Ang Chen Xiang
Ang Chen Xiang is an athlete from Singapore specialising in the 110m hurdles. He has held and rewritten the national record for the event several times.
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National team | Singapore | |||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Singapore | 7 March 1994|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 110m hurdles | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Education and personal life
Ang was educated at Raffles Institution.[2] At the A Division National Championships, he won back-to-back titles in the 110m hurdles.[2] He attended National University of Singapore to earn his medical degree.[3]
Ang's brother, Ang Ding Hui, also competed in the 110m hurdles and later became his coach.[4]
Ang is a Christian.[5]
Athletic career
In 2015, Ang ran 14.44s to set the national record for the 110m hurdles, which he bettered the same year during the 2015 SEA Games (14.38s).[6] In 2017, he clocked 14.19s at the Thailand Open—after putting his medical studies at NUS on hold—but the record was not ratified.[3] In 2019, he broke the national mark thrice: twice during the Singapore Open (14.27s and 14.26s) and once during the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha (14.25s).[7]
On 15 January 2022, Ang again rewrote the record for the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.16s.[8] Eight days later, he became the first ever Singaporean to clock a sub-14 in the event, setting a new national mark of 13.97s at the Singapore National Championships and qualifying for the 2021 SEA Games in the process.[5] There, he ran 13.94s to win a silver, Singapore's first medal at the event since 1989.[9] On 1 April 2023, he rewrote his record after winning the Hong Kong Athletics Series 3 competition with a timing of 13.90s.[10] Later in the same month, he ran 13.89s at the Singapore Open.[11] On 10 May 2023, Ang clocked 13.83s to win the joint gold at the 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh; this was Singapore's first gold in the event since 1967.[12]
Ang also holds the national record for indoor 60m hurdles (8.16s);[13] his personal best for the same event outdoors is 7.22s.[1]
References
- "Chen Xiang ANG | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- "Raffles Institution – Page 69 – RED SPORTS". www.redsports.sg.
- "Gap year pays off for Ang, as he hurdles to new record". TODAY. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- "Ang brothers take top spots at SA Inter Club 110m hurdles". 30 October 2017.
- Auto, Hermes (23 January 2022). "Athletics: Hurdler Ang Chen Xiang betters own record again at national c'ships | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- Lum, Nicole. "SEA Games Athletics (110m & 100m Hurdles): Ang Chen Xiang betters national record; 2 other Singaporeans debut". RED SPORTS.
- "Athletics: Hurdler Ang Chen Xiang rewrites own 110m hurdles national record at Asian C'ships in Doha". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- Auto, Hermes (15 January 2022). "Athletics: Ang Chen Xiang breaks 110m hurdles national record, targets SEA Games | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
- Auto, Hermes (16 May 2022). "SEA Games: Singapore hurdler Ang Chen Xiang wins historic silver, sets new national record | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
- Shanti Pereira wins 100m at Australian Open Track and Field Championships, lowers national record again https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/shanti-pereira-wins-100m-at-australian-open-track-and-field-championships-lowers-national-record-again
- https://sg.news.yahoo.com/sea-games-hurdler-ang-chen-xiang-110m-silver-gold-134348182.html
- https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/singapore-hurdler-ang-chen-xiang-sea-games-gold-appeal-3478596
- "www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/download/22165/". singaporeathletics.org.sg. Retrieved 15 January 2022.