Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

sent a delegation to compete 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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, represented by six athletes competing in four sports: swimming, sailing, equestrian and athletics. The country's flagbearer at the Games'

opening ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly constructed location or the start of an event.

was supposed to be Desiree Lim, a sailor. However, as the sailing events were held in

Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...

, it was

Theresa Goh Theresa Goh Rui Si BBM (; born 16 February 1987) is a Singaporean swimmer and Paralympic medalist, with a bronze at the SB4 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She holds the world records for the SB4 50 metres and 200&nb ...

(swimming) who was the flagbearer on that day. The 2008 Summer Paralympics marked the first time Singapore had won a Paralympic medal of any kind.

Yip Pin Xiu Yip Pin Xiu (born 10 January 1992) is a Singaporean backstroke swimmer. She is a six-time Paralympic gold medalist and four-time World Champion, with two world records in the 50 m backstroke S2 and the 100 m backstroke S2. Yip is Singapore's ...

won two medals for swimming; gold in the women's 50 meter backstroke S3 and silver in the women's 50 meter freestyle S3.Singapore swimmer Yip clinches gold in 50m backstroke
,

Channel NewsAsia CNA (an initialism of Channel NewsAsia) is a Singapore-based multinational news channel owned by Mediacorp, the country's state-owned media conglomerate. The network is broadcast in Singapore on free-to-air terrestrial television and Mediacorp ...

, 15 September 2008, retrieved on 13 December 2008. Laurentia Tan won two bronze medals in equestrian.. Due to the efforts by the medal winners, Yip was awarded the

Meritorious Service Medal A Meritorious Service Medal is an award presented to denote acts of meritorious service, and sometimes gallantry, that are worthy of recognition. Notable medals with similar names include: Singapore *Pingat Jasa Gemilang, or Meritorious Services Me ...

and Tan awarded the Public Service Medal.

Medalists

Sports

Athletics

Equestrian

Sailing

Singaporeans will compete in the following event in sailing:"National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition"
, International Association for Disabled Sailing, 16 July 2008 *

Lim Kok Liang Desiree Lim or LIM may refer to: Name * Lim (Korean surname), a common Korean surname * Lim (Chinese surname), Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew and Hainanese spelling of the Chinese family name "Lin" * Christina Lim, Australian electrical engineer * Lim Kimya (1 ...

- Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18 *

Tan Wei Qiang Jovin Tan or TAN may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Tan'', an album by the Polish rock band Kult * TAN (group), South Korean boy band * ''Tan'' (newspaper), a newspaper in Turkey * ''Tan'' (weekly newspaper), a newspaper in Kosovo Businesses ...

- Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18

Swimming

Women

References

External links

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official SiteInternational Paralympic CommitteeTeam Singapore Beijing 2008 Olympics Microsite
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Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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