Target: 30 To 33 Medals For Team Singapore At The 16th ASIAD In Guangzhou

Target: 30 To 33 Medals For Team Singapore At The 16th ASIAD In Guangzhou

Largest Contingent To Feature At The Asian Games Will Take Part In 22 Of 42 Sports Events

Singapore, 3 November 2010 - Team Singapore is looking to better its performance by bringing home a total of between 30 to 33 medals at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou. This, if achieved, will be Team Singapore's most successful outing at the Asian Games to-date. The contingent's feature at the previous Games in 2006 saw a haul of 27 medals, coming from nine sports.

2. Team Singapore is not only sending its largest contingent (241 athletes and 120 officials) to the Asian Games since the nation's first participation in 1951, she is also increasing the breadth of her participation by competing in 22 of the 42 events featured. This is compared to only 16 sports at the last Asiad in Doha.

3. With the addition of the dragon boat team to the contingent, Team Singapore is also participating in the most number of team sports in the history of its participation at the quadrennial event, showing the depth and growth in the nation's sporting scene over the past four years.

4. Leading the team as Chef-de-Mission is Mr Low Teo Ping, Vice-President of the Singapore National Olympic Committee and the President of the Singapore Rugby Union. Mr Low is also a Vice President of the International Sailing Federation and an advisor of the Singapore Athletic Association and was previously Chef-de-Mission to the Singapore contingent in the 2007 SEA Games in Korat, Thailand.

5. The honour of carrying the Singapore flag this year rests with the celebrated female bowler Jasmine Yeong-Nathan. At the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 Flag Presentation ceremony held at Dunman High School today, Jasmine received the Singapore flag from CDM Low Teo Ping. The 2006 Asian Games gold medallist sailor Roy Tay then led the Team Singapore contingent in reciting the National Pledge.

6. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Mr Teo Chee Hean, who is also the President of the Singapore National Olympic Council, was the Guest-of-Honour at the Flag Presentation Ceremony. DPM Teo said, "I am proud to note that more team sports have qualified on merit for the Asian Games, and this year we will be sending teams to represent Singapore in five team sports events, namely in Water-Polo, Football, Rugby (Women's), Hockey and Dragon Boat where both the men's and women's teams have made the cut."

Promising Performances

7. Following Team Singapore's stellar performance at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games (where 31 medals were clinched in total), public expectations on the team's showing at the 16th Asiad are high. But the athletes are all fully prepared and raring to take on Asia's best to show that Singapore is a sporting force to be reckoned with.

8. A whopping 83% (199 out of 241) of the contingent are debutants to the Asian Games. The Team Singapore contingent is also relatively young, with 98 members who are 21 years and younger, with the youngest being 13-year-old optimist sailor Ryan Loh Jun Han. The oldest member is 49-year-old Elise Lee Shi May who is the steerswoman of the women's dragon boat team.

9. Shooting will feature 22 Team Singapore athletes in the coming Asian Games. The line-up includes Commonwealth gold medalists Gai Bin, Lim Swee Hon, Poh Lip Meng, Jasmine Ser and Aqilah Sudhir.

10. Sailing, which contributed five out of eight gold medals at the 2006 Asian Games, is looking to make a dash for gold again. 20 sailors are headed for Guangzhou this time, including Olympian Tan Wearn Haw, 2006 Asiad gold medallists Roy Tay and Teo Wee Chin as well as Asian Sailing Championships bronze medallists Siobhan Tam and Dawn Li.

11. Having done Singapore proud at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October this year, gymnasts Lim Heem Wei, Singapore's first-ever silver medalist for gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, and bronze medalist David Jonathan Chan, will also be competing in the Asiad. Also in the contingent is Singapore's golden team - the table tennis team that has been participating in various competitions ever since the Commonwealth Games ended to further prepare themselves for the Games in Guangzhou.

12. Swimmer Tao Li made a splash at the previous Asian Games in 2006 when she surprised Singapore, and the world, by clinching the gold medal at the 50m Butterfly event. This time round, she is looking to defend her title, as well as make her presence felt in the other events. Team Singapore's swimming contingent also includes four young swimmers who had represented Singapore at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. They are silver medallist Rainer Ng, Clement Lim, Pang Sheng Jun and Amanda Lim.

13. "We have assembled a sterling cast of athletes for this edition of the Asian Games. I know everyone's ready to do their best and in doing so, I am certain they will bring glory to Singapore and perhaps write a new glorious chapter in our sporting history," said CDM Mr Low who hopes to see all Team Singapore athletes participate with sportsmanship high on their agenda.

14. "To our athletes - do your best to win but do not do it at all costs. It is always important to uphold the values of sportsmanship whenever Team Singapore athletes participate in any events, and when we wear the national flag across our chests."

Following Team Singapore's Action on New Media

15. For the first time in history, fans can now keep up with Team Singapore in action through SingaporeSports.tv, a free to access online portal launched by the Singapore Sports Council that will provide 'live' feeds of the sports events that feature Team Singapore athletes as they take place in Guangzhou.

16. For Singaporeans and members of the public who have missed the 'live' action, they can also log on to the online portal and click on 'Sports on Demand' to view video clips of the highlights during the Games.

17. Apart from providing 'live' feeds during major Games, SingaporeSports.tv will also feature major sporting events such as the upcoming Singapore Cricket Club Rugby 7s taking place from 5 November to 7 November, as well as the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore on 5 December.

18. Members of the public can also follow Team Singapore's recently launched Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TeamSG) which provides fans with minute by minute updates during key events at the Games, quotes, results and photographs of Team Singapore?s athletes in action. For mobile-friendly fans, the Team Singapore iPhone application is available for free, to provide event schedules, news, updates and results on the move. The free SMS alert service that provides updates will still be available through the Team Singapore website at www.teamsingapore.com.sg.

Annex A: Fact Sheet on the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010

DATE: 12-27 November 2010
VENUE: Guangzhou, China
WEBSITE: www.gz2010.cn/en

NO. OF SPORTS COMPETED AT AG 2010:42 Sports

TOTAL NUMBER OF TEAM SINGAPORE ATHLETES & OFFICIALS: 241 athletes & 120 officials
CHEF DE MISSION FOR TEAM SINGAPORE: Low Teo Ping
TEAM SINGAPORE FLAG BEARER: Jasmine Yeong-Nathan
TEAM SINGAPORE'S PARTICIPATION: 22 sports

Annex B: Team Singapore Contingent List at the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010

Athletes

83. | Dragon Boat| Mohamad Faizal Bin Mokmin | NA | 29 | M | √ | Team (Men) | 84. | Dragon Boat| Ng Choon Chek | 吴春杰| 25| M| √ | Team (Men) | 85.| Dragon Boat| Terence Ong Tian Ghee| 王天义| 27| M| √ | Team (Men) | 86. | Dragon Boat| Siu Jun Yang| 邵俊扬| 20| M| √ | Team (Men) | 87. | Dragon Boat | Jeffrey Tan Yu Zhong | 陈昱中 | 22 | M | √ | Team (Men) | 88.| Dragon Boat | Jeffrey Tan Xuanwen| 陈萱汶| 26| M| √ | Team (Men) | 89.| Dragon Boat | Raymond Tan Swee Siong| 陈瑞祥| 21| M| √ | Team (Men) | 90.| Dragon Boat | Jerry Tan Renyi| 陈仁义| 26| M| √ | Team (Men) | 91. | Dragon Boat | Tan Chun Leng| 陈俊龙| 20| M| √ | Team (Men) | 92. | Dragon Boat | Wong Kah Shawn| 黄珈萱| 20| M| √ | Team (Men) | 93. | Dragon Boat | Yeo Chin Hwei | 杨景伟 | 30 | M | √ | Team (Men) | 94. | Dragon Boat | Bai Yi Rang| 白宜让 | 25 | F | √ | Team (Women) | 95. | Dragon Boat | Chiam Li Ping | 詹丽萍 | 22 | F | √ | Team (Women) | 96. | Dragon Boat | Chyan Shiang Chi | 钱向慈 | 30 | F | √ | Team (Women) | 97. | Dragon Boat | Diana Nai Min Zhen | 赖敏珍 | 18 | F | √ | Team (Women) | 98. | Dragon Boat | Elise Lee Shi May | 李诗梅 | 49 | F | √ | Team (Women) | 99. | Dragon Boat | Grace Tang Jia Jia| 邓佳佳 | 16 | F| √ | Team (Women) | 100. | Dragon Boat | Ho Chia Ing| 何佳韵| 31| F| √ | Team (Women) |101. | Dragon Boat | Jasline Ng Ting Yi |黄婷仪 | 22 |F |√ |Team (Women) |102. | Dragon Boat | Jennifer Chen Qiujun |陈秋君 |25 |F |√ | Team (Women) |103. | Dragon Boat | Jess Poon Shing Ping | 潘心萍 | 23 | F | √| Team (Women) | 104. | Dragon Boat | Joan Poh Xue Hua| 傅雪铧| 19| F| √ | Team (Women) | 105. | Dragon Boat | Kwah RikaDragon Boat | 柯利佳Dragon Boat | 16Dragon Boat | FDragon Boat | √ Dragon Boat | Team (Women) | 106. | Dragon Boat | Loh Ying | 罗莹 | 20 | F | √ | Team (Women) | 107. | Dragon Boat | Neo Lay Peng | 梁丽萍 | 41 | F | √ | Team (Women) | 108. | Dragon Boat | Ng Ji Yan | 黄紫恩 | 20 | F| √ | Team (Women) | 109. | Dragon Boat | Ng Qihui| 呉启慧| 26| F| √ | Team (Women) | 110. | Nurul Hakin Rohaizat| NA| 22| F| √ | Team (Women) | 111.| Dragon Boat | Pamela Ee Pei Shan | 叶佩姍 | 20 | F | √ | Team (Women) | 112. | Dragon Boat | Samantha Lau Khing Hui| 刘锦慧| 35| F| √ | Team (Women) | 113. | Dragon Boat | Samantha Tham Peiwen| 谭佩雯| 19| F| √ | Team (Women) | 114. | Dragon Boat | Sarah Ching Siew Han | 莊秀菡 | 23| F| √ | Team (Women) | 115. | Dragon Boat | Seah Beng Choo| 谢明珠| 46| F| √ | Team (Women) | 116. | Dragon Boat | Siti Norwani Binte Mohamed Hussainain| NA| 29| F| √ | Team (Women) | 117. | Dragon Boat | Tan Si Min| 陈思敏| 20 | F |√ |Team (Women) |118. |Equestrian |Catherine Marissa Chew Yen Tung |朱晏彤 |21 |F |√ |Show Jumping |119. |Fencing |Ann Lee Huimin |李慧敏 |19 |F |√ |Sabre Individual (W)
    Sabre Team (W) |120. |Fencing |Cheryl Wong Ye Han |王业涵 | 19 |F |√ |Foil Team (W) |121. | Fencing | Lewina Lee Yi Chen| 李玉珍| 23| F| √ | Sabre Team (W) | 122. | Fencing | Nelicia Low Wai Ling| 刘慧伶| 19| F| √ | Sabre Team (W) | 123.| Fencing | Nona Lim Yean Hong| 林艳虹| 36| F| √ | Sabre Individual (W)
    Sabre Team (W) | 124. | Fencing | Ruth Ng Yi Lin| 黄怡琳| 24| F| |Foil Individual (W)
    Foil Team (W) | 125. | Fencing | Tay Yu Ling | 戴妤玲| 23| F| |Foil Team (W) | 126. | Fencing |Wang Wenying| 王雯莹| 29| F| |Foil Individual (W)
    Foil Team (W) | 127. | Football | zwan Mahbud | NA | 20 | M | √ | Team (M) | 128. | Football | Siddiq Durimi |NA |22 |M |√ |Team (M) |129. | Football | Shakir Hamzah |NA |18 |M |√ |Team (M) | 130.| Football | Afiq Yunos | NA | 20 | M | √ | Team (M) | 131.| Football | Eddie Affendy Chang | NA | 20 | M | √ | Team (M) | 132. | Football | Safuwan Baharudin | NA | 19 | M | √ | Team (M) | 133.| Football | Faritz Abdul Hameed | NA | 20 | M | √ | Team (M) | 134.| Football | Hariss Harun| NA| 19| M| | Team(M) | 135.| Football | Shahdan Sulaiman| NA| 22| M| √ | Team (M) | 136. | Football | Syafiq Zainal| NA| 19| M| √ | Team (M) | 137. | Football | Fazly Hassan | NA| 22| M| √ | Team (M) | 138. | Football | Nazrul Ahmad Nazari | NA| 19| M| √ | Team (M) | 139. | Football | Zulfahmi Arifin| NA| 19| M| √ | Team (M) | 140. | Football | Izzdin Shafiq | NA| 29| M| √ | Team (M) | 141. | Football | Shahril Ishak | NA | 26 | M | | Team (M) | 142. | Football | Firdaus Kasman | NA | 22 | M | √ | Team (M) | 143. | Football | Erwan Gunawan| NA| 23| M| √ | Team (M) | 144. | Football | Eugene Luo Zhenlun| 罗振伦| 19| M| √ | Team (M) | 145. | Football | Khalili D'cruz| NA| 19| M| √ | Team (M) | 146. | Football | Rizawan Abdullah | NA | 23 | M |√ |Team (M) |147. |Golf|Choo Tze Huang|朱思瑝|23|M||Team (M)|Individual (M) |148.|Golf|Gregory Raymund Foo Yong En|符永恩|17|M|√ |Team (M) |Individual (M) |149. | Golf | Johnson Poh Swee Kiat|傅瑞杰|19|M|√ |Team (M)|Individual (M) |150.| Golf | Joshua Shou Mingqing|寿珉庆|20|M|√ |Team (M)|Individual (M) | 151. |Gymnastics |David-Jonathan Chan Thuang Tong |曾传忠 |25 |M |√ |Men's Artistic Gymnastics Individual |152. |Gymnastics | Gabriel Gan Zi Jie | 颜子杰 | 24 | M | √ | Men's Artistic Gymnastics Individual |153. | Gymnastics | Krystal Khoo Oon Hui | 邱思惠 |17 | F | √ | Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual |154. | Gymnastics | Lim Heem Wei| 林欣玮 | 21 | F | |Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual | 155. | Hockey | Robin Ng Wan Chiang | 吴文强 | 35 | M || Team (M) | 156. | Hockey | Zulkarnain Bin Salim | NA | 24 | M | √ | Team (M) | 157. | Hockey | Kelvin Lim Yong Sheng |林永声 |26 |M |√ |Team (M) |158. | Hockey | Saifulnizam Bin Mohd Seftu | NA | 25 | M | √ | Team (M) | 159. | Hockey | Mohd Farhan Bin Mohd Suhaili | NA | 23 | M | √ | Team (M) | 160. | Hockey | Mohd Sabri Bin Yuhari | NA | 20 | M | √ | Team (M) | 161. | Hockey | Tan Yi Ru | 陈奕偄 | 20 | M | √ | Team (M) | 162. | Hockey | Harjeet Singh | NA | 29 | M | √ | Team (M) | 163. | Hockey | Hazmi Bin Mohd Ibrahim | NA | 24 | M | √ | Team (M) | 164. | Hockey | Mohd Ishak Bin Ismail | NA | 27 | M | √ | Team (M) | 165. | Hockey | Prashan s/o Anbalagan | NA | 18 | M | √ | Team (M) | 166. | Hockey | Muhd Baqir Bin Asali | NA | 18 | M | √ | Team (M) | 167. | Hockey | Mohd Farhan Bin Kamsani | NA | 22 | M | √ | Team (M) | 168. | Hockey | Enrico Elifh Marican| NA| 19| M| √ | Team (M) | 169. | Hockey | Ian James Valence Vanderpu | NA | 22 | M | √ | Team (M) | 170.| Hockey | Chia Kai Bin| 谢凯冰| 23| M| √ | Team (M) | 171. | Rowing | Yeong Wai Mun | 杨伟文 | 28 | M | √ | LM1x (M) | 172. | Rugby| Wang Shao-Ing| 王邵颖| 3| F| √ | Team (W) | 173. | Rugby| Leung Wai-Mun| 梁惠雯| 31| F| √ | Team (W) | 174. | Rugby | Angelina Liu Huiyun | 刘慧芸 | 28 | F | √ | Team (W) | 175. | Rugby | Humphries Priscilla Abelina | NA | 29 | F | √ | Team (W) | 176. | Rugby | Sophie Ngin Gollifer | NA | 21 | F | √ | Team (W) | 177. | Rugby | Tan Hui Juan| 陈慧娟| 23| F| √ | Team (W) | 178.| Rugby | Samantha Teo Ming Li| 张明俐| 20| F| √ | Team (W) | 179. | Rugby | Wong Yilin| 黄奕琳| 21| F| √ | Team (W) | 180. | Rugby | Eunice Tay Gek Sie | 戴玉诗 | 31 | F | √ | Team (W) | 181. | Rugby | Derelyn Chua Jialing | 蔡家玲 | 26 | F | √ | Team (W) | 182. | Rugby | Fong Sei Yin| 冯雪燕| 34| F| √ | Team (W) | 183. | Rugby | Amanda Teo Baoling| 张宝玲| 23| F| √ | Team (W) | 184. | Sailing | Cecilia Low Rui Qi| 刘瑞琦| 19| F| √ | 420 Girl | 185. | Sailing |Colin Cheng Xinru| 郑忻如| 21| M| | Laser Standard (M) | 186. |Sailing | Dawn Liu Xiaodan| 刘晓丹| 23| F| √ | 470 Women | 187. | Sailing | Joshua Choo Meng Keong| 朱明强| 21| M| √ | IMCO Mistral (M) | 188. | Sailing | Justin Liu Xiaman| 刘遐满| 19| M| | 420 Boy | 189. | Sailing | Justin Wong Ming Ho| 黄明豪| 24| M| | Hobie 16 Open | 190. | Sailing | Kimberly Lim Min | 林敏| 14| F| √ | Optimist Girl | 191. | Sailing | Leonard Ong| 王俊 | 17| M| √ | RS: X Men | 192. | Sailing | Rachel Lee Qing | 李清 | 17 | F | √ | 420 Girl | 193. | Sailing | Roy Tay Junhao | 郑俊豪 | 2 | M | | 470 Men | 194.| Sailing | Ryan Lo Jun Han| 卢军汉| 13| M| √ | Optimist Boy | 195. | Sailing | Scott Glen Sydney | NA | 19 | M| √ | Laser Radial Open | 196. | Sailing | Sherman Cheng Feng Yuan| 张峯源| 19| M| | 420 Boy | 197. | Sailing | Siobhan Tam Shiu Wun| 谭兆媛| 23| F| √ | | 420 Women | 198. | Sailing | Teo Wee Chin| 张为珺| 23| M| | Hobie 16 | 99. | Sailing | Terence Koh Seng Kiat| 许圣洁| 23| M| | 470 Men | 200. | Sailing | Tan Wearn Haw| 陈文皓| 32| M|| 4 persons Match Racing Skipper | 201. | Sailing | Benjamin Tan Jia Ming| 陈加明| 25| M| √ | Crew 1 | 202. | Sailing | Yurii Alexander Siegel| NA| 32| M| √ | | Crew 2 | 203. | Sailing | Colin Ng Wee Tai | 黄伟达| 32 | M| | Crew 3 | 204. | Shooting | Alex Chow Wei An | 邹维安| 39 | M| √ | Double Trap (M) | 205. | Shooting | Andy Chee Kwet Chian| 徐国千| 46| M| √ | 50m Rifle Prone (M) | 206. | Shooting | Aqilah Binte Sudhir | NA| 19| F| √ | 50m Rifle 3 positions (W)
    50m Rifle Prone (W) | 207. | Shooting | Cheng Jian Huan| 郑建欢 | 17| F | √ | 10m Air Rifle (W) | 208. | Shooting | Choo Choon Seng | 朱俊盛 | 38 | M || Trap (M) | 209. | Shooting | David Chan| 陈大伟| 37| M| √| Skeet (M) | 210.| Shooting | Eugene Chiew Huan Lin| 周焕霖| 30| M| √ | Skeet (M) | 211. | Shooting | Gai Bin| 盖斌| 42| M| √ | 10m Air Rifle (M)
    25m Centre Fire Pistol (M)
    25m Standard Pistol (M)
    50m Pistol (M) | 212.| Shooting | Goh Jia Yi | 吴珈仪 | 15 | F | √ | 10m Air Rifle (W) | 213. | Shooting | Haw Siew Peng | 何修蘋 | 30 | F| √ | 50m Rifle 3 positions (W)
    50m Rifle Prone (W) | 214.| Shooting | Jasmine Ser Xiang Wei| 徐湘玮| 20| F|| 10m Air Rifle (W)
    50 m Rifle 3 positions (W)
    50m Rifle Prone (W) |215. | Shooting | Jonathan Koh Tien Wei | 许添威 | 20 | M | |10m Air Rifle (M) | 216. |Shooting | Kasmijan Bin Kimin |NA |48 |M |√ |50m Rifle Prone (M) |217.|Shooting | Lee Wung Yew|李宏耀|44 | M ||Trap (M) |218. | Shooting | Lee Yee |李育 |31 |M | √ |Skeet (M) |219. | Shooting | Mohd Zain Bin Amat | NA | 35 | M | | Double Trap (M)
    Trap (M) | 220. | Shooting | Muhd Ikram Bin Ismail | NA |39 | M |√ |Double Trap (M) | 221. | Shooting | Nigel Lim Swee Hon |林瑞鸿 | 31 | M | √ | 10m Air Rifle (M)
    50m Pistol (M) | 222. | Shooting | On Shaw Ming| 翁绍铭| 33| M| √ | 25m Centre Fire Pistol & 25m Standard Pistol (M) | 223. | Shooting | Ong Jun Hong| 王竣鸿| 22| M| |10m Air Rifle & 50m Rifle Prone (M) | 224. | Shooting | Poh Lip Meng| 傅立民| 41| M| √ | 10m Air Rifle (M)
    25m Centre Fire Pistol (M)
    25m Standard Pistol (M)
    50m Pistol (M) | 225.| Shooting | Zhang Jin| 张劲 | 22| M| |10m Air Rifle (M) | 226. | Table Tennis | Cai Xiaoli | 蔡晓黎 |31|M||Men's Team |227. |Table Tennis | Feng Tian Wei | 冯天薇 | 24 | F | √ | Women's Team
    Women's Doubles
    Women's Singles
    Mixed Doubles |228. |Table Tennis | Gao Ning | 高宁| 28| M| √ | Men's Team
    Men's Doubles
    Men's Singles
    Mixed Doubles |229. | Table Tennis | Li Jiawei|李佳微|29|F|| Women's Team
    Women's Doubles | 230. | Table Tennis | Ma Liang | 马良 | 19 | M | √ | Men's Team
    Men's Doubles | 231. | Table Tennis | Pang Xue Jie| 庞学杰| 17| M | √ | Men's Team
    Men's Doubles | 232.| Table Tennis | Sun Beibei | 孙蓓蓓 | 26 | F| | Women's Team
    Women's Doubles | 233. | Table Tennis | Wang Yuegu| 王越古| 30| F| √ | Women's Team
    Women's Doubles
    Women's Singles
    Mixed Doubles | 234. | Table Tennis | Yang Zi| 杨子| 26| M| |Men's Team
    Men's Doubles
    Men's Singles
    Mixed Doubles | 235. |Table Tennis | Yu Mengyu | 于梦雨 | 21 | F | √ | Women's Team |236. |Taekwondo | Jason Tan Junwei | 陈俊玮 | 18 | M | √ | Under 58kg | 237. | Wushu | Khor Poh Chin | 许宝真 | 24 | F| | Changquan (W)
    Jianshu (W)
    Qiangshu All-round (W) | 238. | Wushu | Lee Tze Yuan | 李志远 | 19 | M | √ | Taijiquan (M
    Taijijian All-round (M) | 239. | Wushu | Seet Wee Key | 薛伟奇 | 30 | M | √ | Taijiquan (M)
    Taijijian All-round (M) | 240.| Wushu | Tao Yi Jun| 陶奕君| 25| F| | Taijiquan (W)
    Taijijian All-round (W) | 241.| Wushu | Valerie Wee Ling En| 魏灵恩| 21| F| √ | Taijiquan (W)
    Taijijian All-round (W)

Largest squad (Team): Dragon Boat - 48 Athletes
Largest squad (Non-Team): Shooting - 22 Athletes
No. athletes of 21 years old and below: 98
No. of Debutant: 199

Team Officials

Annex C: Profile of Chef-de-Mission

Low Teo Ping
Chef-de-Mission, Team Singapore

Currently the Vice President of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) and President of the Singapore Rugby Union, Mr Low Teo Ping was awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Medal) by the President of Singapore in 2006 for his outstanding contribution to sports. He is also a member of the Singapore Sports Council, Vice President of the International Sailing Federation and Advisor to the Singapore Athletic Association.

Mr Low played rugby for Singapore in the 1960's and had also competed in regional sailing regattas in Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan and Indonesia. He juggles his sporting career alongside a very successful career in banking spanning over 38 years. He has a distinguished track record as a Chef-de-Mission (CDM) to Team Singapore; his last stint as CDM saw Team Singapore bringing back 43 Gold medals and a medal haul of 127 medals at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand.

Mr Low is truly a veteran sporting figure in Singapore that Team Singapore athletes can look up to. He believes that by staying focused and with commitment and passion, our athletes will put up a credible performance at the Asian Games.

He believes in this saying:
"Winning is not a some-time thing; It's an all-time thing.
You don't win once in a while,
You don't do things right once in a while;
You do them right all the time.
WINNING IS A HABIT."