This is the journey of Singapore’s most decorated Paralympian, who has seven golds and one silver since making her Games debut in 2008.
SINGAPORE: Already one of Singapore’s most legendary athletes, swimmer Yip Pin Xiu added another feather in her cap with a gold medal in the women’s 50m backstroke S2 event on Sunday .
"Primary 1 to Primary 4 was a bit tough because when kids are younger, they don't know how to react to different people. As long as somebody is different from them, they treat them differently," she said in a podcast last year.Things were slightly better in Primary 5 and 6 with some friends who made sure she felt included, Yip recalled.Yip’s first introduction to the pool was at age 6, when her two older brothers Alvin and Augustus were taking lessons at a Kallang swimming complex.
Yip was the first para-athlete to be inducted into the Singapore Sports Hall of Fame. She has been named Sportswomen of the Year at the Singapore Disability Sports Awards three times.There, she won gold in the 50m backstroke S3 and took silver in the 50m freestyle S3. The 50m backstroke S3, which she had won four years prior, was not included in the programme in London.
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