Name: Chong Jer Rong
Height: 165 cm
Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: I started when I was 8, and I just felt it was pretty fun and liberating to be off the ground.
First Club: Prime Gymnastics Club
First Coach: Brydon Sy
Current Club: Prime Gymnastics Club
Current Coach: Will Tan
Favourite apparatus: Pommel Horse
Favourite skill: Wu Guo Nian
Most difficult skill to learn so far: Triple Middle Russians
Personal Best Recorded and the Event in which it was recorded: Scoring 13.300 on the Pommel Horse
Major Sporting Achievements:
- South-East Asian Games 2021 – Team Bronze
- 2021 National Championships – 1st on the Pommel Horse
- 2019 Thailand Open – 1st on the Pommel Horse
- 2018 Singapore Open – 1st on the Floor Exercise
- 2017 Asian Junior Championships – 10th on the Pommel Horse and Still Rings
- 2016 Asean School Games – Team Bronze
Competition Experiences:
- South-East Asian Games: 2021, 2023
- Asian Championships: 2023
- Asian Junior Championships: 2017
Sporting Motto or Saying: Compete like you're training and train like you're competing.
Who is your favourite gymnast and why ?: Kohei Uchimura. He simply takes gymnastics to next level in terms of the beauty of his skills, and how gracefully he executes them.
Favourite music: RnB and Indie
Favourite movie: Princess Mononoke
My favourite local dish is: Popiah
My main support group consist of: My family and friends from Gymnastics, NS and school.
If I was not an athlete, I would like to be: A musician
One interesting fact that most people do not know about me is: I like soldering and assembling my own in-ears.
What is the greatest challenge you have faced in your sporting career? How did you overcome that?
Sustaining a SLAP tear, which made my shoulder joint unstable. I had to stay consistent with my rehab exercises to slowly get back to my best.
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