Rachel Isabel Yang Bingjie (Chinese: 杨冰洁，born 28 February 1982) is a

Singaporean Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, I ...

pole vaulter Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ...

Career

Yang started pole vaulting in 2006 but suffered a career ending spinal injury in 2009. In 2010, she make an unexpected return, breaking her previous national record of 3.75m with a new mark of 3.81m, making her the first Singaporean to qualify for this event at the Asian Games. Yang briefly retired in 2012 after marrying her coach, David Yeo. She made a comeback in 2015 after giving birth to her first child in 2013, winning Singapore's first medal in the 28th South East Asian Games with a new national record of 3.90 m. Yang broke her own and the national record with a jump of 3.91m at the

Thammasat University Sport Complex Thammasat University ( Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the Grand Pala ...

during the 2017 Thailand Open Track and Field Championships. She won the gold medal despite suffering from an

anterior cruciate ligament The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of cruciate ligaments (the other being the posterior cruciate ligament) in the human knee. The two ligaments are also called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation ...

(ACL) injury in July 2016 and an injured heel just two weeks before the Championships. Career progression

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Rachel Living people 1982 births Cedar Girls' Secondary School alumni Singaporean pole vaulters Female pole vaulters Singaporean female athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Southeast Asian Games medalists in athletics Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Singapore Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore