Fong Kay Yian ( zh, 冯琪茵; born 5 November 1996) is a

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diver.

Early life and education

Kay Yian studied at the

Singapore Sports School Singapore Sports School (SSP) is a specialised independent boarding school and statutory board under the purview of Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of the Government of Singapore that offers an integrated sports and academic programme ...

and graduated from

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with a Diploma in Sports and Leisure Management. She pursued a Bachelor's degree in Psychological Science at James Cook University Singapore (JCU) and graduated with Honours in July 2022. She was the very first recipient of JCU’s Sports Scholarship.

Diving career

In 2013, Kay Yian took part in the

2013 Asian Youth Games ) , Nations participating = 45 , Athletes participating = 2404 , Officially opened by = Liu Yandong , Events = 122 in 16 sports , Opening ceremony = August 16 , Closing ceremony = August 24 , Stadium ...

held in

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and was ranked 7th in the 3 m springboard event. In December, she took part in the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and com ...

along with her partner Myra Lee in the women's synchronized 3 m springboard event which the duo won the bronze medal. At the

2015 Southeast Asian Games The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015; ; ta, 2015 தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள்), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, o ...

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, Kay Yian won a silver medal in the women's synchronized 3 m springboard event with her partner Ashlee Tan. She also participated in the women's 3 m springboard event, which she won herself a bronze medal. At the

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, Kay Yian won the gold medal with Ashlee in the women's 3 m synchronized springboard event, even though the duo finished second, as gold-winning diver Ng Yan Yee failed a doping test which resulted in the Malaysian team being stripped of the gold medal. It was Singapore's first diving title at the Games since Sally Lim captured the women's 3 m springboard gold on home soil at the 1973 Games. At the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in

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, Kay Yian and Ashlee won the silver medal in the women's 3 m synchronized springboard event. At the

2021 Southeast Asian Games ) , caption = , host city = Hanoi, Vietnam , nations participating = 11 , athletes participating = 5,467 , events = 526 in 40 sports , opening ceremony = 12 May 2022 , closing ceremony ...

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, Kay Yian won a bronze medal in the women's 3 m springboard event. Even though Ashlee and her finished third in the women's synchronized 3 m springboard event, no bronze medal was awarded as only three pairs of divers competed in the event.

References

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