Amanda Yap
Name: Amanda Yap
Name in Chinese Character: 叶祎林
Date of Birth: 03-11-2009
Height: 149 cm
Current School: Methodist Girls’ School
Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: 2 years old. I saw my sister doing it and wanted to try for fun; I never quit.
First Club: Dreams Gymnastics Club
First Coach: Coach Wei and Coach Sarah
Current Club: National Training Centre
Current Coach: Coach Zhang Zhen and Zhao Qun
Favourite apparatus: Floor Exercise
Favourite skill: Double Pike
Most difficult skill to learn so far: Full In
Personal Best Recorded and the Event in which it was recorded:
- Singapore Open 2023 – IAA (46.250)
- Singapore Open 2023 – Balance Beam (13.00)
Major Sporting Achievements:
- Participating in Asian Championships 2023
- National Championships 2022 FIG Junior Beam 1st
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Prime Invitational 2019 level 6 Bar, Beam, IAA 1st
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Singapore Open 2019 level 6 floor 1st
Sporting motto or saying: “You can't fail if you don't quit, you can't succeed if you don't start".
Most admired sports person: Gabby Douglas
Who is your favourite gymnast and why ?: Qiu Qiyuan because her pirouettes on bars and lines in general are beautiful.
Favourite music: Anything chill.
My favourite local dish is: Chicken rice though it is basic but it's so fragrant and tasty.
My main support group consist of: Teammates.
If I was not an athlete, I would like to be: The owner of an ice cream shop.
Top 3 things on my bucket list:
- Travelling the world.
- Bungee Jumping.
- Open an ice cream shop.
One interesting fact that most people do not know about me is: Putting make-up for competitions is one of the reasons why I wanted to do gymnastics when I was 2 years old.
What is the greatest challenge you have faced in your sporting career? How did you overcome that?
Injuries in general. I am still working on overcoming them.
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