Singapore sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, represented by six athletes competing in four sports: swimming, sailing, equestrian and athletics."Team Singapore Paralympic Games Contingent" , Singapore Sports Council, 10 July 2008 The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was supposed to be Desiree Lim, a sailor."Team Singapore Paralympic Games Contingent" , Singapore Sports Council, 10 July 2008 However, as the sailing events were held in Qingdao, it was Theresa Goh (swimming) who was the flagbearer on that day. The 2008 Summer Paralympics marked the first time Singapore had won a Paralympic medal of any kind.
Yip Pin Xiu won two medals for swimming; gold in the women's 50 meter backstroke S3 and silver in the women's 50 meter freestyle S3."Singapore swimmer Yip clinches gold in 50m backstroke", Channel NewsAsia, 15 September 2008, retrieved on 13 December 2008. Laurentia Tan won two bronze medals in equestrian.. Due to the efforts by the medal winners, Yip was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Tan awarded the Public Service Medal.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Yip Pin Xiu Swimming Women's 50m Backstroke S3 15 September Yip Pin Xiu Swimming Women's 50m Freestyle S3 13 September Laurentia Tan Equestrian Individual Championship Test Grade 1A 9 September Laurentia Tan Equestrian Individual Freestyle Test Grade 1A 11 September
Sports Athletics
AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankChee Keong Eric TingT52400m1:29.8913did not advance
Equestrian
AthleteHorseEventTotalScoreRankLaurentia TanNothing To LoseMixed individual championship test grade Ia68.800Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia70.167
Sailing
Singaporeans will compete in the following event in sailing:"National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition" , International Association for Disabled Sailing, 16 July 2008 Lim Kok Liang Desiree - Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18 Tan Wei Qiang Jovin - Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18
Swimming
Women AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankTheresa GohS550m freestyle53.6713did not advance100m freestyle1:33.206 Q1:32.926200m freestyle3:18.514 Q3:14.224Yip Pin XiuS350m freestyle57.04 WR1 Q57.4350m backstroke57.92 WR1 Q58.75
See also 2008 Summer Paralympics Singapore at the Paralympics Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics
References
External links
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site International Paralympic Committee Team Singapore Beijing 2008 Olympics Microsite