Chiew Hui Yan (Chinese: 周慧燕; pinyin: Zhōuhuìyàn) is a retired competitive wushu taolu athlete from Singapore.
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Born | 1955 (age 68–69) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Taijiquan, Taijijian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Singapore Wushu Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editChiew 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "results at southeast asian games". Xinhua General News Service. Manila. 1991-11-30. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ Sung, Grace (1993-06-14). "Singapore's four out of five in wushu". The Straits Times. National Library Board. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ Sung, Grace (1993-06-15). "Hui Yan's night of glory". The Straits Times. National Library Board. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ Sung, Grace (1993-06-16). "Hardly wishy-washy". The Straits Times. National Library Board. p. 25. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "World Wushu Championships 1993 Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-01-28.
- ^ "Asiad results of Wushu, Women's Changquan Three Events Combined". Kyodo News. Hiroshima. Japan Economic Newswire. 1994-10-12. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "1995 World Wushu Championships Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-24.
- ^ Low, Calvin (1996-11-16). "Late surge brings two bronze medals". The New Paper. National Library Board. p. 43. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "'pore bags one gold, four bronzes". The Straits Times. National Library Board. 1996-11-18. p. 32. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- ^ "1997 SEA Games Results". Jakarta Post. 1997-10-24. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Chiew Hui yan". onePA.gov.sg. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ "Our Story". Wushuyuan Singapore. Retrieved 2024-11-21.