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Born | Malacca, Malaysia[1] | 8 January 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Malaysian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chinese name | |
Traditional Chinese | 黃忻宜 |
Simplified Chinese | 黄忻宜 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Xīn Yí |
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Vòng Hiûn-ngì |
Jyutping | Wong4 Jan1 Ji4 |
Hokkien POJ | N̂g Him-gî |
Tâi-lô | N̂g Him-gî |
Ng Shin Yii (born 8 January 1989) (Chinese: 黄忻宜[3]; pinyin: Huáng Xīn Yí; Jyutping: Wong4 Jan1 Ji4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Him-gî; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vòng Hiûn-ngì) was a Malaysian wushu athlete.[4][5] She retired at age 27 from international wushu after competing at the World Taijiquan Championships in Poland.[6][7] She competed in the Taijiquan and Taijijian taolu events. Up until her retirement in 2016, she had represented Malaysia in every World Wushu Championships since 2009,[8][9][10][11] winning one silver[3] and one bronze[12] in the 2009 and 2015 Championships respectively. She competed in the first two World Taijiquan Championships in Dujiangyan and Warsaw achieving three silver medals.[13][14] At the age of 17, she won a bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[1]