Savannah Siew

Siew Kiah Hui (born 18 June 1996), known as Savannah Siew, is a Singaporean sailor.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Siew.
Savannah Siew
Personal information
Birth nameSiew Kiah Hui
NationalitySingapore
Born (1996-06-18) 18 June 1996
Singapore
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing  Singapore
420 World Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Austria U16420
Gold medal – first place2012 Austria U18420
Gold medal – first place2014 Germany U18420
Silver medal – second place2013 Spain420
Silver medal – second place2013 Spain U18420
Silver medal – second place2014 Germany420
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2014 Incheon420
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2013 Myanmar420

As the daughter of former national sailor, Siew Shaw Her, Siew followed in her father's footsteps and started learning sailing at the age of 7.[1]

Siew tasted her first success in 2012 at the 420 World Championships, winning gold medals at both the U16 and U18 categories. However, she missed getting a medal at the Open category, coming in at 4th.

In 2013, Siew won a silver medal in both the Open category and U18 category at the 420 World Championships.[2] She won the silver medal again in the Open category and the gold medal in the U18 category in 2014.

Siew went on to win the gold medal in the 420 class at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games held at Myanmar.[3]

Siew's success continued at the Incheon Asian Games 2014 where she won a gold medal on the 420 class with Kimberly Lim. However, after the 2014 Asian Games, Siew separated from her sailing crew, Lim, and changed to the 470 class while Lim to the 49er FX.[4]

Siew subsequently competed in the 470 class in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[1] She came in third during the competition but was not awarded the bronze medal as there were only three teams for the race.[5]

References
  1. David Lee (17 May 2015). "Sailor Savannah following in dad Shaw Her's footsteps". The New Paper. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. "Sailing: Kimberly and Savannah win silver for S'pore at 420 World Championships". The Straits Times. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. May Chen (20 December 2013). "SEA Games: Singapore sailors bag five golds, two silvers and five bronzes in Myanmar". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. Chua Siang Yee (30 September 2014). "Win-lose, all in the family". AsiaOne. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. Ho Si Rui (13 June 2015). "Choy and Yeo bag 470 men's sailing gold for Singapore". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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