Nurzuhairah Mohammad Yazid (born 21 April 1998) is a Singaporean pencak silat practitioner. She represented Singapore at the 2018 Asian Games and won a silver medal in women's singles event held at Padepokan Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta. She claimed her first world title in the Female Artistic Singles Category that took place from 13 to 16 December 2018 at OCBC Arena Hall 1, Singapore Sports Hub.
She also won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.
Early life Nurzuhairah was born and raised in Singapore. She has two younger siblings, Nurzianah Mohd Yazid and Aniq Asri Mohd Yazid, who is also a national pencak silat athlete. When she was 11, Nurzuhairah picked up Pencak Silat encouraged by her mother and joined the national team two years later in 2011.
Career At the age of 17, Nurzuhairah first represented Singapore in the 16th World Pencak Silat Championship, making her the bronze medalist for women's class A 45–50 kg event that was held in Phuket, Thailand in 2015.
Nurzuhairah made her debut participating in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, which shocked many, by winning the gold medal defeating Indonesia and Brunei. In the 2018 Asian Games, Nurzuhairah finished with 445 points as she claimed the first silver medal in pencak silat in the women's individual tunggal event behind Puspa Arumsari of host Indonesia. This was the first time silat was included at the Asian Games as a medal sport.
Achievements +International GamesYearVenueEventResult2015Phuket, ThailandWomen's Class A 45 kg-50 kg Bronze16th World Pencak Silat Championships2016Bali, IndonesiaWomen's Team Bronze17th World Pencak Silat Championships2016Da Nang VietnamWomen's Team SilverAsian Beach Games2017Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWomen's Singles GoldSoutheast Asian Games2017Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWomen's Singles GoldSoutheast Asian Games2018Kashmir, IndiaWomen's Singles GoldAsian Pencak Silat Championships2018OCBC Arena, SingaporeWomen's Singles Gold18th World Pencak Silat Championships2018OCBC Arena, SingaporeWomen's Team Silver18th World Pencak Silat Championships2018Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia Women's Singles SilverAsian Games2019BelgiumWomen's Singles Bronze24th Belgium Open Championship2019Chungju, South KoreaWomen's Singles GoldChunju World Martial Arts Mastership2019Manila, PhilippinesWomen's Singles GoldPRE Southeast Asian Games2019Manila, PhilippinesWomen's Team SilverPRE Southeast Asian Games2019Sterling, Virginia, USAWomen's Singles GoldUnited States Open Pencak Silat Championships2019Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWomen's Singles Silver2nd Open Malaysia International Pencak Silat Championships2019Patong Beach, Phuket, ThailandWomen's Singles SilverWorld Beach Pencak Silat Championships2019Yanji, ChinaWomen's Singles Gold5th Asian Pencak Silat Championships2019Yanji, ChinaWomen's Team Silver5th Asian Pencak Silat Championships
Awards +Singapore National Olympic Council & Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF)Year AwardCategory2015Peter Lim ScholarshipIndividual2016Peter Lim ScholarshipIndividual2017Peter Lim ScholarshipIndividual2017Singapore Sports AwardsTeam2017Singapore Sports AwardsSpecial Award2018Singapore Sports AwardsSportsboy/Sportsgirl2018Singapore Sports Excellence ScholarshipsIndividual2019Singapore Sports AwardsTeam2019Singapore Sports AwardsSportswoman Finalist
See also List of Singapore world champions in sports
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