[Media Release] Singapore Para Bowling International 2023 kicks off, with Singapore finishing second on the medal table on first day
Teams at the Singapore Para Bowling International 2023 (Photo credit: SDSC/Stefanus Ian) About 60 para bowlers from eight countries celebrated the kickoff of the Singapore Para Bowling International 2023 at Temasek Club this morning. The tournament, jointly organised by the Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC) and the Bowling Association for the Disabled (Singapore) (BADS), will […]
[Media Release] Yip Pin Xiu wins second gold at Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships and defends title as double world champion
Yip Pin Xiu at Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships (Photo credit: Singapore Disability Sports Council/Jon Super/SportsNewsAgency) 5-time Paralympic medalist Yip Pin Xiu claimed her seventh World Championships title at the Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships, yet again leaving her competitors in her wake in the Women’s 50m Backstroke S2 event. The win cemented […]
[Media Release] Yip Pin Xiu wins gold at Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships and secures first swimming slot for Singapore to Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
Above: Yip Pin Xiu at Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships (Image credit: Singapore Disability Sports Council/Jon Super/SportsNewsAgency) 5-time Paralympic medalist Yip Pin Xiu sealed the first swimming slot for Singapore to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with a dominating win in the Women’s 100m Backstroke S2 event at the Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World […]
[Media Release] Four Singapore para swimmers begin races today for first 2024 Paralympic Games swim slots at Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships
Above (Left to Right) Colin Soon Jin Guang, Sophie Soon Jin Wei, Toh Wei Soong, Yip Pin Xiu (Image credits: Singapore Disability Sports Council/Andy Chua, Singapore National Paralympic Council) Four para swimmers – Colin Soon Jin Guang, Sophie Soon Jin Wei, Toh Wei Soong and Yip Pin Xiu – have qualified for the World Para […]
[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, […]
