WORLD RECORD
Sports Hall of Fame
The Singapore Sports Council Hall of Fame honours Singapore’s fi nest sports heroes and heroines. Outstanding achievers who have had represented Singapore for several years and have established themselves as icons in their respective sports qualify for induction into the Hall of Fame.
Bowling
Bodybuilder Competing In Widest Weight Range
Abdul Halim Haron won a silver medal in the welterweight category (75 kg) at the Asian Championship in 2001. As there was a higher chance of winning medals in the lighter category, he shed over 10 kg for the Busan 2002 Asian Games. His eff orts allowed him to compete in the bantamweight category (65 kg) and earned him a gold medal.
Winner At World Games
In 1993, Azman Abdullah was the fi rst Singaporean to win a gold in the middleweight category at the IOC-sanctioned World Games Bodybuilding Championships, beating 51 others. He won a gold at the World Bodybuilding Championships that same year. He was also a fi ve-time Mr Singapore title-holder, a three-time Mr Asia and an Asian Pro-Am Classic Champion.
Most Wins At Asian Amateur
Fatholomein Ali won the Asian Amateur Championships eight times from 1980 to 1990. He was also the SEA Games gold medallist in 1987 and 1989.
First Mr Universe Finalist
Rohmat Juraimi won the Asian Amateur Championships four times and was named Overall Winner for the 1973 championships. He took part in the Mr Universe contest twice and was placed sixth in both 1977 and 1982.
Top Woman Bodybuilder In Asia
In 2006, Joan Liew came in fi rst place at the Asian Women’s Open Invitational Championships (welter- weight) in Singapore. She won both the golds in the Asian Women’s Bodybuilding Championships in 2000 and 2002. She was ranked in seventh place (over 52 kg) in the 6th World Games held in Japan in 2001.
First
First Asian Youth Games Gold Bowler New Hui Fen won Singapore’s fi rst gold medal at the inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore by scoring 1,359 pinfalls. The competition was held at the Orchid Country Club on 1 Jul 2009.
First To Win AMF Bowling World Cup
20-year-old student Jasmine Yeong-Nathan became the new women’s champion at the 44th Qubica AMF Bowling World Cup in Mexico in Nov 2008. The annual event is considered the world’s most prestigious bowling tournament. The 2005 national champion beat Australian Ann-Maree Putney in straight sets, with pinfalls of 263 and an almost perfect score of 298.
First World Youth Bowling Champion
Valerie Teo won the girls’ singles event in the World Youth Bowling Championships in Berlin, Germany in 2006, making her the fi rst Singaporean with that title. In that year, she also achieved a gold in the Asian Games, along with Michelle Kwang.
Youngest National Women’s Champion
In 2004, 14-year-old Jazreel Tan was crowned Singapore’s youngest woman national champion. She took up bowling when she was in Secondary One at the Singapore Sports School. She won the singles event, fi nished second in the doubles and quartets at the 2003 Schools National Championships and was in third place in the Masters.
Winner At ABF Tour Tournament
Jennifer Tan was the fi rst woman to win the ABF Tour Tournament of Champions in Jakarta in 2006. In 2002, she became the second Singaporean to win the World Bowling Masters Women’s Champion title at the World Ranking Masters in Denmark.
First Bowling First Winner At World Men’s Tenpin
Remy Ong won two golds in the singles and the all- events at the World Men’s Tenpin Bowling Champion- ship in South Korea on 8 Sep 2006.
Games First Bowling Gold At Asian
Remy Ong collected both the men’s singles gold and the men’s masters gold at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.
Games
First Team Gold At Asian
Lee Yu-Wen, Remy Ong and Sam Goh were the fi rst team to win the men’s trio at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan with a total of 3,961 points. They made a dramatic comeback to beat the Philippines and the UAE after remaining in tenth position and trailing by 113 pinfalls.
World Bowling Masters
In 2001, Jesmine Ho won the Ladies’ Master title at the inaugural World Bowling Masters Champion- ship in Abu Dhabi.
World FIQ First Doubles Medal At
Jesmine Ho and Katherine Lee were the fi rst Singaporean women to win
the doubles silver medal at the World FIQ Championships in Reno, USA, in 1995.
Youngest To Win National Championship
Valerie Teo at 16 became the youngest national champion, winning the women’s masters title. She also clinched the singles, doubles, quartet and all-events titles in 2001.
Youngest Champion In An International Competition
Valerie Teo became the youngest bowling champion in the international arena when she won the 1999 Malaysian Masters Cup in Petaling Jaya at age 14.
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First Winner At World Games
Adelene Wee Chin Suan was the fi rst Singaporean to be named World Bowling Champion in 1985 when she won the Ladies’ Masters title at the World Games in London at the age of 20. She won three golds in the singles, masters and team events that same year at the Asian FIQ Youth Champion- ships. In 1983, she also collected three golds in the doubles, all-events and masters at the same championship.
First To Win Medal At World Games
Henry Tan Yoke See was the fi rst to put Sin- gapore in the world bowling map by winning the individual silver medal at the World Games in Copenhagen in 1970. He also won the all- events gold medal at the 8th SEAP Games and the silver (duo) at the 1975 World FIQ which gained him the Sportsman of the Year award in 1971 and 1976. Tan was also Best Coach of the Year in 1983.
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