Adelene Wee

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Adelene Wee (born 1965) is a retired Singaporean bowling champion. She was the youngest winner, and the first Singaporean person to win the title of World Champion at the World Games.

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Wee was born in 1965 to a large family with six other brothers and sisters. [1] Wee started bowling at age 12. [2] Her father and two of her brothers were also bowlers and they took her with them to the bowling alley. [3]

Wee at fifteen, was the youngest gold medal winner of the Philippines Women's Open Masters in 1981. [3] The next year, she broke the world record for six-game singles in ten-pin bowling at the Sukhumvit Open and won the Singapore International Bowling Championships. [3] In June 1985, she won three gold medals at the Asian FIQ youth championships. [2]

Wee and Al Dy were the two athletes sent to compete in bowling from Singapore at the 1985 World Games. [4] Wee and Dy performed in mixed doubles and singles competitions. [4] Nineteen-year-old Wee won the games for bowling, becoming the first world champion from Singapore and the world's youngest to win at the games. [5] [3] Wee faced competitors from 23 other countries and won with a 200-plus average. [5] She performed despite having a hamstring injury at the time. [5] [6] When she returned to Singapore, she was welcomed warmly at the airport by fans, friends and family. [7]

Wee has a lifetime membership at all bowling centres. [1] She retired from bowling competitively in 1993. [3] After retirement, she worked as an insurance agent and sports therapist and volunteers at a Christian church. [1] She was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014. [3]

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  2. 1 2 Rajendran, J. (4 August 1985). "Happy hotline for Adelene". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Adelene Wee". Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
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  5. 1 2 3 Siow, Peter (6 August 1985). "Adelene is world bowling champion". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  6. ↑ "'Red Admirals' in race as Adelene goes for double". The Straits Times. 18 August 1985. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
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