Sylvia Ng
Sylvia Ng Eng Meow (* 24. September 1949 in Johor Bahru) is a former badminton player from Malaysia. She was inducted into the Olympic Council of Malysia's Hall of Fame in 2004.[1]
Career
Her major international success in 1969 was at the Southeast Asia Games in Rangoon, where she won the women's singles. Four years later, she was again successful in the same event in women's singles. In 1970, she won the mixed doubles at the Belgian International partnering Ng Boon Bee. At the Asian Games in 1970 she was also successful with Ng Boon Bee in Mixed Doubles and finished third in the Women Singles. Again with Boon Bee she won a year later at the Canadian Open in the Mixed Doubles category.
At the Commonwealth Games in 1974, she won the bronze medal in women's doubles together with Rosalind Singha Ang. In the Asian Games 1974, she finished without a medal. In 1977 she won another gold at the Southeast Asian Games held in Kuala Lumpur. She also won a Commonwealth Games gold for women's singles in 1978.[2]
Sylvia was Malaysia's Sportswoman of the Year twice in 1975 & 1978.[3]
References
- ↑ "Peng Soon, Poh Lim in OCM Hall of Fame". New Straits Times. 5 December 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Boopathy, K.M. (13 March 2006). "Yap: Women Will Surely Deliver". New Straits Times. Retrieved 8 January 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Kathigasu, Sybil (8 March 2011). "100 Memorable Malaysian Women". The Star Online. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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