Amanda Yap

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Amanda Yap
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Amanda Yap (born 3 November 2009) [2] is a Singaporean artistic gymnast. She qualified for the balance beam final at the 2025 World Championships, becoming Singapore's first World Artistic Gymnastics Championships finalist. She is the 2025 Singaporean all-around champion and the 2024 Singaporean junior all-around champion.

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Gymnastics career

Yap began training with the Singapore national team in 2022. [3]

Yap won the junior all-around title at the 2024 Singapore Championships. [4] At the 2024 Junior Asian Championships, Yap placed ninth in the balance beam qualifications but advanced into the final due to the two-per-country rule. She went on to win the silver medal in the final. [3] She also placed eighth in the floor exercise final, seventh in the all-around, and fourth in the team competition. [5]

Yap became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2025 and won the senior all-around title at the 2025 Singapore Championships. [6] She then made her senior international debut at the Asian Championships and placed 15th in the all-around. [7] She made her World Championships debut in Jakarta and advanced to the balance beam final in seventh place with a score of 13.300. This made her the first-ever gymnast from Singapore to advance into a World Championships final. [8] [9] In between the qualifications and the final, Yap flew back to Singapore to take her O-Level exams. [9] She went on to place sixth in the final with a personal-best score of 13.333. [10] [11]

Personal life

As of 2025, Yap is a student at the Methodist Girls’ School. [8] She has an older sister named Emma who also competes for Singapore's national gymnastics team. [3] [9]

Competitive history

Competitive history of Amanda Yap [12]
YearEventTeamAAVTUBBBFX
2022 Singapore Championships99Gold medal icon.svg7
Singapore Open108
2023 Singapore ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Singapore OpenSilver medal icon.svg8Bronze medal icon.svg6
Junior Asian Championships 615
2024 Singapore ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Junior Asian Championships 47Silver medal icon.svg8
Singapore OpenGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
2025 Singapore ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Asian Championships 715
World Championships 6

References

  1. "Yap Amanda – FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  2. "53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Jakarta (INA), 19 - 25 October 2025 Women Entry List by NOC". Longines Timing. International Gymnastics Federation. 18 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Tianbao, Lin (26 May 2024). "14-year-old wins unprecedented silver for Singapore at Junior Women's Artistic Gymnastics Asian C'ships". The Straits Times . Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  4. Hopkins, Lauren (18 March 2024). "2024 Singapore Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  5. Hopkins, Lauren (26 May 2024). "2024 Asian Championships Junior Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  6. Hopkins, Lauren (23 March 2025). "2025 Singapore Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  7. Hopkins, Lauren (16 June 2025). "2025 Asian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Singapore's 15-year-old gymnast Amanda Yap makes historic breakthrough into world championship final". Yahoo News Malaysia. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 Kwek, Kimberly (23 October 2025). "Amanda Yap, 15, makes history as first S'pore gymnast to qualify for world c'ships final". The Straits Times . Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  10. Tauber, Rebecca (25 October 2025). "Amanda Yap made gymnastics history for Singapore, in between school exams". The New York Times . Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  11. "Singapore's Amanda Yap sixth in Artistic Gymnastics World Championships final". The Straits Times . 26 October 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  12. "Amanda Yap". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 October 2025.