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Yip Pin Xiu PJG PLY (Chinese: 叶品秀; pinyin: Yè Pǐnxìu; born 10 January 1992) is a Singaporean backstroke swimmer. She is a five-time Paralympic gold medallist and 5 time World Champion, with two world records in the 50 m backstroke S2 and the 100 m backstroke S2.
Mar 11, 2021 · Yip Pin Xiu. Singapore’s first Olympic-level gold medal winner. She was the youngest of the Singapore team at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, but Yip Pin Xiu was also the brightest star, bringing home Singapore’s first ever Olympic-level gold medal.
May 31, 2024 · Yip Pin Xiu started swimming when she was five as a weekly family activity. At the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, she produced Singapore’s first Paralympic gold medal. She continues to be a force to be reckoned with, winning two gold medals and setting the world records in the Women’s 50m and 100m Backstroke S2 events at the Rio 2016 ...
Nov 30, 2020 · Home-grown Paralympics gold-medallist Yip Pin Xiu is decorated in every sense of the word and nowhere close to slowing down. She speaks to Vogue Singapore about her journey from pool to parliament and her new-found responsibility—representing the disability community.
Apr 30, 2023 · SINGAPORE – Touching home in the 200m freestyle multi-class, para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu could not see the crowd at the OCBC Aquatic Centre as her goggles were fogged up. But she certainly heard...
Aug 25, 2021 · SINGAPORE: Singapore's Yip Pin Xiu won gold in the women's 100m backstroke S2 final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Wednesday (Aug 25). The double world champion finished in a time of 2:16.61 at...
Yip Pin Xiu blazed a trail for Para sport in Singapore when she became her country’s first Paralympic gold medallist in history at Beijing 2008. For her achievement she was awarded the Public Service Medal and followed it up with her first world title in 2010.
Feb 11, 2022 · SINGAPORE: Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Yip Pin Xiu on Friday (Feb 11) received the inaugural President's Award for Inspiring Achievement for her outstanding accomplishments and...
Dec 1, 2020 · Yip Pin Xiu On The Power Of Positive Thinking. Yip Pin Xiu won two gold medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, clinching the 50m S2 and 100m S2 backstroke event at world-record pace. Yip Pin Xiu is no stranger to adversity. When she was two, she was diagnosed with Charcot Marie Tooth, a form of muscular dystrophy.
SMU alumna and five-time Paralympic gold medallist Yip Pin Xiu was named the inaugural recipient of the President's Award for Inspiring Achievement, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong announced in Parliament on Tuesday (Oct 5).
