Poh Lip Meng (; 10 February 1969 – 22 December 2021) was a Singaporean

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who won a gold medal at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in the 25 m standard pistol pairs event and 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, or ...

in the 50 m free pistol team event.

Career

Poh Lip Meng was a

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in the

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when he joined the Singapore Shooting Association in 2002, after watching the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

shooting competition on television. In 2005, he gained his first individual medal at the

2005 Southeast Asian Games The 2005 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines. This was the third time the Philippines hosted the games and its first time since 1991 S ...

, a bronze medal in the 50 m free pistol event. In 2010, Poh and Gai Bin were awarded gold for the 25 m standard pistol pairs event at the

. At 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 comm ...

, Poh competed in the 50 m free pistol team event, 50 m free pistol event, 10 m air pistol team event, and 10m air pistol event, and was awarded silver medals for the two team events. In 2014, Poh, together with fellow national shooters, Gai and Nigel Lim, was awarded the bronze medal in the 25 metre standard pistol team event at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

, earning Singapore's first shooting medal in a men's team shooting event in the Asian Games. At the

, Gai, Lim and Poh were awarded bronze medals for the 10 m air pistol team event. At the time of his death in 2021, he had been selected to represent Singapore at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in the 25 m rapid fire pistol event. The 2021 SEA Games were delayed to 2022 due to the

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. As of the time of his death, he held the national records for 10 m air pistol (2009) and 50 m free pistol (2011) men events.

Personal life

Poh had two children, a son, Poh Yu Hao (born c. 2001), and a daughter. Both Lip Meng and Yu Hao had competed together at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

. He died on 22 December 2021, at the age of 52 after collapsing during a jog.

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