Amanda Yap
Singaporean artistic gymnast (born 2009)
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Amanda Yap (born 3 November 2009)[2] is a Singaporean artistic gymnast. She qualified for the balance beam final at the 2025 World Championships, becoming Singapore's first World Artistic Gymnastics Championships finalist. She is the 2025 Singaporean all-around champion and the 2024 Singaporean junior all-around champion.
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| Born | 3 November 2009 Singapore[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Gymnastics career
Yap began training with the Singapore national team in 2022.[3]
Yap won the junior all-around title at the 2024 Singapore Championships.[4] At the 2024 Junior Asian Championships, Yap placed ninth in the balance beam qualifications but advanced into the final due to the two-per-country rule. She went on to win the silver medal in the final.[3] She also placed eighth in the floor exercise final, seventh in the all-around, and fourth in the team competition.[5]
Yap became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2025 and won the senior all-around title at the 2025 Singapore Championships.[6] She then made her senior international debut at the Asian Championships and placed 15th in the all-around.[7] She made her World Championships debut in Jakarta and advanced to the balance beam final in seventh place with a score of 13.300. This made her the first-ever gymnast from Singapore to advance into a World Championships final.[8][9] In between the qualifications and the final, Yap flew back to Singapore to take her O-Level exams.[9] She went on to place sixth in the final with a personal-best score of 13.333.[10][11]
In December of 2025, Yap represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games. She competed on balance beam and won the silver medal on the event.[12]
On 19 March 2026, Yap received the inaugural Young Singaporean of the Year award from The Straits Times for the year 2025.[13]
Personal life
As of 2025, Yap is a student at the Methodist Girls’ School.[8] She has an older sister named Emma who also competes for Singapore's national gymnastics team.[3][9]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2022 | Singapore Championships | 9 | 9 |  | 7 | ||
| Singapore Open | 10 | 8 | |||||
| 2023 | Singapore Championships |  |  | | | ||
| Singapore Open | | 8 | | 6 | |||
| Junior Asian Championships | 6 | 15 | |||||
| 2024 | Singapore Championships | | | | | | |
| Junior Asian Championships | 4 | 7 | | 8 | |||
| Singapore Open | | | | | | ||
| 2025 | Singapore Championships | | | | |||
| Asian Championships | 7 | 15 | |||||
| World Championships | 6 | ||||||
| Southeast Asian Games | |
Accolades
- The Straits Times Young Singaporean of the Year 2025[13]
