Jasmine Yeong-Nathan (Simplified Chinese: 杨于萱, born 1988) is a Singaporean ten-pin bowler. Yeong-Nathan was the first Singaporean to win the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in 2008.

Education

Yeong-Nathan studied at Singapore Polytechnic and Nanyang Technological University.[1]

Career

Yeong-Nathan is a Management Consulting Associate with KPMG which she joined since 2009.[2]

Bowling career

Yeong-Nathan was the 2005 and 2014 Singapore national bowling champion.[1]

Yeong-Nathan represented Singapore at the 2006 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup.[3]

At the 2008 AMF World Cup, Yeong-Nathan beat the defending champion Ann-Maree Putney from Australia in straight sets (263-222 and 298-215), becoming the first Singaporean ever to win an AMF World Cup title.[1][4][5] She was named Singapore's Sportswoman of the Year in 2009 for her victory at the 2008 AMF World Cup.[1]

In 2015, Yeong-Nathan failed to make it to the national team for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games due to a strong bowling team.[6] Head coach Remy Ong claimed that the strength of the team was very even and that Yeong-Nathan as the reserve player could make the team anytime if any team player is to exit the team.[6]

In 2016, Yeong-Nathan won bronze in the women's Masters event at the Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships held at Hong Kong.[7]

In 2023, Yeong-Nathan, alongside Lim Tong Hai, was the assistant chef-de-mission for the Singapore delegation to the 2023 SEA Games.[8]

Personal life

Yeong-Nathan is the younger sister of Jason Yeong-Nathan, who is also a former Singapore national bowler.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Tung, Colin. ""Without KPMG's support, I could possibly have ended my bowling career." — Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, national kegler". RED SPORTS. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. ^ Low, Lin Fhoong (13 November 2013). "Support schemes to benefit over 1,000 athletes". TODAY. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  3. ^ "2006 QUBICAAMF BOWLING WORLD CUP" (PDF). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Asian C'ships masters bronze for bowler Jasmine Yeong-Nathan". TODAY. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Bowling Singaporean Jasmine Yeong-Nathan wins AMF Bowling World Cup - Channel NewsAsia". www.channelnewsasia.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  6. ^ a b Heng, Lim Say (30 May 2015). "Bowling head says Singapore women can win all". The New Paper. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  7. ^ Auto, Hermes (28 September 2016). "Bowling: Jasmine Yeong-Nathan takes Masters bronze at Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  8. ^ "SEA Games: Cycling chief Hing Siong Chen to lead Team Singapore in Cambodia". The Straits Times. 28 February 2023. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. ^ Auto, Hermes (11 June 2018). "Bowling: Laying down blueprint for more success | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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