Joscelin Yeo Wei Ling is a former Nominated Member of Parliament from Nov 2006 to Apr 2011 and a former competitive swimmer from Singapore.
26 Facts About Joscelin Yeo
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Joscelin Yeo represented Singapore in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Summer Olympics.
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Joscelin Yeo was elected as a Rhodes Scholar, but never took up the scholarship.
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Joscelin Yeo began her international swimming career at age 11, in a Asia-Pacific swim meet in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Joscelin Yeo ended her 16-year swimming career in early 2007.
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Joscelin Yeo studied at Methodist Girls' School and at University of Texas at Austin, where she competed in track and field and swimming for the Texas Longhorns.
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Joscelin Yeo started competitive swimming at the age of 11 at the Asia-Pacific swim meet held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1990.
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Joscelin Yeo won six individual golds, one relay gold and silver during the meet and set six individual records and two relay records.
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In 1991, Joscelin Yeo made her SEA Games debut in Manila as a 12-year-old.
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In 1993, with the Games held in Singapore, Joscelin Yeo won nine gold medals, which included 7 individual and 2 relay races.
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In 1995, in Chiangmai, Joscelin Yeo won the same seven individual races as in 1993, but lost out on the two relays.
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Joscelin Yeo was the only gold medallist in the Singapore swimming squad.
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Joscelin Yeo was slated for 12 events, but pulled out of the fourth day of competition, due to a right shoulder injury.
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In 2001, Joscelin Yeo took part in lesser events as compared to previous SEA games.
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In 2003, Joscelin Yeo won six gold medals, inclusive of two relay golds.
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In 2005, Joscelin Yeo participated in her last SEA Games in Manila, the same city where she debuted for SEA Games.
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Joscelin Yeo originally wanted to call it a day after the 2005 SEA Games.
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On 30 January 2007, Joscelin Yeo announced her retirement at a press conference saying she did not have the motivation to go on with another year of training till Beijing, and retired at 28.
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Joscelin Yeo opened a swim school, called Joscelin Yeo's Aquatics, along with her elder brother Leonard.
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Joscelin Yeo is actively involved in church work, working as a mentor within the Youth ministry of New Creation Church.
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In 2009, Joscelin Yeo became a non-elected Nominated Member of Parliament for a term of two-and-a-half years, the youngest of her batch.
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Joscelin Yeo made a cameo appearance in Singapore's MediaCorp TV Channel 5 Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd playing herself, in the eighth season of the show, where the main character challenges her and fails.
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Joscelin Yeo was awarded Singapore's Sportsgirl of the Year award in 1994, and the Sportswoman of the Year awards in 1993,1995 and 1999.
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Joscelin Yeo was prevented from winning any more due to a rule that stopped athletes from winning more than three times.
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In 2004, before the 2004 Olympics, Joscelin Yeo released her autobiography, titled On the Move: My Career, My Life, which chronicled all the milestones in her life and swimming career, and nuggets she shared about her national teammates.
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Joscelin Yeo is married to Joseph Christopher Purcell, born 1983, a pastor of New Creation Church in Singapore, on 9 July 2010 in HortPark.