Siow Lee Chan is a former Malaysian

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

powerlifting Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effor ...

. She won bronze at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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. She is also the first Malaysian female paralympian to ever win a medal at the Paralympics.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian powerlifters Paralympic powerlifters for Malaysia Paralympic bronze medalists for Malaysia Powerlifters at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in powerlifting 21st-century Malaysian women Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games {{Paralympic-medalist-stub