Michelle Sng
![]() Sng (arms raised) at the 2023 SEA Games | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michelle Sng Suat Li |
| Born | 19 May 1987[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | High jump |
Medal record | |
Michelle Sng Suat Li (born 19 May 1987) is a former Singapore athlete specialising in the high jump. She holds the national record and has represented Singapore in various regional and international competitions.
Sng first broke the national record in 2006 with a jump of 1.79m.[2] She rewrote her record that year (1.80m),[3] and did so again in 2015 (1.84m)[4] and 2021 (1.86m).[5]
Sng won a bronze (1.81m) in the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore and silver (1.75m) in the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam;[6] at the 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia, she became the first Singaporean woman to win the event (1.83m) at the competition since 1965.[7] In her final SEA Games in Cambodia in 2023, she won a bronze (1.73m).[8]
Sng has also represented Singapore at the Asian Games (2006 and 2018), Asian Athletics Championships, and Commonwealth Games.[9]
References
- ↑ https://worldathletics.org/athletes/singapore/michelle-sng-suat-li-14300036
- ↑ https://www.todayonline.com/sports/high-jump-queen-sng-sets-record
- ↑ https://www.todayonline.com/sports/sngs-great-leap-forward
- ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/athletics-michelle-sng-clears-184m-to-rewrite-national-womens-high-jump-record
- ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/athletics-michelle-sng-rewrites-high-jump-national-record-qualifies-for-3-major-games
- ↑ https://www.sportplus.sg/post/team-singapore-athletes-compete-in-duathlon-finals-beach-volleyball-matches-begin-31st-sea-games
- ↑ https://www.womensweekly.com.sg/your-life/story-behind-michelle-sngs-sea-games-gold-will-break-heart
- ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-2023-we-must-make-it-count-in-2029-says-athletics-chief
- ↑ https://www.teamsingapore.sg/athletes/sng-suat-li-michelle
External links
- Suat Li Michelle Sng at World Athletics
- Sng Suat Li, Michelle at Team Singapore
- Michelle Sng at InterSportStats
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Singaporean women high jumpers
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Singapore
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Asian Games athletes for Singapore
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games
- SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games gold medalists in athletics
- SEA Games silver medalists in athletics
- SEA Games bronze medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 SEA Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2017 SEA Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2021 SEA Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 SEA Games
- Medalists at the 2015 SEA Games
- Medalists at the 2017 SEA Games
- Medalists at the 2021 SEA Games
- Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games
