Nurzuhairah Yazid

Nurzuhairah
Personal information
Full name	Nurzuhairah Binte Mohammad Yazid
Nationality	Singaporean
Born	21 April 1998
Sport
Country	Singapore
Sport	Pencak Silat
Event(s)	Artistic Women's Singles, Artistic Women's Team
Medal record
Women's Pencak Silat
Representing Singapore
Asian Games
World Championships
Southeast Asian Games

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 that was held at Padepokan Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta.[1] She claimed her first world title[2] in the Female Artistic Singles Category that took place from 13 to 16 December 2018 at OCBC Arena Hall1, Singapore Sports Hub.

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

Early life

Nurzuhairah was born and raised in Singapore. She has 2 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[3] encouraged by her mother and joined the national team 2 years later in 2011.

Career

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 45-50kg event that was held in Phuket, Thailand in 2015.

She made her debut participating in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games which shocked many as she won the gold[4] medal defeating Indonesia and Brunei. In 2018 Asian Games, Nurzuhairah finished with 445 points as she claimed the first silver medal[5][6] in pencak silat in the women's individual tunggal event behind Puspa Arumsari, of host Indonesia. This was the first time silat was included at the Asian Games as a medal sport.[5][1]

Achievements

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

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

References

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

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[auto1-1] "Asian Games: Second silver for Singapore as Ferdous brings silat medal tally to five". CNA. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

[2] "Singapore bagged three gold medals on the opening day of the World Pencak Silat Championship". ActiveSG. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

[3] "Silat helps teenager transform from victim to victor". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

[4] "Nurzuhairah Yazid is thrilled to win a gold medal on her SEA Games debut". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

[auto-5] "Asian Games: Singapore clinch first silat silver". news.nestia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

[6] syah (2018-08-27). "Zuhairah rangkul pingat perak silat di Sukan Asia, Berita Sukan - BeritaHarian.sg". BeritaHarian (in Malay). Retrieved 2021-07-28.