Kaitlyn Lim

Name: Kaitlyn Lim

Name in Chinese: 林洁灵

Year of Birth: 2005

Height: 161 cm 

Current School: Eunoia Junior College

Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: 5 years old. My younger sister was doing it and I thought it was fun so I wanted to join.

First Club: Raffles Gymnastics Academy

First Coach:  Coach Paul 

Current Club: National Training Centre

Current Coach: Zhang Zhen and Zhao Qun

Favourite apparatus: Floor

Favourite skill: Roundoff Backhandsrping 720 layout

Most difficult skill to learn so far: Yuchenko Full 

Personal Best Recorded and the Event in which it was recorded: 13.0 on Vault during 2019 Singapore Open

Major Sporting Achievements:

• South-East Asian Games 2021 – Team Bronze
• National Championships 2021 – 1st place on Beam and Floor
• Asian Junior Cup 2019 – 2nd place on Vault, 3rd place on Floor Exercise
• Participated in the 2019 World Junior Championships

Competition Experiences:

• South-East Asian Games: 2021
• Asian Games: 2022
• Commonwealth Games: 2022
• Asian Championships: 2023 
• World Championships: 2019 (Junior)

Who is your favourite gymnast and why ?: Nadine Joy Nathan as she is so cool and hardworking but super nice and funny. 

Favourite music: Mamamoo

My favourite local dish is: Satay 

My main support group consist of: My family and friends.

If I was not an athlete, I would like to be: A travel vlogger. 

One interesting fact that most people do not know about me is: I like to play mahjong.

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

Covid-19. Training by myself at home.