Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu (left) and boccia athlete Jeralyn Tan at the Paris Paralympics Athletes Achievement Awards and Appreciation Ceremony. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
SINGAPORE –Singapore para-athletes Yip Pin Xiu and Jeralyn Tan were not the only big winners at the Athletes Achievement Awards (AAA) and Appreciation Ceremony on Oct 15, with their coaches also rewarded for their dedication in a first for disability sport.
The duo received $1.3 million from the award scheme for their achievements at the Paris Paralympics, with swimmer Yip banking in $1 million for her two gold medals in the 50m and 100m backstroke S2.
The Republic’s fourth and latest Paralympic medallist, boccia athlete Tan, who clinched a silver in Paris, received $300,000.
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The duo received $1.3 million from the award scheme for their achievements at the Paris Paralympics, with swimmer Yip banking in $1 million for her two gold medals in the 50m and 100m backstroke S2.
The Republic’s fourth and latest Paralympic medallist, boccia athlete Tan, who clinched a silver in Paris, received $300,000.
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