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Nurzuhairah

Personal information
Full name	Nurzuhairah Binte Mohammad Yazid
Nationality	Singaporean
Born	21 April 1998
Sport
Country	Singapore
Sport	Pencak Silat
Event(s)	Artistic Women's Singles, Artistic Women's Team
Medal record Women's Pencak Silat Representing  Singapore Event 1st 2nd 3rd Asian Games 0 1 0 World Championships 1 1 2 Southeast Asian Games 1 0 0 Total 2 2 2 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia Women's Singles World Championships 2015 Phuket 45kg-50kg 2016 Bali Women's Team 2018 Singapore Women's Team 2018 Singapore Women's Singles Southeast Asian Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's Singles

Nurzuhairah Mohammad Yazid (born 21 April 1998) is a Singaporean pencak silat practitioner. She represented Singapore at the 2018 Asian Games and won a silver medal in women's singles event held at Padepokan Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta. She claimed her first world title in the Female Artistic Singles Category that took place from 13 to 16 December 2018 at OCBC Arena Hall 1, Singapore Sports Hub.

She also won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.

Early life

Nurzuhairah was born and raised in Singapore. She has two younger siblings, Nurzianah Mohd Yazid and Aniq Asri Mohd Yazid, who is also a national pencak silat athlete. When she was 11, Nurzuhairah picked up Pencak Silat encouraged by her mother and joined the national team two years later in 2011.

Career

At the age of 17, Nurzuhairah first represented Singapore in the 16th World Pencak Silat Championship, making her the bronze medalist for women's class A 45-50 kg event that was held in Phuket, Thailand in 2015.

Nurzuhairah made her debut participating in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, which shocked many, by winning the gold medal defeating Indonesia and Brunei. In the 2018 Asian Games, Nurzuhairah finished with 445 points as she claimed the first silver medal in pencak silat in the women's individual tunggal event behind Puspa Arumsari of host Indonesia. This was the first time silat was included at the Asian Games as a medal sport.

Achievements

International Games

Year	Venue	Event	Result
2015	Phuket, Thailand	Women's Class A 45kg-50kg	Bronze	16th World Pencak Silat Championships
2016	Bali, Indonesia	Women's Team	Bronze	17th World Pencak Silat Championships
2016	Da Nang Vietnam	Women's Team	Silver	Asian Beach Games
2017	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Women's Singles	Gold	Southeast Asian Games
2017	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Women's Singles	Gold	Southeast Asian Games
2018	Kashmir, India	Women's Singles	Gold	Asian Pencak Silat Championships
2018	OCBC Arena, Singapore	Women's Singles	Gold	18th World Pencak Silat Championships
2018	OCBC Arena, Singapore	Women's Team	Silver	18th World Pencak Silat Championships
2018	Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia	Women's Singles	Silver	Asian Games
2019	Belgium	Women's Singles	Bronze	24th Belgium Open Championship
2019	Chungju, South Korea	Women's Singles	Gold	Chunju World Martial Arts Mastership
2019	Manila, Philippines	Women's Singles	Gold	PRE Southeast Asian Games
2019	Manila, Philippines	Women's Team	Silver	PRE Southeast Asian Games
2019	Sterling, Virginia, USA	Women's Singles	Gold	United States Open Pencak Silat Championships
2019	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Women's Singles	Silver	2nd Open Malaysia International Pencak Silat Championships
2019	Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand	Women's Singles	Silver	World Beach Pencak Silat Championships
2019	Yanji, China	Women's Singles	Gold	5th Asian Pencak Silat Championships
2019	Yanji, China	Women's Team	Silver	5th Asian Pencak Silat Championships

Awards

See also

• List of Singapore world champions in sports

References

1. ^ "Asian Games: Second silver for Singapore as Ferdous brings silat medal tally to five". CNA. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
2. "Asian Games: Second silver for Singapore as Ferdous brings silat medal tally to five". CNA. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
3. "Singapore bagged three gold medals on the opening day of the World Pencak Silat Championship". ActiveSG. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
4. "Silat helps teenager transform from victim to victor". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
5. "Nurzuhairah Yazid is thrilled to win a gold medal on her SEA Games debut". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
6. ^ "Asian Games: Singapore clinch first silat silver". news.nestia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
7. naisyah (2018-08-27). "Zuhairah rangkul pingat perak silat di Sukan Asia, Berita Sukan - BeritaHarian.sg". BeritaHarian (in Malay). Retrieved 2021-07-28.

• Silat practitioners
• Pencak silat practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
• Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore
• Asian Games medalists in pencak silat
• SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore
• 1988 births
• Living people