Nurzuhairah Yazid

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Nurzuhairah
Personal information
Full nameNurzuhairah Binte Mohammad Yazid
NationalitySingaporean
Born21 April 1998
Sport
CountrySingapore
SportPencak Silat
Event(s)Artistic Women's Singles, Artistic Women's Team
Medal record
Women's Pencak Silat
Representing Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Event1st2nd3rd
Asian Games 010
World Championships 112
Southeast Asian Games 100
Total222
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Jakarta, Indonesia Women's Singles
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Phuket 45kg-50kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Bali Women's Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Singapore Women's Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Singapore Women's Singles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's Singles

Nurzuhairah Mohammad Yazid (born 21 April 1998) is a Singaporean pencak silat practitioner. She represented Singapore at the 2018 Asian Games and won a silver medal in women's singles event that was held at Padepokan Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta. [1] [2] She claimed her first world title in the Female Artistic Singles Category that took place from 13 to 16 December 2018 at OCBC Arena Hall 1, Singapore Sports Hub. [3]

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She also won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.

Early life

Nurzuhairah was born and raised in Singapore. She has 2 younger siblings, Nurzianah Mohd Yazid and Aniq Asri Mohd Yazid, who is also a national pencak silat athlete. When she was 11, Nurzuhairah picked up Pencak Silat encouraged by her mother [4] and joined the national team 2 years later in 2011.

Career

At the age of 17, Nurzuhairah first represented Singapore in the 16th World Pencak Silat Championship making her the bronze medalist for women's class a 45-50kg event that was held in Phuket, Thailand in 2015.

Nurzuhairah made her debut participating in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games which shocked many as she won the gold medal defeating Indonesia and Brunei. [5] In 2018 Asian Games, Nurzuhairah finished with 445 points as she claimed the first silver medal in pencak silat in the women's individual tunggal event behind Puspa Arumsari, of host Indonesia. [6] [7] This was the first time silat was included at the Asian Games as a medal sport. [1] [6]

Achievements

International Games
YearVenueEventResult
2015Phuket, ThailandWomen's Class A 45kg-50kgBronze medal icon.svg Bronze16th World Pencak Silat Championships
2016Bali, IndonesiaWomen's TeamBronze medal icon.svg Bronze17th World Pencak Silat Championships
2016Da Nang VietnamWomen's TeamSilver medal icon.svg SilverAsian Beach Games
2017Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWomen's SinglesGold medal icon.svg GoldSoutheast Asian Games
2017Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWomen's SinglesGold medal icon.svg GoldSoutheast Asian Games
2018Kashmir, IndiaWomen's SinglesGold medal icon.svg GoldAsian Pencak Silat Championships
2018OCBC Arena, SingaporeWomen's SinglesGold medal icon.svg Gold18th World Pencak Silat Championships
2018OCBC Arena, SingaporeWomen's TeamSilver medal icon.svg Silver18th World Pencak Silat Championships
2018Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, IndonesiaWomen's SinglesSilver medal icon.svg SilverAsian Games
2019BelgiumWomen's SinglesBronze medal icon.svg Bronze24th Belgium Open Championship
2019Chungju, South KoreaWomen's SinglesGold medal icon.svg GoldChunju World Martial Arts Mastership
2019Manila, PhilippinesWomen's SinglesGold medal icon.svg GoldPRE Southeast Asian Games
2019Manila, PhilippinesWomen's TeamSilver medal icon.svg SilverPRE Southeast Asian Games
2019Sterling, Virginia, USAWomen's SinglesGold medal icon.svg GoldUnited States Open Pencak Silat Championships
2019Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWomen's SinglesSilver medal icon.svg Silver2nd Open Malaysia International Pencak Silat Championships
2019Patong Beach, Phuket, ThailandWomen's SinglesSilver medal icon.svg SilverWorld Beach Pencak Silat Championships
2019Yanji, ChinaWomen's SinglesGold medal icon.svg Gold5th Asian Pencak Silat Championships
2019Yanji, ChinaWomen's TeamSilver medal icon.svg Silver5th Asian Pencak Silat Championships

Awards

Singapore National Olympic Council & Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF)
YearAwardCategory
2015Peter Lim ScholarshipIndividual
2016Peter Lim ScholarshipIndividual
2017Peter Lim ScholarshipIndividual
2017Singapore Sports AwardsTeam
2017Singapore Sports AwardsSpecial Award
2018Singapore Sports AwardsSportsboy/Sportsgirl
2018Singapore Sports Excellence ScholarshipsIndividual
2019Singapore Sports AwardsTeam
2019Singapore Sports AwardsSportswoman Finalist

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