Matthew Yap

Matthew Yap Zhe Ren, 叶哲仁 (born 15 Aug 1999) is a Singaporean Powerlifter & Coach, a 4-time Asian Champion and a World Silver medallist. He has broken 4 World records, 13 Asian records and 44 National records. He has also coached his team to several victories on the international stage.

Yap competes and represents Singapore in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) and has competed in the Asian & Oceania Classic Championships 2016 held in Christchurch, New Zealand where he claimed his first gold medal on the international platform, 5th World Classic Championships 2017 held in Minsk, Belarus and got a silver medal as well as his very first world record, Asian Classic Championships 2017 held in Kerala, India defending his Asian Champion title and the Asian Classic Championships 2018 held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and won his third consecutive Asian Champion title.

Yap is a coach with CoachbyMARC, a platform for Powerlifting and Strength & Conditioning founded by his elder brother Marcus Yap.


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