Tang Pui Wah (, born 11 October 1933) is a Singaporean former sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres and women's 80 metres hurdles at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. She is the first Singaporean female athlete to compete in the Olympic Games. She retired from athletics in 1955, at 22 years of age. Tang was admitted after the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

to Nanyang Girls’ High School and later Raffles Girls’ School. Tang was inducted into the

Singapore Women's Hall of Fame The Singapore Women's Hall of Fame is a virtual hall of fame that honors and documents the lives of historically significant women in Singapore. The hall is the creation of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO), and grew out of an ea ...

in 2014 in the category of "Sports".

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* 1933 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Singaporean female sprinters Olympic athletes of Singapore Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 Asian Games Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Raffles Girls' Secondary School alumni 20th-century Singaporean women {{Singapore-athletics-bio-stub