Kho Tong-Yu
Name: Kho Tong-Yu
Name in Chinese Character: 许统宇
Date of birth: 11-02-2005
Height: 166 cm
Current School: Ngee Ann Polytechnic / Singapore Sports School
Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: 2 years old. I was hyperactive as a child, so my parents signed me up at Prime Gymnastics Club to try out gymnastics and I got interested.
First Club: Prime Gymnastics Club
First Coach: Coach Yi Mei Chong
Current Club: National Training Centre
Current Coach: Park Gi Yong
Favourite apparatus: Rings
Favourite skill: Bumb Cart
Most difficult skill to learn so far: Honma Cross
Personal Best Recorded and the Event in which it was recorded: IAA 72.5 for SEAG 2023
Major Sporting Achievements:
- 2021 National Championships – Scoring 12.65 on the Floor Exercise
- 2021 National Championships – Scoring 12.15 on the Parallel Bars
- 2021 National Championships – Scoring 68.35 on Individual All-Around
- 2021 F2F Virtual Competition –Scoring 12.4 on the Floor Exercise
- 2021 F2F Virtual Competition – Scoring 12.5 on the Vault
Competition Experiences:
- South-East Asian Games: 2023
- Asian Championships: 2023
Sporting motto or saying: "A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory".
Most admired sports person: Roger Federer
Who is your favourite gymnast and why? Liu Yang.
Favourite music: Alley Rose
Favourite movie: About Time
My favourite local dish: Cha Shao Shao Rou Fan
My main support group: Parents, friends, coach
If I was not an athlete, I would like to be... A designer of some sort
Top 3 items in my bucket list includes...
- Qualify for more Major Games.
- Rings, D-score: >5, F-score > 14
- Be on the podium for rings at any Major Games
I love to hang out at... because... Anywhere with aircon and backrest.
Any other pre-competition routines that you practice besides warm up? Power nap
What is the greatest challenge you have faced in your sporting career? How did you overcome that?
Scared of a new skill. Put away negative thoughts like "what if this goes wrong and I get injured", go through what I need to do and just do it without overthinking.
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