Saiyidah Aisyah
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| Full name | Saiyidah Aisyah Mohamed Rafa’ee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1988 Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saiyidah Aisyah Mohamed Rafa’ee (born April 20, 1988), commonly known as Saiyidah Aisyah, is a Singaporean rower.[1][2] She placed 23rd in the women's single sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, making her Singapore's first Olympic rower.[3][4][5] She was forced to resort to crowdfunding to attend training for the event in Australia, before she received sponsorship from Singaporean fried chicken restaurant chain 4 Fingers Crispy Chicken.[6]
Sporting achievements[edit]
- 2015 SEA Games, Women's Lightweight Single Sculls (LW1X) 1000m - Bronze
- 2015 SEA Games, Women's Lightweight Single Sculls (LW1X) 500m - Bronze
- 2013 Myanmar SEA Games, Women's Lightweight Single Sculls – Gold
- 2011 Jakarta SEA Games, Women's Single Sculls – Bronze
- 2011 Jakarta SEA Games, Women's Pair – Bronze
- 2007 Jakarta SEA Games, Women's Lightweight Single Sculls – Bronze
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Saiyidah Aisyah". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
Saiyidah Aisyah Mohamed Rafa'ee
- ^ "About Aisyah". AisyahRower.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
Full name: Saiyidah Aisyah Mohamed Rafa'ee
- ^ "Saiyidah Mohamed Rafa'ee". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ "Women's Single Sculls - Standings". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ Wong, Jonathan (August 7, 2016). "Singapore's 1st Olympic rower Saiyidah overcomes tough conditions to advance to quarter-finals". The Straits Times. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ Tan, Noah. "Aisyah gets helping hand for Rio Games". Today Online. Mediacorp Press. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Saiyidah Aisyah at the Singapore National Olympic Council
- Saiyidah Aisyah at Olympedia
- Saiyidah MOHAMED RAFAEE at Olympics.com
- Saiyidah MOHAMED RAFA'EE at World Rowing
- "There are no shortcuts to being an Olympian" - Athlete365 (article about Saiyidah Aisyah)
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