The STTA organised an athlete workshop, titled ‘Mindset of A Champion’ for our athletes and their parents.

We had the pleasure of having former national paddler, Isabelle Li and Tao Li, Singapore’s Chef de Mission to the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games as guest speakers.  Ms Shirley Tan was the host of the workshop.

Isabelle’s achievements include team gold medals at the 2013 Commonwealth Championships, 2013 SEA Games, 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 SEA Games. She also has three singles silvers from the 2010 Youth Olympics and 2011 and 2013 SEA Games.

Isabelle, a Public Service Commission scholarship holder is currently pursuing liberal arts at Yale-NUS College.

Tao Li remains the only Singaporean woman to make an Olympic swimming final, back in 2008.

Tao, who has won 29 SEA Games swimming titles and is a two-time Asian Games gold medallist, will take charge of the YOG contingent headed to Buenos Aires in October 2008. One of the country’s most decorated athletes, she remains the only Singaporean woman to make an Olympic swimming final, back at the 2008 Beijing Games.

The 28-year-old, who now heads her own swimming academy, talked about “My Journey to the Olympic Games” at the workshop.