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6 unusual facts about Joscelin Yeo


Inuka

In 1993, The Straits Times named Inuka as one of "28 people and things to call our own", alongside national swimmer Joscelin Yeo, the Vanda Miss Joaquim and the Singapore Sling.

Joscelin Yeo

In 2005, Yeo participated in her last SEA Games in Manila, the same city where she debuted for SEA Games.

On 7 June 2009, Yeo with Canagasabai Kunalan were unveiled as the two deputy mayors of the Youth Olympic Village for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore.

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.

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.

Methodist Girls' School

Joscelin Yeo: Former national swimmer and Olympian; Multiple gold medalist at the biennial Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games)


Praphalsai Minpraphal

Minpraphal is among the Asian swimmers, along with Joscelin Yeo of Singapore and Akiko Thomson of the Philippines, to train for the Bears under women's head coach Teri McKeever.

Swimming at the 2009 SEA Games – women's 50m freestyle

The Games Record at the start of the event was: 26.13 by Singapore's Joscelin Yeo at the 2005 Games (December 3).


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