en Singapore at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Singapore at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Singapore at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	SIN
NPC	Singapore National Paralympic Council
in Beijing
Competitors	6 in 4 sports
Medals; Ranked 46th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Singapore sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, represented by six athletes competing in four sports: swimming, sailing, equestrian and athletics.^[1] The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was supposed to be Desiree Lim, a sailor.^[2] However, as the sailing events were held in Qingdao, it was Theresa Goh (swimming) who was the flagbearer on that day. The 2008 Summer Paralympics marked the first time Singapore had won a Paralympic medal of any kind.

Yip Pin Xiu won two medals for swimming; gold in the women's 50 meter backstroke S3 and silver in the women's 50 meter freestyle S3.^[3] Laurentia Tan won two bronze medals in equestrian.^[4] Due to the efforts by the medal winners, Yip was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Tan awarded the Public Service Medal.^[5]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Yip Pin Xiu	Swimming	Women's 50m Backstroke S3	15 September
Silver	Yip Pin Xiu	Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle S3	13 September
Bronze	Laurentia Tan	Equestrian	Individual Championship Test Grade 1A	9 September
Bronze	Laurentia Tan	Equestrian	Individual Freestyle Test Grade 1A	11 September

Sports

Athletics

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chee Keong Eric Ting	T52	400m	1:29.89	13	did not advance

Equestrian

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Laurentia Tan	Nothing To Lose	Mixed individual championship test grade Ia	68.800
Laurentia Tan	Nothing To Lose	Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia	70.167

Sailing

Singaporeans will compete in the following event in sailing:^[6]

Lim Kok Liang Desiree - Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18
Tan Wei Qiang Jovin - Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18

Swimming

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Theresa Goh	S5	50m freestyle	53.67	13	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:33.20	6 Q	1:32.92	6
		200m freestyle	3:18.51	4 Q	3:14.22	4
Yip Pin Xiu	S3	50m freestyle	57.04 WR	1 Q	57.43
Yip Pin Xiu	S3	50m backstroke	57.92 WR	1 Q	58.75

References

^ "Team Singapore Paralympic Games Contingent" Archived 11 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Singapore Sports Council, 10 July 2008
^ "Team Singapore Paralympic Games Contingent" Archived 11 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Singapore Sports Council, 10 July 2008
^ "Singapore swimmer Yip clinches gold in 50m backstroke", Channel NewsAsia, 15 September 2008, retrieved on 13 December 2008.
^ Jeanette Wang (12 September 2008). "Bronze once again: Tan can't hear music but she and horse 'dance' their way to 2nd medal". The Straits Times (Sport). p. B21..
^ "Paralympian wonder girls". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ "National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition" Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, International Association for Disabled Sailing, 16 July 2008

External links

[1] "Team Singapore Paralympic Games Contingent" Archived 11 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Singapore Sports Council, 10 July 2008

[2] "Team Singapore Paralympic Games Contingent" Archived 11 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Singapore Sports Council, 10 July 2008

[gold-3] "Singapore swimmer Yip clinches gold in 50m backstroke", Channel NewsAsia, 15 September 2008, retrieved on 13 December 2008.

[ST_20080912-4] Jeanette Wang (12 September 2008). "Bronze once again: Tan can't hear music but she and horse 'dance' their way to 2nd medal". The Straits Times (Sport). p. B21..

[welcomehome-5] "Paralympian wonder girls". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

[6] "National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition" Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, International Association for Disabled Sailing, 16 July 2008

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Singapore at the 2008 Summer Paralympics