Singapore competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. After competing with just one athlete in their Asian Winter Games debut, the country sent twenty-two athletes in two sports (three disciplines).
Short track speed skater Lucas Ng was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.
Background This will be the second multi-sport event (after the 2016 Asian Beach Games, where Singapore competed under the code of SGP, after changing it in late 2016 from SIN.
Competitors The following table lists the Singaporean delegation per sport and gender. Sport Men Women TotalFigure skating 022Ice hockey 18018Short track speed skating 112 Total 19322
Figure skating
Singapore competed in the figure skating competition for the first time ever. The team consisted of two female athletes competing in the ladies individual event. Shuran finished in sixth place overall, the highest placement of the team at the Games, and her teammate, Ing finished in eleventh place.
Individual Athlete(s)EventTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankYu ShuranLadies50.997 95.71 6146.706Chloe Ing44.64 11 82.71 8127.3511
Ice hockey
The Singaporean hockey competed in division one. This also marked the country's debut in the sport of ice hockey at the Asian Winter Games. Singapore finished in sixth and last place (10th place overall) in division one of the competition.
Men's tournament
Singapore was represented by the following 18 athletes:
Eugene Chin (G) Kenny Liang (G) Ang Yu-jin (D) Chen Pei-huan (D) Chew Wee (D) Samuel Lim (D) Joewe Lam (D) Loh Chee-seng (C) (D) Richard O'Brien (D) Chiong Woon-lip (F) Benjamin Huang (F) Lam Kin-yu (A) (F) Gabriel Lau (F) Joshua Lee (F) Liu Zhi-yang (F) Siah Ming-zhe (F) Peter Tan (F) Ryan Tan (F)
Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward, C = Captain, A = Assistant captain
Short track speed skating
Singapore entered two athletes (one male and one female) in the short track speed skating competitions.
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLucas NgMen's 500 m45.1153 q46.4324did not advanceMen's 1000 m1:34.3324 did not advanceMen's 1500 m2:47.0614colspan=2 did not advanceCheyenne GohWomen's 500 m50.8782 Q49.2273did not advanceWomen's 1000 m1:41.672 3 q1:46.5603did not advanceWomen's 1500 m3:00.2013 Qcolspan=2 2:53.343 5did not advance
See also Singapore at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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