Nurzuhairah Mohammad Yazid (born 21 April 1998) is a Singaporean pencak silat practitioner. She represented Singapore at the 2018 Asian Games and won a silver medal in women's singles event held at Padepokan Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta.[1][2] She claimed her first world title in the Female Artistic Singles Category that took place from 13 to 16 December 2018 at OCBC Arena Hall 1, Singapore Sports Hub.[3]

Nurzuhairah
Personal information
Full nameNurzuhairah Binte Mohammad Yazid
NationalitySingaporean
Born21 April 1998
Sport
CountrySingapore
SportPencak Silat
Event(s)Artistic Women's Singles, Artistic Women's Team
Medal record
Women's Pencak Silat
Representing  Singapore
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 0 1 0
World Championships 1 1 2
Southeast Asian Games 1 0 0
Total 2 2 2
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place Jakarta, Indonesia Women's Singles
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Phuket 45kg-50kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bali Women's Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Singapore Women's Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Singapore Women's Singles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's Singles

She also won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.

Early life

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Nurzuhairah was born and raised in Singapore. She has two younger siblings, Nurzianah Mohd Yazid and Aniq Asri Mohd Yazid, who is also a national pencak silat athlete. When she was 11, Nurzuhairah picked up Pencak Silat encouraged by her mother[4] and joined the national team two years later in 2011.

Career

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At the age of 17, Nurzuhairah first represented Singapore in the 16th World Pencak Silat Championship, making her the bronze medalist for women's class A 45-50 kg event that was held in Phuket, Thailand in 2015.

Nurzuhairah made her debut participating in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, which shocked many, by winning the gold medal defeating Indonesia and Brunei.[5] In the 2018 Asian Games, Nurzuhairah finished with 445 points as she claimed the first silver medal in pencak silat in the women's individual tunggal event behind Puspa Arumsari of host Indonesia.[6][7] This was the first time silat was included at the Asian Games as a medal sport.[1][6]

Achievements

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International Games
Year Venue Event Result
2015 Phuket, Thailand Women's Class A 45kg-50kg   Bronze 16th World Pencak Silat Championships
2016 Bali, Indonesia Women's Team   Bronze 17th World Pencak Silat Championships
2016 Da Nang Vietnam Women's Team   Silver Asian Beach Games
2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Women's Singles   Gold Southeast Asian Games
2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Women's Singles   Gold Southeast Asian Games
2018 Kashmir, India Women's Singles   Gold Asian Pencak Silat Championships
2018 OCBC Arena, Singapore Women's Singles   Gold 18th World Pencak Silat Championships
2018 OCBC Arena, Singapore Women's Team   Silver 18th World Pencak Silat Championships
2018 Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia Women's Singles   Silver Asian Games
2019 Belgium Women's Singles   Bronze 24th Belgium Open Championship
2019 Chungju, South Korea Women's Singles   Gold Chunju World Martial Arts Mastership
2019 Manila, Philippines Women's Singles   Gold PRE Southeast Asian Games
2019 Manila, Philippines Women's Team   Silver PRE Southeast Asian Games
2019 Sterling, Virginia, USA Women's Singles   Gold United States Open Pencak Silat Championships
2019 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Women's Singles   Silver 2nd Open Malaysia International Pencak Silat Championships
2019 Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand Women's Singles   Silver World Beach Pencak Silat Championships
2019 Yanji, China Women's Singles   Gold 5th Asian Pencak Silat Championships
2019 Yanji, China Women's Team   Silver 5th Asian Pencak Silat Championships

Awards

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Singapore National Olympic Council & Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF)
Year Award Category
2015 Peter Lim Scholarship Individual
2016 Peter Lim Scholarship Individual
2017 Peter Lim Scholarship Individual
2017 Singapore Sports Awards Team
2017 Singapore Sports Awards Special Award
2018 Singapore Sports Awards Sportsboy/Sportsgirl
2018 Singapore Sports Excellence Scholarships Individual
2019 Singapore Sports Awards Team
2019 Singapore Sports Awards Sportswoman Finalist

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Asian Games: Second silver for Singapore as Ferdous brings silat medal tally to five". CNA. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  2. ^ "Asian Games: Second silver for Singapore as Ferdous brings silat medal tally to five". CNA. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  3. ^ "Singapore bagged three gold medals on the opening day of the World Pencak Silat Championship". ActiveSG. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  4. ^ "Silat helps teenager transform from victim to victor". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  5. ^ "Nurzuhairah Yazid is thrilled to win a gold medal on her SEA Games debut". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  6. ^ a b "Asian Games: Singapore clinch first silat silver". news.nestia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  7. ^ naisyah (2018-08-27). "Zuhairah rangkul pingat perak silat di Sukan Asia, Berita Sukan - BeritaHarian.sg". BeritaHarian (in Malay). Retrieved 2021-07-28.