Jasmine Yeong-Nathan

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Jasmine Yeong-Nathan (Simplified Chinese: 杨于萱, born 1988) is a Singaporean ten-pin bowler. Yeong-Nathan was the first Singaporean to win the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in 2008.

Education

Yeong-Nathan studied at Singapore Polytechnic and Nanyang Technological University.{{Cite web |last=Tung |first=Colin |title="Without KPMG's support, I could possibly have ended my bowling career." — Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, national kegler |url=https://www.redsports.sg/2015/04/16/kpmg-peak-spex-career-jasmine-yeong-nathan-bowling/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RED SPORTS |language=en-US}}

Career

Yeong-Nathan is a Management Consulting Associate with KPMG which she joined since 2009.{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Lin Fhoong |date=13 November 2013 |title=Support schemes to benefit over 1,000 athletes |url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/support-schemes-benefit-over-1000-athletes |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=TODAY |language=en}}

= Bowling career =

Yeong-Nathan was the 2005 and 2014 Singapore national bowling champion.

Yeong-Nathan represented Singapore at the 2006 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup.{{Cite web |title=2006 QUBICAAMF BOWLING WORLD CUP |url=https://www.qubicaamf.com/QubicaAMF/files/9a/9ab4849e-48c6-4daa-a3ee-ad4cc5be1601.pdf |access-date=10 February 2023}}

At the 2008 AMF World Cup, Yeong-Nathan beat the defending champion Ann-Maree Putney from Australia in straight sets (263-222 and 298-215), becoming the first Singaporean ever to win an AMF World Cup title.{{Cite web |title=Asian C'ships masters bronze for bowler Jasmine Yeong-Nathan |url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/asian-cships-masters-bronze-bowler-jasmine-yeong-nathan |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=TODAY |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Bowling Singaporean Jasmine Yeong-Nathan wins AMF Bowling World Cup - Channel NewsAsia |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/390046/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604174308/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/390046/1/.html |archive-date=4 June 2011 |website=www.channelnewsasia.com}} She was named Singapore's Sportswoman of the Year in 2009 for her victory at the 2008 AMF World Cup.

In 2015, Yeong-Nathan failed to make it to the national team for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games due to a strong bowling team.{{Cite web |last=Heng |first=Lim Say |date=30 May 2015 |title=Bowling head says Singapore women can win all |url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/team-singapore/bowling-head-says-singapore-women-can-win-all |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=The New Paper |language=en}} Head coach Remy Ong claimed that the strength of the team was very even and that Yeong-Nathan as the reserve player could make the team anytime if any team player is to exit the team.

In 2016, Yeong-Nathan won bronze in the women's Masters event at the Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships held at Hong Kong.{{Cite web |last=Auto |first=Hermes |date=28 September 2016 |title=Bowling: Jasmine Yeong-Nathan takes Masters bronze at Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/bowling-jasmine-yeong-nathan-takes-masters-bronze-at-asian-tenpin-bowling-cships |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=www.straitstimes.com |language=en}}

In 2023, Yeong-Nathan, alongside Lim Tong Hai, was the assistant chef-de-mission for the Singapore delegation to the 2023 SEA Games.{{Cite news |date=28 February 2023 |title=SEA Games: Cycling chief Hing Siong Chen to lead Team Singapore in Cambodia |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-cycling-chief-hing-siong-chen-to-lead-team-singapore-in-cambodia |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230328041704/https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-cycling-chief-hing-siong-chen-to-lead-team-singapore-in-cambodia |archive-date=2023-03-28 |access-date=2025-03-21 |work=The Straits Times |language=en}}

Personal life

Yeong-Nathan is the younger sister of Jason Yeong-Nathan, who is also a former Singapore national bowler.{{Cite web |last=Auto |first=Hermes |date=2018-06-11 |title=Bowling: Laying down blueprint for more success {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/bowling-laying-down-blueprint-for-more-success |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.straitstimes.com |language=en}}

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