Jet Ng
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Jet Ng | |
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Full name | Jet Ng Shang Fei |
Born | Singapore | 10 May 1998
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Foil |
Hand | right-handed |
Club | Z Fencing International Academy/Waseda University Fencing Club |
Head coach | Joseph Engert |
Jet Ng (born 10 May 1998) is a Singaporean foil fencer.
Career[]
Ng attained a 5th-place finish at the 2015 Cadet World Championships (men's foil), the then-highest achieved by a Singaporean fencer, before Ywen Lau won the 2016 Cadet World Championships in Women's Sabre. He won multiple Cadet (U17) and Junior (U20) medals in Asian and Southeast Asian competitions.
Ng made his SEA Games debut in 2017, winning an individual bronze medal in the men's foil individual event. In 2019, he returned to the SEA Games after completing 2 years of full-time national service. He won the Gold Medal with the Singapore Team in the men's foil team event.
Personal life[]
Ng was born on 10 May 1998 in Singapore. He attended Tao Nan School, Victoria School and Meridian Junior College.[citation needed] Ng attends Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.[citation needed]
Ng is a fan of the Star Wars franchise and started fencing to emulate the characters in the movies.[citation needed]
Ng picked up fencing at age 8 when emulating the characters of the Star Wars franchise, which he is a fan.[citation needed]
He is the nephew of acclaimed veteran actress, Huang Bi Ren.[citation needed]
International Awards[]
In addition to winning multiple National Championships and medals, Ng also had success on the international stage.
- 2013 Asian U17 Championships - Bronze
- 2013 Southeast Asian U17 Championships - Bronze
- 2014 Southeast Asian U20 Championships - Bronze
- 2014 Southeast Asian U17 Championships - Silver
- 2015 Asian U20 Championships - Bronze
- 2015 Asian U17 Championships - Silver
- 2017 Southeast Asian Games - Bronze
- 2018 Asian U20 Championships - Silver
- 2019 Southeast Asian Games - Gold
External links[]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130317/http://service.eurofencing.info/documents/vwn/jvc/lmh/CABRIES2013_FHC_equip.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130331/http://service.eurofencing.info/documents/jlu/ctu/dsg/Haendelcup2014_Documentation_(1).pdf
- http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/fencer-jet-ng-clinches/1765524.html
- http://www.asianfencing.com/fca2013/pdf/2015-cadet-mf.pdf
- http://www.asianfencing.com/fca2013/pdf/10-MFT-CADET-AJCFC2013.pdf
- http://www.asianfencing.com/fca2013/pdf/2015-cadet-mft.pdf
- http://www.asianfencing.com/fca2013/pdf/2015-junior-mft.pdf
- http://www.asianfencing.com/fca2013/pdf/2012All%20Cadet%20results.pdf
- http://fie.org/fencers/fencer/28844
- http://vs.moe.edu.sg/news073.html[permanent dead link]
- http://southeastasiansports.blogspot.sg/2013/02/southeast-asian-fencing-federation.html
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in fencing
- Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore