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| Full name | Amanda Ee-Lin Yap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 2009 Singapore[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amanda Ee-Lin Yap (born 3 November 2009)[2] is a Singaporean artistic gymnast. She qualified for the balance beam final at the 2025 World Championships, becoming Singapore's first World Artistic Gymnastics Championships finalist. She is the 2025 Singaporean all-around champion and the 2024 Singaporean junior all-around champion.
Gymnastics career
[edit]Yap began training with the Singapore national team in 2022.[3]
Yap won the junior all-around title at the 2024 Singapore Championships.[4] At the 2024 Junior Asian Championships, Yap placed ninth in the balance beam qualifications but advanced into the final due to the two-per-country rule. She went on to win the silver medal in the final.[3] She also placed eighth in the floor exercise final, seventh in the all-around, and fourth in the team competition.[5]
Yap became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2025 and won the senior all-around title at the 2025 Singapore Championships.[6] She then made her senior international debut at the Asian Championships and placed 15th in the all-around.[7] She made her World Championships debut in Jakarta and advanced to the balance beam final in seventh place with a score of 13.300. This made her the first-ever gymnast from Singapore to advance into a World Championships final.[8][9] In between the qualifications and the final, Yap flew back to Singapore to take her O-Level exams.[9] She went on to place sixth in the final with a personal-best score of 13.333.[10][11]
In December of 2025, Yap represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games. She competed on balance beam and won the silver medal on the event, alongside her sister Emma who won silver in the floor event.[12][13]
On 19 March 2026, Yap received the inaugural Young Singaporean of the Year award from The Straits Times for the year 2025.[14]
Yap competed at the 2026 Asian Championships in June of 2026. She finished thirteenth in the all-around and qualified for the balance beam and floor exercise finals, in which she placed sixth and fifth, respectively.[15] Her performance at Asian Championships allowed her to secure an individual all-around spot at the 2026 World Championships.[16]
At the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Yap won the silver medal in the balance beam final. This tied Singapore's best-ever finish in gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games, matching Lim Heem Wei's silver medal in the same event in 2010. It was also Singapore's first medal in any sport at the 2026 games.[17]
Personal life
[edit]As of 2025, Yap is a student at the Methodist Girls’ School.[8] She has an older sister named Emma who also competes for Singapore's national gymnastics team.[3][9]
Competitive history
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| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2022 | Singapore Championships | 9 | 9 |  | 7 | ||
| Singapore Open | 10 | 8 | |||||
| 2023 | Singapore Championships |  |  | | | ||
| Singapore Open | | 8 | | 6 | |||
| Junior Asian Championships | 6 | 15 | |||||
| 2024 | Singapore Championships | | | | | | |
| Junior Asian Championships | 4 | 7 | | 8 | |||
| Singapore Open | | | | | | ||
| 2025 | Singapore Championships | | | | |||
| Asian Championships | 7 | 15 | |||||
| World Championships | 6 | ||||||
| Southeast Asian Games | | ||||||
| 2026 | |||||||
| Asian Championships | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Commonwealth Games | 7 | 14 | | 8 |
Accolades
[edit]- The Straits Times Young Singaporean of the Year 2025[14]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Yap Amanda – FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ "53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Jakarta (INA), 19 - 25 October 2025 Women Entry List by NOC". Longines Timing. International Gymnastics Federation. 18 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- 1 2 3 Tianbao, Lin (26 May 2024). "14-year-old wins unprecedented silver for Singapore at Junior Women's Artistic Gymnastics Asian C'ships". The Straits Times. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (18 March 2024). "2024 Singapore Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (26 May 2024). "2024 Asian Championships Junior Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (23 March 2025). "2025 Singapore Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (16 June 2025). "2025 Asian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- 1 2 "Singapore's 15-year-old gymnast Amanda Yap makes historic breakthrough into world championship final". Yahoo News Malaysia. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- 1 2 3 Kwek, Kimberly (23 October 2025). "Amanda Yap, 15, makes history as first S'pore gymnast to qualify for world c'ships final". The Straits Times. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ Tauber, Rebecca (25 October 2025). "Amanda Yap made gymnastics history for Singapore, in between school exams". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ "Singapore's Amanda Yap sixth in Artistic Gymnastics World Championships final". The Straits Times. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ "33rd SEA Games 2025". wrs.gmsmate.com. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
- ↑ "Sisters shine for Singapore as Amanda and Emma Yap clinch artistic gymnastics silvers at SEA Games". CNA. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
- 1 2 "Gymnast Amanda Yap named Young Singaporean of the Year". The Straits Times. 2026-03-19. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (2026-06-29). "2026 Asian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
- ↑ "2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Every competitor announced so far - Gymnastics Now". Gymnastics Now. 2026-06-26. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
- ↑ "16-year-old gymnast Amanda Yap clinches Singapore's first Glasgow Commonwealth Games medal". CNA. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
- ↑ "Amanda Yap". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- Amanda Yap at World Gymnastics
- Amanda Yap at InterSportStats
- Amanda Yap Ee-Lin at Team Singapore
