Yip Pin Xiu

Yip Pin Xiu (Chinese: 叶品秀; pinyin: Yè Pǐnxìu; Jyutping: Jip6 Ban2 Sau3; born 10 January 1992) is a Singaporean backstroke para-swimmer. She is a seven-time Paralympic gold medalist and seven-time World Champion, with two world records in the Women's S2 50-metre and 100-metre backstrokes. Yip is Singapore's most decorated Paralympian and Southeast Asia's most decorated Paralympic swimmer. Yip has Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome and competes in the S2 category for the physically impaired. Since 2005, she has won medals in international competitions such as the World Wheelchair and Amputee Games, Japan Paralympic Swimming Championships and International German Paralympic Swimming Championships. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the 50m backstroke and a silver medal in the 50m freestyle, setting world records in both events. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the 100m S2 backstroke, setting a world record for that event, and another for her 50m split. She retained her gold medals for these two events in 2020 and 2024 in a historic three-peat. In 2009, Yip was named "Young Woman Achiever of the Year" by local magazine Her World. In honour of her feats at the Paralympic Games, she was conferred the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) during the National Day Awards ceremony in 2016. More recently, Yip was crowned Sportswoman of the Year (swimming) at the Singapore Disability Sports Awards 2022. This was her third time earning this honour, having won the same award in 2019 and 2021. Her achievements have contributed to the widespread recognition of disabled athletes in the Singaporean public sphere.

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