Joan Poh

Joan Poh OLY (born 14 April 1991) is a Singaporean rower. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

Joan Poh
Personal information
Born (1991-04-14) 14 April 1991
Singapore
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 Singapore1,000m women’s coxless pair

Poh studied nursing at Nanyang Polytechnic and National University of Singapore[2] and works as a nurse in the renal unit of Tan Tock Seng Hospital.[3]

Poh had represented Singapore at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in dragon-boating but did not win any medals.[4] She subsequently picked up rowing just before the 2015 Southeast Asian Games and represented Singapore in the 1,000m women’s coxless pair with Joanna Chan where they won the bronze medal.[4]

At the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan, Poh placed 12th but Singapore received an invitation from World Rowing to send her to the Games, as the next highest-ranked nation vying for qualification.[3] On her Olympics debut, Poh finished 28th out of 32 athletes in the women's single sculls event.[5]

References
  1. "Rowing - POH Joan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. "I'm not the Jill of all trades, says dragonboater, sailor and rower Joan Poh". TODAYonline. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. May, Tiffany (20 July 2021). "Between nursing shifts, a Singapore rower trained for the Olympics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. "Rowing's promising debut may help grow sport in Singapore". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. "Rowing: Singapore's Joan Poh finishes 28th overall in single sculls competition at Tokyo Olympics". TODAY. Retrieved 21 June 2023.


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