Lim Heem Wei

{{Short description|Singaporean artistic gymnast}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}

{{Use Singapore English|date=February 2019}}

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| headcoach = Yuan Kexia & Zhao Qun

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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Delhi|Balance Beam}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Doha|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|2005 Manila|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2007 Thailand|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Palembang|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2003 Hanoi|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2003 Hanoi|Balance Beam}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Palembang|Floor Exercise}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Palembang|All-Around}}

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Lim Heem Wei (born 12 April 1989) is a Singapore artistic gymnast.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9049670.stm |title=BBC Sport - Commonwealth Games 2010: Gymnastics results |website=news.bbc.co.uk|date=30 September 2010 }} Lim represented Singapore in the London Olympic Games and the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|title=Lessons aplenty from S'pore's 2008 silver|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20120727-361685.html|publisher=asiaone |work= My Paper|date= 27 July 2012|accessdate=3 August 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/gymnastics_artistic/1017789/heem_wei_lim.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Heem Wei LIM Profile|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date=2018-01-24}} Wei is the first Singaporean gymnast to qualify for the Olympic Games.{{cite web | url=http://www.singaporegymnastics.org.sg/sg/heem-wei/ | title=About Heem Wei | accessdate=24 August 2014}} She achieved forty-fifth position in the women's artistic qualification event.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/lim-heem-wei-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082829/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/lim-heem-wei-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Lim Heem Wei|access-date=2018-01-24}}

Lim retired from the sport in 2014.{{cite web |title=Gymnastics: Lim Heem Wei retires from Singapore national team |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/gymnastics-lim-heem-wei-retires-from-singapore-national-team |website=The Straits Times |access-date=15 August 2021 |date=2 December 2014}} Subsequently, Lim returned as a judge during the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur.{{cite web |last1=Low |first1=Lin Fhoong |title=SEA Games: Lim Heem Wei back on the gymnastics floor, as a judge |url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/sea-games-lim-heem-wei-back-gymnastics-floor-judge |website=Today |access-date=15 August 2021 |date=26 August 2017}}

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