Caroline Chew
| Caroline Chew | |
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 Chew in 2018 | |
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| Full name | Caroline Rosanna Pei Jia Chew |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Born | 18 April 1992 (age 32) |
Caroline Rosanna Pei Jia Chew (born 18 April 1992)[1] is a Singaporean equestrian athlete and lawyer. She was at the 2018 World Equestrian Games and the 2014 Asian Games in dressage. She was also at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games for show jumping. She won many medals in the Southeast Asian Games. She was at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career
[change | change source]Chew started riding horse when she was six years old. She did show jumping and was seventeenth place in the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Chew later went from show jumping to dressage. Chew was the first Singaporean dressage rider at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon.[3] She was 56th place.[3]
A new rider needed to be picked from the Dressage Grand Prix in Le Mans, France, for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] Chew went to the Grand Prix and made a personal score of 69.674.[2] She also got into the Olympics.[2] Chew is the first Singaporean equestrian to be in the Olympic Games.[2] Chew was later taken out from the Games because her horse was bleeding from the mouth.[4]
Personal life
[change | change source]Caroline Chew studied law at the Bristol University in England. She lives in London and works as a lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.[2]
Her older sister Catherine Chew is a successful show-jumper.[5] Catherine won silver and gold medals in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Caroline Chew". Singapore National Olympic Council. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Kwek, Kimberly (19 June 2021). "Equestrian: Caroline Chew qualifies for Tokyo Games, will be first S'porean rider at Olympics". The Straits Times. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wang, Meng Meng (7 August 2018). "Equestrian: Caroline Chew relishes 'Mission Impossible' at World Equestrian Games". The Straits Times.
- ↑ Kwek, Kimberly (25 July 2021). "Olympics: Heartbreak for Singapore's Caroline Chew after horse's injury results in her elimination". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Caroline Chew". FEI. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
Other websites
[change | change source]Caroline Chew at FEI
- Caroline Chew at FEI (alternative link)
- Caroline Chew at Olympics.com
- Caroline Chew at Olympedia