5 things to know about Yip Pin Xiu, Singapore’s six-time Paralympic gold medallist

” There are no obstacles, no impediments. What no one else can do is mine. It ( the water ) was where I truly found myself”, she has said.

2. Overcoming bias

Growing up, Yip faced a number of problems. &nbsp,

While educators turned a blind eye, she may be viewed by passersby in the street, and some colleagues would object to her.

” Primary 1 to Primary 4 was a bit tough because when kids are younger, they do n’t know how to react to different people. As long as someone is distinct from them, they treat them differently”, she said in a audio next year.

” I had to go through different items, but because of all this, it made me really hard”.

3. Making record for Singapore

Yip made her Paralympic album in Beijing 2008 after competing for Singapore at a number of foreign competitions.