Zhang Guirong (born 5 February 1978) is a Singaporean shot putter. She changed nationality from China in late 2003.
Initially rejected by Ministry of Community Development and Sports of Singapore for less than two years of being a Singapore permanent resident, her application to be a Singaporean citizen was approved in late 2003. [1]
Her personal best throw is 18.57 metres, achieved at the 2005 Asian Championships in Incheon. This is the current Singaporean record. She is also the national record holder in discus throw and javelin throw. [2]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Singapore | |||||
2003 | Southeast Asian Games | Hanoi, Vietnam | 2nd | Shot put | 17.96 m |
1st | Discus throw | 49.91 m | |||
2nd | Javelin throw | 51.66 m | |||
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 24th (q) | Shot put | 16.58 m |
2005 | Asian Championships | Incheon, South Korea | 2nd | Shot put | 18.57 m (=NR) |
Asian Indoor Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 2nd | Shot put | 17.99 m (iNR) | |
Southeast Asian Games | Manila, Philippines | 1st | Shot put | 17.40 m | |
3rd | Discus throw | 48.62 m | |||
3rd | Javelin throw | 48.70 m | |||
2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 4th | Shot put | 17.39 m |
2007 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 4th | Shot put | 15.99 m |
Southeast Asian Games | Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | 1st | Shot put | 17.21 m | |
3rd | Discus throw | 45.73 m | |||
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 29th (q) | Shot put | 16.23 m |
2009 | Southeast Asian Games | Vientiane, Laos | 1st | Shot put | 17.12 m |
2010 | Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 5th | Shot put | 17.06 m |
2011 | Southeast Asian Games | Palembang, Indonesia | 1st | Shot put | 16.96 m |
3rd | Discus throw | 48.22 m |
Fann Woon Fong, known professionally as Fann Wong, is a Singaporean actress, singer, businesswoman and model. She has been referred to as one of MediaCorp's Ah Jie for being one of the most successful actresses from Singapore.
Li Jiawei is a retired Chinese-born former Singaporean table tennis player, four-time Olympian and twice Olympic medalist. She trained in Beijing's famous Shichahai Sports School with Olympic medalist Zhang Yining. In 1995, she moved to Singapore and in the following year, she commenced her international career as a competitive table tennis player. She became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18 years under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.
Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IAAF Continental Cup winner. She has a personal best throw of 21.24 metres (69.7 ft) outdoors and 20.98 metres (68.8 ft) indoors. These marks are Oceanian, Commonwealth and New Zealand national records. She also holds the Oceanian junior record (18.93 m) and the Oceanian youth record (17.54 m), as well as the World Championships record, World Indoor Championships record and Commonwealth Games record.
Zhang Xueling is a Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player.
Zhang Wenxiu is a retired Chinese female hammer thrower.
Cheryl Chin is a Singaporean television and film actress. She was formerly known as a Singapore television actress and fashion model who competed in and won the Star Search Singapore finals in 2003. She also received the best actress award.
Maria Lydia de Vega-Mercado was a Filipina athlete who was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s.
Tan Paey Fern is a Singaporean table tennis Player.
Zhang Haijie is a China-born Singaporean news anchor contracted under Mediacorp.
The Foreign Sports Talent Scheme(FST), initially known as Project Rainbow, was a scheme used by sports officials and organisations in Singapore to scout and facilitate the migration of non-Singaporeans deemed to possess sports talent to play in Singapore colours in sporting events. Introduced in 1993 by the Singapore Table Tennis Association, it also aimed to boost local sporting standards by importing sporting expertise.
Zhang Li is a former track and field athlete from China, who competed for her native country in the women's javelin throw event. She was a gold medallist at the 1990 Asian Games and the 1993 Asian Athletics Championships. Her winning throw of 66.00 m at the former event was a Games record and remains the best mark using the old javelin design.
Huang Na was an eight-year-old Chinese national residing in Pasir Panjang, Singapore, who disappeared on 10 October 2004. Her mother, the police and the community conducted a three-week-long nationwide search for her. After her body was found, many Singaporeans attended her wake and funeral, giving bai jin and gifts. In a high-profile 14-day trial, Malaysian-born Took Leng How, a vegetable packer at the wholesale centre, was found guilty of murdering her and hanged after an appeal and a request for presidential clemency failed.
The women's hammer throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.
Dipna Lim Prasad is a Singaporean sprinter and hurdler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles. Dipna specialises in the 100 metres hurdles but also competes in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres hurdles, 4x100 metres relay, and 4 x 400 metres relay.
Athletics competitions at the 2015 SEA Games were held at the National Stadium, East Coast Park and Kallang Practice Track in Singapore from 6 to 12 June. A total of 46 athletics events are featured at the 28th SEA Games, divided evenly between the sexes. The marathon started and finished in the stadium and had a route in the surrounding area including the East Coast Park, Marina Bay and the Gardens by the Bay.
Veronica Shanti Pereira is a Singaporean track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 m, 200 m, 4 x 100 m, and 4 x 400 m. She holds the 100 m national record (11.20s), 200 m national record (22.57s), 400 m national record (53.67s), 200 m SEA Games record (22.69s), and the 200 m Asian Athletics Championships games record (22.70s). She was ranked 1st in Asia in 2023 for both the 100 m and 200 m based on World Athletics' records.
Rachel Isabel Yang Bingjie is a Singaporean pole vaulter.
Singapore competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Xu Yan is a Singaporean table tennis player.