ferdaus Zulkepi | Team (M) |
| 82 | Hockey | Muhd Hidayat Mat Rahim | Team (M) |
| 83 | Hockey | Muhd Fadhil Muhd Rizaini | Team (M) |
| 84 | Hockey | Karleef Sasi Abdullah | Team (M) |
| 85 | Hockey | Silas A Razak | Team (M) |
| 86 | Hockey | Rahmat A Jalil | Team (M) |
| 87 | Hockey | Shafiq A Rashid | Team (M) |
| 88 | Judo | Lim Chin Ji 林俊杰 |
52-63 kg (M) |
| 89 | Judo | Tang Jing Fan 邓静芳 |
66-81 kg (W) |
| 90 | Modern Pentathlon | Valerie Li 林芷嫣 |
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| 91 | Rowing | Joanna Chan Lai Chen 陈丽晶 |
JW1X (W) |
| 92 | Rowing | Nadzrie Hyckell Hamzah | JM1X (M) |
| 93 | Sailing | Darren Choy Wong Leon 蔡旺龙 |
1 person Dinghy (M) |
| 94 | Sailing | Natasha Yokoyama | 1 person Dinghy (W) |
| 95 | Sailing | Audrey Yon 杨培琳 |
Windsurfing (W) |
| 96 | Shooting | Wu Weny 吴文义 |
10m Air Pistol (M) |
| 97 | Shooting | Lee Shang Hui Caro 李赏慧 |
10m Air Rifle (W) |
| 98 | Swimming | Adeline Winata | |
| 99 | Swimming | Lim Xiang Q 林香杞 |
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| 100 | Swimming | Chriselle Ko 许楹佳 |
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| 101 | Swimming | Cheryl Li 林欣静 |
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| 102 | Swimming | Clement Lim Yong‛e 林雍恩 |
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| 103 | Swimming | Arren Quek Xin Hu 郭信辉 |
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| 104 | Swimming | Rainer N 黄凯伟 |
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| 105 | Swimming | Pang Sheng Ju 冯盛均 |
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| 106 | Table Tennis | Isabelle L 李思韵 |
Singles (W) |
| 107 | Table Tennis | Clarence Che 周哲宇 |
Singles (M) |
| 108 | Taekwondo | Daryl Tan Jia Ju 陈佳俊 |
Under 55 kg (M) |
| 109 | Taekwondo | Lee Jia Zhe Christophe 李佳哲 |
Under 73 kg (M) |
| 110 | Taekwondo | Nurul Shafinas Rahman | Under 55 kg (W) |
| 111 | Taekwondo | Nur Zakirah Zakaria | Under 49 kg (W) |
| 112 | Tennis | Stefanie Ta 陈丽云 |
Singles (W) |
| 113 | Triathlon | Scott An 洪毅强 |
Ind. (M) |
| 114 | Triathlon | Clara Won 黄琬琪 |
Ind. (W) |
| 115 | Volleyball | Peng Yet Ting Dorit 彭业婷 |
Team (W) |
| 116 | Volleyball | Chiang Ying Chen Jacquelin 蒋縕蓁 |
Team (W) |
| 117 | Volleyball | Lim Shu Yu Joell 林姝余 |
Team (W) |
| 118 | Volleyball | Chia Kah An Michell 谢佳恩 |
Team (W) |
| 119 | Volleyball | Ang Qi Hu 洪琪惠 |
Team (W) |
| 120 | Volleyball | Seah Siew Hoo 谢秀云 |
Team (W) |
| 121 | Volleyball | Ng Wei Ting Stephani 黄炜婷 |
Team (W) |
| 122 | Volleyball | Tay Hwee Min Cassandr 郑惠敏 |
Team (W) |
| 123 | Volleyball | Yeo Qian Lin Maryly 杨笺霖 |
Team (W) |
| 124 | Volleyball | Cheryl Chan Cai Tin 陈彩婷 |
Team (W) |
| 125 | Volleyball | Tan Yi Tin 陈纡婷 |
Team (W) |
| 126 | Volleyball | Loh Ling Yin 卢玲颍 |
Team (W) |
| 127 | Weightlifting | Law Wei Joe 刘伟 |
62 kg (M) |
| 128 | Weightlifting | Jamie Emma We 黄嘉敏 |
58 kg (W) |
| 129 | Wrestling | Kester Leun 梁俊裕 |
Freestyle 54 kg (M) |
| 130 | Wrestling | Puteri Natasha | Freestyle 60 kg (W) |
Annex B - Profile Of Chef De Mission
James Wong
Chef de Mission, Singapore
James Wong is one of Team Singapore’s most prolific athletes in our nation’s short sporting history. Having won nine Gold Medals in total at the SEA Games, the discus thrower also holds the national record for discus throwing.
He was Sportsman of the Year in 2004 and the Singapore Youth Award 2004 winner - a tribute to a long competitive career that culminated in his appointment as the Chef de Mission at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore.
James is a great source of inspiration and motivation to the young Team Singapore athletes who will be led by him into this historic sporting event.
Hailed as one of the top 50 athletes in Singapore, James is glad that our young Team Singapore athletes get to compete against the best of youth as it will strengthen their belief that Singapore can compete at an international level. He also has faith that our athletes can put on an impressive display of excellence, friendship and respect, making our national a household name in the sports world.
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Formed in 1973, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) is tasked with developing a holistic sports culture for the nation. The SSC creates opportunities for people to excel in sports; opportunities for people to be engaged in sports as, coaches, officials, volunteers or fans; and opportunities for people to do business in sports as sponsors and investors. The SSC has changed the way Singaporeans view and participate in sports. Through sports, we now have an enhanced national identity thanks to our sports participation programmes; greater national pride as a result of high performance results at international and regional games; and more diversified economic stability through our vibrant sports industry initiatives.
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Originally mooted by the then-Ministry of Community Development and Sports, and launched on 20 April 2001 by then-Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan, Team Singapore is the united identity of elite athletes, coaches and officials from Singapore that represents the country in major multi-sport Games and identified international competitions.
The three core attributes of Pride, Performance and Perseverance anchor that which is the collective Team Singapore. Underscoring the traits of a winning team, these attributes are the important elements of sportsmanship and excellence that propel the nation forward to succeed on the world’s sporting stage.
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