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Amanda Yap

Amanda Yap (born 3 November 2009) is a Singaporean artistic gymnast. She qualified for the balance beam final at the 2025 World Championships, becoming Singapore's first World Artistic Gymnastics Championships finalist. She is the 2025 Singaporean all-around champion and the 2024 Singaporean junior all-around champion.

Gymnastics career

Yap began training with the Singapore national team in 2022.

Yap won the junior all-around title at the 2024 Singapore Championships. At the 2024 Junior Asian Championships, Yap placed ninth in the balance beam qualifications but advanced into the final due to the two-per-country rule. She went on to win the silver medal in the final. She also placed eighth in the floor exercise final, seventh in the all-around, and fourth in the team competition.

Yap became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2025 and won the senior all-around title at the 2025 Singapore Championships. She then made her senior international debut at the Asian Championships and placed 15th in the all-around. She made her World Championships debut in Jakarta and advanced to the balance beam final in seventh place with a score of 13.300. This made her the first-ever gymnast from Singapore to advance into a World Championships final. In between the qualifications and the final, Yap flew back to Singapore to take her O-Level exams. She went on to place sixth in the final with a personal-best score of 13.333.

In December of 2025, Yap represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games. She competed on balance beam and won the silver medal on the event.

On 19 March 2026, Yap received the inaugural Young Singaporean of the Year award from The Straits Times for the year 2025.

Personal life

As of 2025, Yap is a student at the Methodist Girls’ School. She has an older sister named Emma who also competes for Singapore's national gymnastics team.

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