Ang Chen Xiang is an athlete from Singapore specialising in the

110m hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurd ...

. He has held and rewritten the national record for the event several times.

Education and personal life

Ang was educated at Raffles Institution. At the A Division National Championships, he won back-to-back titles in the 110m hurdles. He attended

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

to earn his medical degree. Ang's brother, Ang Ding Hui, also competed in the 110m hurdles and later became his coach. Ang is a Christian.

Athletic career

In 2015, Ang ran 14.44s to set the national record for the 110m hurdles, which he bettered the same year during the 2015 SEA Games (14.38s). In 2017, he clocked 14.19s at the Thailand Open—after putting his medical studies at NUS on hold—but the record was not ratified. In 2019, he broke the national mark thrice: twice during the Singapore Open (14.27s and 14.26s) and once during the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha (14.25s). On 15 January 2022, Ang again rewrote the record for the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.16s. Eight days later, he became the first ever Singaporean to clock a sub-14 in the event, setting a new national mark of 13.97s at the Singapore National Championships and qualifying for the 2021 SEA Games in the process. There, he ran 13.94s to win a silver, Singapore's first medal at the event since 1989. On 1 April 2023, he rewrote his record after winning the Hong Kong Athletics Series 3 competition with a timing of 13.90s. Later in the same month, he ran 13.89s at the Singapore Open. On 10 May 2023, Ang clocked 13.83s to win the joint gold at the

2023 SEA Games , Romanization of Khmer#UNGEGN, UNGEGN: ''Keila Rôs Knŏng Sântĕphéap'') , nations = 11 , athletes = 6,210 , events = 580 in 36 sports , opening = 5 May 2023 , closing = 17 May 2023 , opened_by = Hun Sen , ...

in Phnom Penh; this was Singapore's first gold in the event since 1967. Ang took part in the

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially known as the 19th Asian Games (), also known as Hangzhou 2022, ( zh, c=杭州2022, p=Hángzhōu Èr líng èr èr), will be a multi-sport event celebrated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Hangzhou will be the t ...

in Hangzhou. He clocked 13.90s in the heats to qualify for the final.https://www.activesgcircle.gov.sg/read/hangzhou-2022-team-singapores-runners-proud-to-compete-at-the-asiad Ang also holds the national record for indoor

60m hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds (Susanna Ka ...

(8.16s); his personal best for the same event outdoors is 7.22s.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ang Chen Xiang Singaporean male hurdlers 1994 births Living people Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games medalists in athletics SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore 21st-century Singaporean people