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| Club / Team | Wings Athletics Club: Singapore, SIN |
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| Hobbies | Computer games. (teamsingapore.com.sg, November 2011) |
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| Name of coach | Hamkah Afik |
| Coach from what year? | 2010 |
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| Occupation | Coach |
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| Coach from which country? | Singapore |
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| Higher education | Business Management - Singapore Management University: Singapore |
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| Why this sport? | In Yeo’s school in Singapore, many of his classmates were athletes and happened to “rope [him] into the sport.” His coaches along the way saw potential and convinced him to pursue athletics competitively. |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | In Singapore. |
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| Other information | CAREER He once entertained thoughts of joining Singapore’s armed forces or police force. But he decided otherwise in favour of athletics after two years of mandatory conscription, a requirement for all males living in the city-state once they turn 18. (WSJ, 23 Jul 2012) THANKS “I am thankful for all the coaches that I trained under as I learned a lot from all of them. Each of them has affected me along the years I have spent in the sport and I still keep in touch with them… It is an honour and a dream to be chosen to represent Singapore for the Olympics.” (WSJ, 23 Jul 2012) MILITARY Pursuing athletics, particularly for Singaporean males, isn’t always the easiest path, particularly with a gap in training created by two years of military service, which he says is “unkind to athletes.” (WSJ, 23 Jul 2012) |