Tokyo 2020: Who are Singapore's Athletes for the Tokyo Olympics?
23 Team Singapore athletes to compete across 11 sports at Tokyo Olympic Games
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Still unfamiliar with the Team Singapore athletes who will be competing at this year's Tokyo Olympic Games?
We take you through the full list of the 23-strong Singapore contingent who will be flying the Republic's flag from 23 July - 8 August 2021 in Tokyo.
1. ATHLETICS - SHANTI PEREIRA
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Athlete
Veronica Shanti Pereira
Date of birth
21 September 1996 (24 years)
Event
Athletics - Women's 200m Sprint
Singapore sprint queen Veronica Shanti Pereira will be competing in the women's 200 metre dash in Tokyo, after qualifying by virtue of Universality Place (otherwise known as Wild Card), by being the highest ranked female athlete for her event.
She is currently the national record holder for both the women's 100m and 200m sprint events, and made history in 2015 at the Southeast Asian Games when she became Singapore's first sprint SEA Games gold medallist in 42 years.
This is her first Olympic Games, and she will be the sole representative for Track and Field.
2. BADMINTON - LOH KEAN YEW
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Athlete
Loh Kean Yew
Date of birth
26 June 1997 (24 years)
Event
Badminton - Men's Singles
Ranked 18th by Badminton World Federation in the Race to Tokyo Rankings, Singapore shuttler Loh Kean Yew is Singapore's current top men's badminton player.
He will be making his Olympic debut in Tokyo, and is a multiple SEA Games medallist, having won silver in the Men's Singles at the 2019 SEA Games, as well as bronze in the team event in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
He rose to prominence when he upset Chinese badminton legend and former World number one Lin Dan at the Thailand Masters Final in January 2019, and subsequently took three more silver medals across multiple BWF events in 2019.
3. BADMINTON - YEO JIA MIN
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Athlete
Yeo Jia Min
Date of birth
1 February 1999 (22 years)
Event