Leah Chew

Name: Leah Chew

Name in Chinese/Tamil Character: 周予恩

Year of birth: 2002

Height: 175 cm

Current School: Republic Polytechnic

Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: 7 years old. Started rhythmic gymnastics because of my older sister.

First Club: CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School

First Coach: Teng Yu Yan

Current Club: National Training Centre

Current Coach: Irina Bessmertnaya

Favourite apparatus: Ball

Favourite skill: Apparatus difficulty

Most difficult skill to learn so far: Pirouettes

Personal Best Recorded and the Event in which it was recorded: Clubs: 16.35 - 2020 Virtual Competition

Major Sporting Achievements:

• National Championships 2021: IAA 2nd

• National Championships 2021: Ball 2nd

• Virtual Competition 2020: Clubs 1st

• Sea Games 2019: Ball 4th

• Asian Championships 2018: Group 5 Hoops 6th

Sporting motto or saying: Let all the training be worth it.

Most admired sports person: Linoy Ashram

Who is your favourite gymnast and why? Margarita Mamun. Despite all the scolding and insults from her coach, she proved herself in the Olympics.

Favourite music:

Favourite movie:

My favourite local dish: I do not have a favourite and I enjoy all.

My main support group: Family, teammates, coach, Singapore Gymnastics.

If I was not an athlete, I would like to be... Food blogger.

Top 3 items in my bucket list includes... Travelling, zip lining and riding a hot air balloon.

I love to hang out at... because... Home, I enjoy staying indoors and doing my own things.

One interesting fact that most people do not know about me is... I am loud.

Any other pre-competition routines that you practice besides warm up? Praying, listening to each of my routine music one time.

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

Deciding if I should stop doing the sport. However, I changed my mind as I did not want all the years’ I have spent on training to go to waste.