WORLD RECORD
Sports Hall of Fame
Dance Sports First
Wheelchair Ballroom Dancing Group
In 2002, the fi rst wheel- chair ballroom dancing group was formed and trained by veteran dancer Sunny Low and his wife Aleena Tan. The members from the Handicaps Welfare Association hope to take part in the Paralympic Games which introduced the sport in 1998. In the sport, a standing partner leads the wheelchair-bound in time to music.
Most South- East Asian Latin Titles
Robert Ong and Sabrina Sim had the distinction of win- ning the South-East Asian Latin title ten times. When dance sport was fi rst
featured in the 1998 Asian
Games in Bangkok, Robert Ong and Sabrina Sim (the only non-fulltime dancers) made it to the fi nals.
Most Dance Sports Titles
For twelve consecutive years from 1982 to 1993, Shawn and Gladys Tay won 20 prestigious championship titles throughout the world. These titles included the 1985 Doris Lavelle Challenge Trophy (England) and the 1990 Asian-Pacifi c Ballroom Dancing Championships (Korea).
First Country Outside Europe To Host World Championships
Singapore was the fi rst country outside Europe to host the International Dance Sport Federa- tion World Standard Championships in 1992.
Top Dance Sports Rankings
The Singapore DanceSport Federation (SGDF) has a ranking list for Latin and another for Standard. All dance sports competitors must be ranked if they wish to be selected to repre- sent Singapore in international competitions. Vasily Chuply and Priscilla Kwa with 30 points, rank highest in the 2007 Standard list. Topping the 2007 Latin list are Melvin Tan and Sharon Tan with 45 points.
Darts
First Nine-Dart Check-Out In World Darts Championship
Singaporean Paul Lim, representing the United States, achieved the fi rst-ever nine- dart check-out score of 501 at the World Darts Championship in 1990. Prior to playing for the US, Lim was Singapore’s number one darter. His 50-plus career titles included fi ve Asian Cup singles and three Pacifi c Cup singles.
Highest-Ranked Amateur Darter
Darts player, Jaime Koh, was the fi rst Singaporean amateur darter to be ranked number three in the world. She won the singles title at the darts Asia Cup, and the doubles title together with Lianna Chia, in 1990.
Disability Sports First Gold Medal At Paralympics
16-year-old Yip Pin Xiu, who has muscular dystrophy, became the fi rst Singapore athlete to win a gold at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Sep 2008 when she came in fi rst in the 50m backstroke (S3). Her 58.75 sec time is 7.32 sec ahead of the silver medalist. Earlier in the heats, she set a new world record of 57.92 sec for the event. Yip also won a silver medal in women’s 50m freestyle, another fi rst in Singapore’s history.
World’s Fastest 50m Backstroke (S4) Swimmer
On 5 Apr 2007, at the US Paralympics Swim- ming Trials, Yip Pin Xiu broke the world record twice in one day. At the heats of the 50m backstroke for disability class S3, Yip set a new time of 1 min 1.55 sec, one-tenth of a second off the previous world record. Later that day, she broke her own record with a new time of 1 min 0.8 sec.
Most National Golds By A Disabled Athlete
National swimmer Theresa Goh Rui Si is aff ected by spina bifi da, a disease that aff ects the spinal column. Since her debut at the 1999 National Swimming Championships, Goh has won 24 national swimming gold medals.
World’s Fastest 200m Breaststroke (SB4) Swimmer
On 12 Aug 2006 at the US Paralympic National Swimming Championship (Texas), 19-year old Theresa Goh won the 200m breaststroke event in 4 min 30.67 sec, shaving nearly 39 sec off the previous record set by American, Kara Sheridan in 2003. SB4-classifi ed athletes are those with full use of their arms, but not their leg or trunk muscles.
World’s Fastest 50m Breaststroke (SB4) Swimmer
Theresa Goh briefl y held the 50m breaststroke world record in 2001. She broke the record again when she clocked 52.62 sec in the Asean Para Games on 22 Jan 2008 in Thailand.
First Equestrian Medals At The Paralympics
On 9 Sep 2008, Laurentia Tan rode on a horse named Nothing To Lose for the Individual Championship event at the Hong Kong Olym- pic Equestrian Centre at Sha Tin and won third place. On 11 Sep 2008, she won a second bronze medal for the Individual Freestyle Tests (class IA). She was also the fi rst Asian to win a medal in equestrian at the Paralympics. Tan developed cerebral palsy and profound deafness after birth, and moved to the UK with her parents at the age of three. She took up horse riding at age of fi ve years as a form of physiotherapy.
World’s Fastest 200m Individual Medley (SM5) Swimmer
At the 2006 IPC World Swimming Champion- ships in South Africa, Theresa Goh became a world champion in the 200m Individual Med- ley for SM5 category. She won the competition with a time of 4 min 6.39 sec on 1 Dec 2006.
Oldest Athlete In An International Event For the Disabled
The oldest disabled athlete to compete in an international tournament is Jeanne Toh Soon. She was 57 when she participated in the MPPP/PSC International Sailing Regatta 2006.
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