Pin Xiu Yip

Swimming

Yip Pin Xiu blazed a trail for Para sport in Singapore when she became her country’s first Paralympic gold medallist in history at Beijing 2008.

For her achievement she was awarded the Public Service Medal and followed it up with her first world title in 2010. Subsequently, she would receive the Singapore Youth Award in 2010.

However for the London 2012 Paralympics her favourite event, the 50m backstroke S3, was taken off of the programme. It was subsequently reinstated in time for the 2013 World Championships, but Xiu lost out to Ukraine’s Olga Sviderska on her debut.

She would then miss out on the podium completely in 2015, but kept making history out of the pool. In May 2015, she became the first Para athlete to be inducted into Singapore’s Sports Hall of Fame and was also welcomed into the Women’s Hall of Fame in 2014.

After being reclassified to the S2 she went onto reclaim the historic Paralympic title she had won in 2008 in the 50m backstroke and did so in a world record time. She also claimed gold in the 100m backstroke with a new world record.

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 50 m Breaststroke SB3	Final Round	5
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4	Heats	10
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4	Heats	10
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4	Final Round	6
Women's 200 m Freestyle S4	Final Round	7
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4	Final Round	6

IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S3	Final Round	1
Women's 50 m Freestyle S3	Heat 2	1
Women's 50 m Backstroke S3	Final Round	2
Women's 50 m Backstroke S3	Heat 2	1

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 50 m Backstroke S3	Final Round	1
Women's 50 m Backstroke S3	Heat 2	1
Women's 50 m Freestyle S3	Final Round	2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S3	Heat 2	1

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S3	Heat 1	2012-09-03	2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S3	Final Round	2012-09-03	4
Women's 50 m Freestyle S3	Final Round	2012-09-07	4

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 50 m Backstroke S3	Heat 1	2013-08-15	1
Women's 50 m Backstroke S3	Final 1	2013-08-15	2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S3	Heat 2	2013-08-16	4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S3	Final 1	2013-08-16	5

2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S3	Final 1	2015-07-14	5
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4	Heat 2	2015-07-14	8
Women's 100 m Freestyle S3	Heat 1	2015-07-14	6
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4	Final 1	2015-07-14	8
Women's 50 m Backstroke S3	Final 1	2015-07-18	4
Women's 50 m Backstroke S3	Heat 1	2015-07-18	4

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S2		Final Round	2016-09-09	1
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2		Final Round	2016-09-15	1

London 2019 World Para Swimming Championships (London, Great Britain)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S2		Final 1	2019-09-11	1
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2		Final 1	2019-09-13	1

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Tokyo, Japan)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S2	Heat 2	2021-08-25	1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S2	Final	2021-08-25	1
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2	Final	2021-09-02	1
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2	Heat 2	2021-09-02	1

Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships (Funchal, Portugal)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S2	Final 1	2022-06-14	1
Women's 50 m Freestyle S3	Final 1	2022-06-16	4
Women's 50 m Freestyle S3	Heat 1	2022-06-16	5
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2	Final 1	2022-06-17	1