Jet Ng (born 10 May 1998) is a retired Singaporean foil fencer.
Career Ng attained a 5th-place finish at the 2015 Cadet World Championships (men's foil), the then-highest achieved by a Singaporean fencer, before Ywen Lau won the 2016 Cadet World Championships in Women's Sabre. He won multiple Cadet (U17) and Junior (U20) medals in Asian and Southeast Asian competitions.
Ng made his SEA Games debut in 2017, winning an individual bronze medal in the men's foil individual event. In 2019, Ng won the gold medal at the men's foil team event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines.
Ng retired internationally after the 2019 SEA Games, after multiple ATFL, MCL and ACL injuries. He still competed for his school until 2022, but did not train. He achieved an All-Japan Bronze medal in 2021, as well as multiple Inter College medals until his full retirement in 2022. He did, however, fence a World Cup in 2023 in Japan, captaining the Singapore Mens Foil Team in the Team Event, winning his final match of his career, 5-2.
Personal life Ng was born on 10 May 1998 in Singapore. He attended Tao Nan School, Victoria School and Meridian Junior College. Ng attended Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan from 2019 to 2023, graduating with a Bachelors in Arts. He currently attends Waseda University's Graduate School of Sport Sciences as a PhD Candidate in Sports Medicine.
Ng is a fan of the Star Wars franchise and started fencing to emulate the characters in the movies.
Ng picked up fencing at age 8 when emulating the characters of the Star Wars franchise, which he is a fan.
He is the nephew of veteran actress, Huang Bi Ren.
International Awards In addition to winning multiple National Championships and medals, Ng also had success on the international stage.
2013 Asian U17 Championships - Bronze 2013 Southeast Asian U17 Championships - Bronze 2014 Southeast Asian U20 Championships - Bronze 2014 Southeast Asian U17 Championships - Silver 2015 Asian U20 Championships - Bronze 2015 Asian U17 Championships - Silver 2017 Southeast Asian Games - Bronze 2018 Asian U20 Championships - Silver 2019 Southeast Asian Games - Gold
References
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