Joscelin Yeo
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Joscelin Yeo Wei Ling (
Yeo began her international swimming career at age 11, at the Asia-Pacific swim meet in Jakarta, Indonesia. She swam at almost every major international meet, including the Southeast Asian Games (8 times), the Asian Games (4), the Olympics (4), and the Commonwealth Games (3). She ended her 16-year swimming career in early 2007.
Education
Yeo studied at Methodist Girls' School.[3]
Swimming career
Yeo started competitive swimming at the age of 11 at the Asia-Pacific swim meet held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1990.[3] She won six individual golds, one relay gold and silver during the meet and set six individual records and two relay records.[3]
Olympics
Yeo swam for Singapore at four consecutive Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004).[4]
Asian Games
Yeo competed in four Asian Games (1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006). In the 1994 Games and the 2002 Games, she won bronze medals in the 100 Butterfly and was the only Singapore swimmer to win a medal at both Games. The 2006 Games was her last international competition.
Southeast Asian Games
Yeo swam at eight SEA Games (1991-2003), and currently hold the record of the most gold medals in
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World record
Yeo and her University of California, Berkeley teammates Haley Cope, Staciana Stitts and Praphalsai Minpraphal broke the 4x50 Medley Relay (Short-course) World record in 2000 with a time of 1:49.23.
Retirement
Yeo originally wanted to call it a day after the
National records
- 200 m individual medley - 2:16.86, 23 May 2004, 2004 Santa Clara International Swim Meet
Post-swimming career
Yeo opened a swim school, called Yeo's Aquatics, along with her elder brother Leonard. She is also actively involved in church work, working as a mentor within the Youth ministry of New Creation Church.
In 2009, Yeo became a non-elected Nominated Member of Parliament for a term of two-and-a-half years, the youngest of her batch.[8]
She made a cameo appearance in Singapore's MediaCorp TV Channel 5 Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd playing herself, in the eighth season of the show, where the main character challenges her and fails.
On 7 June 2009, Yeo with
Accolades
Yeo was awarded Singapore's Sportsgirl of the Year award in 1994, and the Sportswoman of the Year awards in 1993, 1995 and 1999.[5] She was prevented from winning any more due to a rule that stopped athletes from winning more than three times. This rule has since been lifted.[10]
Autobiography
In 2004, before the 2004 Olympics, Yeo released her autobiography, titled On the Move: My Career, My Life, which chronicled all the milestones in her life and swimming career, and also nuggets she shared about her national teammates.
Personal life
Yeo is married to Joseph Christopher Purcell, born 1983, a pastor of New Creation Church in Singapore, on 9 July 2010 in HortPark.[11] Both are actively involved in the youth ministry of New Creation.
Yeo and Purcell have 3 boys.[12]
References
- Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 7 December 2006.
- ^ "Quick Facts on Joscelin Yeo". University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2006.
- ^ a b c "Pint-sized powerhouse owes all to Mum". The Business Times. 10 October 1990. p. 19. Retrieved 3 January 2023 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Joscelin Yeo". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Joscelin Yeo Wei Ling". National Library, Singapore. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "Patricia Chan Li-Yin". National Library, Singapore. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- MediaCorp Channel NewsAsia.
- ^ "New NMPs appointed". The Straits Times.
- ^ "YOG Village mayor announced". The Straits Times.
- ^ "Singapore Sports Awards". National Library, Singapore. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "S'pore's swim queen ties the knot". Yahoo. 29 April 2011.
- ^ "Mom of 3 but Joscelin Yeo still busy with swimming". AsiaOne. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
External links
- Joscelin Yeo at Olympedia
- Joscelin Yeo at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Joscelin Yeo biography Archived 9 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Singapore Swimming Association
- Joscelin Yeo-Purcell on X