[Media Release] Para-archer Nur Syahidah Alim places 6th at World Championships and secures first Paralympics spot for Singapore
Above: Para-archer Nur Syahidah Bte Alim at the Pilsen 2023 World Archery Para Championships (Image credit: World Archery) Para-archer Nur Syahidah Bte Alim secured the first slot for Singapore to next year’s Paralympic Games by ranking sixth overall out of 46 competitors in the Women’s Compound Open category at the Pilsen 2023 World Archery Para […]
[Media Release] Singaporean Duo Aloysius Gan and Yan Jia Yi Secure Historic Victory at Inaugural World Boccia Youth Championships
Above (left to right; top row to bottom row) Aloysius Gan’s mother and competition partner, Eve Cher; father, Kagan Gan; Yan Jia Yi’s competition partner, Chew Ziqun; Aloysius Gan; Yan Jia Yi (Image credit: Singapore Disability Sports Council) Singaporean boccia athletes Aloysius Gan and Yan Jia Yi have etched their names in history by […]
[Media Release] Four Singapore Athletes to Compete at World Para Athletic Championships 2023
Above (Left to Right) Coach Muhamad Hosni Bin Muhamad, Athletics Coach, James Ethan Ang, Muhammad Diroy Noordin, Maisarah Bte Mohamad Hassan, Lionel Toh Jun Jie, Suhairi Bin Suhaini (Image Credit: Singapore National Paralympic Council/Goh Si Wei) Following their performance at the recently concluded 12th Asean Para Games 2023 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, four para athletics […]
[Media Release] Team Singapore kicks off first day of Citi World Para Swimming World Series Singapore 2023 with a world record and 2 podium finishes
Above: Winners for Women’s 200m Free events (Left to Right: Mick Massey, Performance Director of National Para Swim Team, Dr Teo-Koh Sock Miang, President Of Singapore Disability Sports Council, Preston Tan, Vice-President of Toyota, Nattharinee Khajhonmatha, Silver Medalist, Yip Pin Xiu, Gold Medalist, Chan Yui Lam, Bronze Medalist and Eric Chua, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry […]
[Media Release] Local Students Gain Inspiring Experience Meeting Para Swim Stars of the Para Swimming World Series Singapore 2023
(Above) Spanish Paralympian Teresa Perales (back middle), meeting with learning journey participants from Cherie Hearts @ Charlton, together with (on her right) Ms Mercedes Alonso Frayle, Spanish Ambassador to Singapore, and (on her left) Ms Angeline Peh, Vice President, Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC). Over 400 students, including preschoolers as young as four years old, […]
[Media Release] 15 Team Singapore Para Swimmers to Make a Splash on Home Turf at Citi Para Swimming World Series Singapore 2023
Above: TeamSG para swimmers for Singapore 2023 edition (Photo credit: Singapore Disability Sports Council – Andy Chua) After a four-year hiatus, the Citi Para Swimming World Series is returning to Singapore, with 15 Team Singapore para swimmers set to compete on home ground at the OCBC Aquatic Centre from April 29th to May 1st, 2023. […]
[Media Release] Singapore para swimmers faced tough fight at Sheffield World Series but managed to secure a bronze and 2 national records
From left to right: Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago, Brazil; Tomomi Ishiura, Japan; Yip Pin Xiu, Singapore (Photo credit: SDSC/Morgan Harlow) The third leg of the 2023 World Para Swimming World Series saw some of the toughest duels in the pool, as 311 athletes from 36 countries – a number of whom were Paralympians and Paralympic […]
[Media Release] Singapore para athletes clinches 6 medals at World Para Athletics Grand Prix – Marrakech 2023
Four of five TeamSG para athletes are returning with medals – 3 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze Paralympian long jumper Suhairi Bin Suhani misses out with a hamstring injury Newcomer James Ethan Ang broke 2 national records, with 1 gold and 1 silver in tow Marrakech, the third leg in the 2023 World […]
[Media Release] Electric atmosphere at the Tiger Balm National Boccia Championships 2023, which returned after a three-year hiatus
Electric atmosphere at the Tiger Balm National Boccia Championships 2023, which returned after a three-year hiatus ASEAN Para Games and Asian Youth Para Games medalist Aloysius Gan won the BC3 male category in the championships Paralympian Nurulasyiqah Bte Muhd Taha wins every round robin match in the BC3 female category, emerging first Handprinting ceremony held […]
