Jasmine Yeong-Nathan
Jasmine Yeong-Nathan (Simplified Chinese: 杨佳敏, born 1988) is a Singaporean ten-pin bowler and reigning AMF Bowling World Cup ladies champion. She is the younger sister of Jason Yeong-Nathan, also a Singapore national-level bowler. She attributes her interest in the sport to her brother.
In her previous outing at the 2006 AMF World Cup, Yeong-Nathan qualified for the semi-finals in 7th place, and duly finished 6th in the final rounds.
At the 2008 AMF World Cup, the then 20-year-old student from Singapore Polytechnic defeated the defending ladies champion Australian Ann-Maree Putney in straight sets (263-222 and 298-215) to become the first Singaporean to win an AMF World Cup title.
Yeong-Nathan is also the 2005 Singapore national bowling champion. With her recent success at the AMF World Cup, she now joins the ranks of accomplished Singaporean bowlers such as Henry Tan, Ronny Ng, Lucy Low, Adelene Wee, Grace Young, Remy Ong and Jesmine Ho.[1]
She was named Singapore's Sportswoman of the Year in 2009 for her stellar victory at the 2008 AMF World Cup.