Chiew Hui Yan

Chiew Hui Yan
Personal information
Born1955 (age 70–71)
Sport
SportWushu
Events
Taijiquan, Taijijian
TeamSingapore Wushu Team
Medal record
Women's Wushu Taolu
Representing  Singapore
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1993 Kuala LumpurQiangshu
Bronze medal – third place1995 BaltimoreChangquan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place1994 HiroshimaCQ All-around
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place1996 ManilaJianshu
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place1993 SingaporeJianshu
Gold medal – first place1993 SingaporeQiangshu
Silver medal – second place1993 SingaporeChangquan
Bronze medal – third place1991 ManilaChangquan
Bronze medal – third place1991 ManilaJianshu
Bronze medal – third place1997 JakartaJianshu
Bronze medal – third place1997 JakartaQiangshu

Chiew Hui Yan (Chinese: 周慧燕; pinyin: Zhōuhuìyàn) is a retired competitive wushu taolu athlete from Singapore.

Career

Chiew made her international debut at the 1991 SEA Games where she won bronze medals in changquan and jianshu.[1] Two years later at the 1993 SEA Games, she won gold medals in jianshu and qiangshu and a silver medal in changquan.[2][3][4] A few months later, she won the silver medal in qiangshu at the 1993 World Wushu Championships.[5] A year later, Chiew competed at the 1994 Asian Games and won the bronze medal in women's changquan all-around.[6] A year later, she won the bronze medal in changquan at the 1995 World Wushu Championships.[7] She then competed in the 1996 Asian Wushu Championships and won the bronze medal in jianshu.[8][9] Chew's last competition was at the 1997 SEA Games where she won bronze medals in jianshu and qiangshu.[10]

After retiring from wushu, she began to promote and teach wushu, becoming a certified coach under Singapore's People's Association.[11] In the late 1990s, she met Beijing Wushu Team member Xue Xingfu and settled in Singapore to found Wushuyuan Singapore which promotes wushu.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "results at southeast asian games". Xinhua General News Service. Manila. 30 November 1991. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Sung, Grace (14 June 1993). "Singapore's four out of five in wushu". The Straits Times. National Library Board. p. 26. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Sung, Grace (15 June 1993). "Hui Yan's night of glory". The Straits Times. National Library Board. p. 31. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Sung, Grace (16 June 1993). "Hardly wishy-washy". The Straits Times. National Library Board. p. 25. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "World Wushu Championships 1993 Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Asiad results of Wushu, Women's Changquan Three Events Combined". Kyodo News. Hiroshima. Japan Economic Newswire. 12 October 1994. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "1995 World Wushu Championships Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Low, Calvin (16 November 1996). "Late surge brings two bronze medals". The New Paper. National Library Board. p. 43. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "'pore bags one gold, four bronzes". The Straits Times. National Library Board. 18 November 1996. p. 32. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "1997 SEA Games Results". Jakarta Post. 24 October 1997. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  11. ↑ "Chiew Hui yan". onePA.gov.sg. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Our Story". Wushuyuan Singapore. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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