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19 documents

H-SPORT-01Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-01 | Syed Abdul Kadir — Singapore's Olympic Boxer

Full Title: Syed Abdul Kadir — "The First and Only Boxer to Represent Singapore at the Olympic Games"

H-SPORT-02Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-02 | Tan Howe Liang — Singapore's First Olympic Medallist

Full Title: Tan Howe Liang — Weightlifter, Olympic Silver Medallist, and Foundational Figure in Singapore Sports History (1933–2024)

H-SPORT-03Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-03 | Joseph Schooling — Singapore's First Olympic Champion

Full Title: Joseph Isaac Schooling — Swimmer, 100m Butterfly Olympic Gold Medallist, and the National Service-versus-Sport Debate (1995–2026)

H-SPORT-04Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-04 | Yip Pin Xiu — Singapore's Most Decorated Paralympian

Full Title: Yip Pin Xiu — Paralympic Swimmer, Seven-Time Paralympic Gold Medallist, Nominated Member of Parliament, and the Para-Sport Recognition Deb…

H-SPORT-05Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-05 | Fandi Ahmad — Singapore's Footballing Icon

Full Title: Fandi Ahmad — Pioneering Professional, Talisman of the Malaysia Cup Lions, and Patriarch of a Footballing Family (1962–2026)

H-SPORT-06Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-06 | Ang Peng Siong — The Sprinter Who Touched the World

Full Title: Ang Peng Siong — Sprint Swimmer, Asian and Regional Champion, US-Collegiate Athlete, and National Coach in the Pre-spexScholarship Era of …

H-SPORT-07Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-07 | Feng Tianwei — Foreign Sports Talent and the Citizenship-for-Medals Question

Full Title: Feng Tianwei — China-Born Table Tennis Player, Singapore Olympic Medallist, and the Central Figure in the Foreign Sports Talent Debate (19…

H-SPORT-08Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-08 | C. Kunalan — Singapore's Fastest Man and the Schoolmaster of the Track

Full Title: Canagasabai Kunalan ("C. Kunalan") — Olympic Sprinter, National 100m Record Holder, and Physical-Education Educator (1942–2026)

H-SPORT-09Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-09 | Loh Kean Yew — Singapore's First Badminton World Champion

Full Title: Loh Kean Yew — Shuttler, BWF World Championships Men's Singles Gold Medallist, and the High-Performance-Sport System (1997–2026)

H-SPORT-10Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-10 | Shanti Pereira — Singapore's Sprint Queen and the Mid-Career Resurgence

Full Title: Veronica Shanti Pereira — Sprinter, Asian Games 200m Champion, National Record Holder, and Symbol of Home-Grown High-Performance Sport (19…

H-SPORT-11Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-11 | Tao Li — Naturalised Swimmer, Olympic Finalist, and the Foreign-Talent Question in the Pool

Full Title: Tao Li — China-Born Naturalised Singaporean Swimmer, 100m Butterfly Olympic Finalist at Beijing 2008, and a Case Study in Foreign Sports T…

H-SPORT-12Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-12 | Wong Peng Soon — The Badminton King and Malaya's First Sporting Idol

Full Title: Wong Peng Soon — All-England Singles Champion, Thomas Cup Stalwart, and the Founding Idol of Singapore Badminton (1918–2026)

H-SPORT-13Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-13 | Li Jiawei — Captain of the Beijing 2008 Silver and the Face of Singapore's Foreign Sports Talent Era

Full Title: Li Jiawei — China-Born Table Tennis Player, Multiple Olympian, Team Captain of Singapore's First Olympic Medal in 48 Years, and a Central …

H-SPORT-14Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-14 | Quah Kim Song — Striker of the Kallang Roar

Full Title: Quah Kim Song — Striker, Hero of Singapore's 1977 Malaysia Cup Triumph, and Emblem of the Kallang Roar Era (1948–2026)

H-SPORT-15Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-15 | Joscelin Yeo — The Home-Grown Icon Who Became a Lawmaker

Full Title: Joscelin Yeo — Swimmer, Multiple Olympian, One of Singapore's Most Decorated SEA Games Athletes, US-Collegiate Champion, and Athlete-Turne…

H-SPORT-16Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-16 | Khoo Swee Chiow — Adventurer, Everest Pioneer, and the Endurance Ideal

Full Title: Khoo Swee Chiow — Mountaineer, Polar Explorer, Endurance Athlete, and Author; from the 1998 Singapore Everest Expedition to a Career of Na…

H-SPORT-17Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-17 | Remy Ong — A World Champion of Singapore's Bowling Tradition

Full Title: Remy Ong — Ten-Pin Bowler, World Tenpin Champion of the 2000s, and the High-Performance System in a Non-Mainstream Sport (1979–2026)

H-SPORT-18Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-18 | Jing Junhong — The First Wave of Naturalised Table Tennis Talent and the Sydney 2000 Near-Miss

Full Title: Jing Junhong — China-Born Naturalised Singaporean Table Tennis Player, Singapore's Leading Woman Paddler of the Late 1990s, Olympic Fourth…

H-SPORT-19Sports Figures

SG-H-SPORT-19 | Quah Zheng Wen — The Versatile Multi-Olympian of the Schooling Generation

Full Title: Quah Zheng Wen — Swimmer, Multi-Event Olympian, US-Collegiate Product, and the Quah Swimming Family in Singapore's High-Performance Era (1…

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