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The two bronze medals won at the 2012 London Summer Olympics marked the first time that Singapore won more than one medal in an Olympiad. [16] [17] In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Olympic swimmer Joseph Schooling won a gold medal in the Men's 100 metre butterfly in an Olympics record of 50.39 seconds, becoming the first gold Olympic medallist of ...
Singapore entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Amita Berthier qualified in the women's foil event through the Asia & Oceania zone FIE Official ranking. [ 6 ] Later on, Kiria Tikanah qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the women's individual épée event, at the 2024 Asia and Oceania Zonal ...
Representing Singapore for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she was a member of the silver medal-winning women's table tennis team, consisting of Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and herself. This marked the first time that Singaporeans had won an Olympic medal since Singapore's independence in 1965.
The Singapore National Olympic Council sent a team of 25 athletes, 9 men and 16 women, to compete in seven different sports at the Games, matching the nation's full roster size with Beijing. [2] For the fourth consecutive time in its Summer Olympic history, the Singaporean roster also featured more female athletes than males.
Li was also a key player for the Singaporean women's team and doubles, and mixed doubles events, having participated in three Olympics and achieving a medal for the latter two. She finished in fourth place in singles at both the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing at which she was an official flagbearer.
Singapore competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics [1] held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from 8 to 24 August 2008.. The following athletes have qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, although the final selection of names for some events may change are dependent on the relevant sports bodies, and all athletes require approval from the Singapore National Olympic Council.
Since the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Singapore's para-athletes have amassed nine medals including three golds. Here are the three women who achieved glory.
She would later won the bronze medal at the women's team event with Li and Wang against South Korea. This was the first time Singapore had won two medals at an Olympic Games. On 15 March 2015, Feng defeated Zhu Yuling and Liu Shiwen at the 2015 Asian Cup in Jaipur to be crowned Asian Cup Champion for the first time. At the same time, she broke ...