Danielle Fong

Name: Danielle  Fong

Name in Chinese Character: 方亦欣

Date of Birth: 24-08-2008

Height: 152cm 

Current School: CHIJ St. Nicholas Girl's School (Secondary)

Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: 7 years old. I watched the sea games in 2015 and found gymnastics interesting. 

First Club: Bazgym Gymnastics School (Balestier)

First Coach: Coach Christine and Mei Lao Shi

Current Club: National Training Centre

Current Coach: Coach Zhang Zhen and Zhao Qun.

Favourite skill: Side aerial

Most difficult skill to learn so far: Roundoff backhandspring double twist on floor and front tuck mount on beam 

Personal Best Recorded and the Event in which it was recorded: 11.6 on Vault, National School Games 2022

Major Sporting Achievements:

• Vault 1st, National School Games 2022
• Floor 3rd, National School Games 2022
• IAA 2nd, National School Games 2022
• Bars 3rd, National Championships 2022
• Floor 1st, Singapore Gymnastics Classic 2021

Sporting motto or saying: “It’s not impossible to achieve your dreams if you really persevere and press on because you never know what comes out of that journey” - Lim Heem Wei

Most admired sports person: Naomi Osaka

Who is your favourite gymnast and why ?: Norah Flately, her lines are gorgeous and I love watching her routines in college.

Favourite music: Billie Ellish, Finneas, Conan Gray

Favourite movie: MCU movies especially black panther, the world’s a little blurry: billie eilish documentary, oceans 8, heartstopper

My favourite local dish is: Waffle with butter/peanut butter from local bakeries because they are delicious and remind me of my childhood.

My main support group consist of: Friends, coaches, family.

If I was not an athlete, I would like to be: A video game tester or a skier.

One interesting fact that most people do not know about me is: I only competed level 2, stage 2 and level 5 before doing FIG Junior. 

What is the greatest challenge you have faced in your sporting career? How did you overcome that?

Juggling school work and training. Learning to manage my time better and finding out what learning method works best for me.