Saiyidah Aisyah

Saiyidah Aisyah Mohamed Rafa’ee (born April 20, 1988), commonly known as Saiyidah Aisyah, is a Singaporean rower.[1][2] She placed 23rd in the women's single sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, making her Singapore's first Olympic rower.[3][4][5] She was forced to resort to crowdfunding to attend training for the event in Australia, before she received sponsorship from Singaporean fried chicken restaurant chain 4 Fingers Crispy Chicken.[6]

Saiyidah Aisyah
Personal information
Full nameSaiyidah Aisyah Mohamed Rafa’ee
Born (1988-04-20) 20 April 1988
Singapore
Medal record
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2013 MyanmarSingle sculls
Bronze medal – third place2007 Nakhon RatchasimaSingle sculls
Bronze medal – third place2011 JakartaSingle sculls
Bronze medal – third place2011 JakartaDouble sculls
Bronze medal – third place2015 SingaporeSingle sculls 500m
Bronze medal – third place2015 SingaporeSingle sculls 1000m

Sporting achievements
  • 2015 SEA Games, Women's Lightweight Single Sculls (LW1X) 1000m - Bronze
  • 2015 SEA Games, Women's Lightweight Single Sculls (LW1X) 500m - Bronze
  • 2013 Myanmar SEA Games, Women's Lightweight Single Sculls – Gold
  • 2011 Jakarta SEA Games, Women's Single Sculls – Bronze
  • 2011 Jakarta SEA Games, Women's Pair – Bronze
  • 2007 Jakarta SEA Games, Women's Lightweight Single Sculls – Bronze

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Saiyidah Aisyah". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2020. Saiyidah Aisyah Mohamed Rafa'ee
  2. "About Aisyah". AisyahRower.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020. Full name: Saiyidah Aisyah Mohamed Rafa'ee
  3. "Saiyidah Mohamed Rafa'ee". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  4. "Women's Single Sculls - Standings". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  5. Wong, Jonathan (August 7, 2016). "Singapore's 1st Olympic rower Saiyidah overcomes tough conditions to advance to quarter-finals". The Straits Times. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  6. Tan, Noah. "Aisyah gets helping hand for Rio Games". Today Online. Mediacorp Press. Retrieved 26 January 2019.


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