Ang Chen Xiang

Ang Chen Xiang is an athlete from Singapore specialising in the 110m hurdles. He has held and rewritten the national record for the event several times.

Ang Chen Xiang
Ang competing in 2020
Personal information
Nationality Singapore
Born (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994[1]
Singapore
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)110m hurdles

Education and personal life

Ang was educated at Raffles Institution.[2] At the A Division National Championships, he won back-to-back titles in the 110m hurdles.[2] He attended National University of Singapore to earn his medical degree.[3]

Ang, whose brother Ding Hui also competed in the 110m hurdles and has coached him,[4] is a Christian.[5]

Athletic career

In 2015, Ang ran 14.44s to set the national record for the 110m hurdles, which he bettered the same year during the 2015 SEA Games (14.38s).[6] In 2017, he clocked 14.19s at the Thailand Open—after putting his medical studies at NUS on hold—but the record was not ratified.[3] In 2019, he broke the national mark thrice: twice during the Singapore Open (14.27s and 14.26s) and once during the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha (14.25s).[7]

On 15 January 2022, Ang again rewrote the record for the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.16s.[8] Eight days later, he became the first ever Singaporean to clock a sub-14 in the event, setting a new national mark of 13.97s at the Singapore National Championships and qualifying for the 2021 SEA Games in the process.[5]

Ang also holds the national record for indoor 60m hurdles (8.16s);[9] his personal best for the same event outdoors is 7.22s.[1]

References
  1. "Chen Xiang ANG | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. "Raffles Institution – Page 69 – RED SPORTS". www.redsports.sg.
  3. "Gap year pays off for Ang, as he hurdles to new record". TODAY. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. "Ang brothers take top spots at SA Inter Club 110m hurdles". 30 October 2017.
  5. Athletics: Hurdler Ang Chen Xiang betters own record again at national c'ships https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/athletics-hurdler-ang-chen-xiang-betters-own-record-again-at-national-cships
  6. Lum, Nicole. "SEA Games Athletics (110m & 100m Hurdles): Ang Chen Xiang betters national record; 2 other Singaporeans debut". RED SPORTS.
  7. "Athletics: Hurdler Ang Chen Xiang rewrites own 110m hurdles national record at Asian C'ships in Doha". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  8. Auto, Hermes (15 January 2022). "Athletics: Ang Chen Xiang breaks 110m hurdles national record, targets SEA Games | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
  9. "www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/download/22165/". singaporeathletics.org.sg. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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