Goh Chui Ling

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Goh Chui Ling
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Goh Chui Ling (born 27 November 1992) is an national track and field athlete from Singapore. She specialises in sprints and hurdles.[1] Chui Ling currently holds the national record for 4x400m Women.[2][3]

Litigation career[]

Chui Ling graduated from the Faculty of Law from the National University of Singapore in 2016,[4] and she was called as an Advocate & Solicitor in the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2017.

Goh is a lawyer with Edmond Pereira Law Corporation, specialising in civil and criminal litigation. She has been involved in criminal cases, involving corruption, cheating, and even breach of international sanctions.[5] Goh is involved in regulatory work involving international sanctions[6] and high-profile civil litigation at the Court of Appeal of Singapore.[7]

Sporting career[]

Goh started track and field training when she was 13 years old, when she was pursuing her Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level at Macpherson Secondary School. She chose track and field because her two older sisters were also competing in track and field events.

Goh started as a high jumper in Secondary School. She won the Gold Medal at the inaugural National Track and Field Championship in 2008, in the High Jump Event.[8] Chui Ling participated in the High Jump event at the in 2008, in Danang, Vietnam. She then proceeded on to pursue both High Jump and Sprints in Hwa Chong Junior College and National University of Singapore.[9]

While studying in National University of Singapore, she was a recipient of the NUS Sports Scholarship.[10]

Goh was invited to the national senior squad in 2013, and participated in the 400m event, at the South-East Asian Games 2013, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.[11] She proceeded to compete at other major games, such as Asian Games 2014 (Incheon, Korean), South-East Asian Games 2015 (Singapore, Singapore), (Singapore, Singapore), Asian Athletics Championship 2017 (Bhubaneswar, India), and South-East Asian Games 2017 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). At the South-East Asian Games 2015 in Singapore, She, together with Dipna Lim Prasad, , and Veronica Shanti Pereira - broke the 41-year-old 4x400m record.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "FCBC's Star Athlete - Goh Chui Ling".
  2. ^ http://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/download/22165/
  3. ^ "Singapore Athletics". singaporeathletics.org.sg. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  4. ^ "NUS - Faculty of Law : Asia's Global Law School". law.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  5. ^ "Edmond Pereira Law Corporation". Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Singaporean at heart of NK Pro investigation charged with sanctions violations | NK News - North Korea News". NK News - North Korea News. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  7. ^ https://www.supremecourt.gov.sg/docs/default-source/module-document/judgement/ca66-2017--2018-sgca-37(ed)-rohinifinal-5jul18-pdf.pdf
  8. ^ "Goh Chui Ling of Macpherson clinches gold in B Division girls high jump – RED SPORTS". redsports.sg. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  9. ^ "SEA Games Athletics: In heptathlon venture, Goh Chui Ling gains new strength for 400m – RED SPORTS". redsports.sg. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  10. ^ http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/pressrel/1107/PDF/sports.pdf
  11. ^ "GOH CHUI LING". ActiveSG. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  12. ^ migration (2015-06-11). "SEA Games: Singapore women's 4x400m runners smash 41-year national record". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
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