Global InformationList of Singapore world champions in sports information
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This is a list of Singapore world champions in sports, excluding those from youth categories and youth tournaments.
Note: Only world championships organized and/or sanctioned by the respective world's top governing sports bodies are cited.
| Year | Name | Sport | Event | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Adelene Wee[1] | Ten-pin bowling | Women's Masters | World Games |
| 1990 | Sheik Alauddin | Pencak silat | Men's 80-85 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 1990 | Teo Sim Hua | Xiangqi | Women | World Xiangqi Championship |
| 1993 | Azman Abdullah[2] | Bodybuilding | Men's 80 kg | World Games |
| 1993 | Azman Abdullah[3] | Bodybuilding | Men's 80 kg | World Amateur Bodybuilding Championship |
| 1994 | Sheik Alauddin | Pencak silat | Men's Open | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 1994 | Kelly Chan[4] | Windsurfing | Masters' | World Boardsailing Championship |
| 1995 | Vincent Ng[5] | Wushu | Men's Broadsword | World Wushu Championship |
| 2004 | Calvin Lim | Sailing | Men | World Byte Championship |
| 2006 | Nicholas Paul De Cruz | Sailing | Men | World Byte Championship |
| 2006 | Elizabeth Yin | Sailing | Women | World Byte Championship |
| 2006 | Remy Ong | Ten-pin bowling | Men's All Events | WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championship |
| 2006 | Remy Ong | Ten-pin bowling | Men's Singles | WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championship |
| 2008 | Jasmine Yeong-Nathan[1][6][7] | Ten-pin bowling | Women's | Bowling World Cup |
| 2010 | Justin Liu, Sherman Cheng | Sailing | Men and Mixed | 420 World Championship |
| 2010 | Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu, Sun Beibei, Yu Mengyu, Li Jiawei[8] | Table tennis | Women's Team | World Table Tennis Championship |
| 2011 | Tao Yi Jun, Tay Yu Juan, Emily Sin | Wushu | Women's Dulian | World Wushu Championship |
| 2012 | Muhammad Shakir Bin Juanda | Pencak silat | Men's 85-90 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2012 | Rachel Lee, Cecilia Low | Sailing | Women | 420 World Championship |
| 2012 | Shayna Ng | Ten-pin bowling | Women's | Bowling World Cup |
| 2013 | Peter Gilchrist[9] | Billiards | English billiards (long format) | World Billiards Championship |
| 2013 | Ho Lin Ying | Wushu | Women's Taijiquan | World Wushu Championship |
| 2015 | Shayna Ng | Ten-pin bowling | Women's All Events | WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championship |
| 2015 | Muhammad Shakir Bin Juanda | Pencak silat | Men's 85-90 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2015 | Sheik Farhan | Pencak silat | Men's 90-95 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2015 | Tan Xiang Tian[10] | Wushu | Men's Xingyiquan | World Wushu Championship |
| 2016 | Muhammad Shakir Bin Juanda | Pencak silat | Men's 85-90 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2016 | Sheik Farhan | Pencak silat | Men's 90-95 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2016 | Joseph Schooling[11] | Swimming | Men's 100m Butterfly | Olympics |
| 2018 | Muhammad Hazim Mohd Yusli | Pencak silat | Men's 50-55 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2018 | Sheik Ferdous | Pencak silat | Men's 85-90 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2018 | Sheik Farhan | Pencak silat | Men's 90-95 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2018 | Nurul Suhaila[12] | Pencak silat | Women's 60-65 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2018 | Muhammad Iqbal Abdul Rahman[13] | Pencak silat | Men's Artistic Single | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2018 | Nurzuhairah Yazid [14] | Pencak silat | Women's Artistic Single | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2018 | Nur Azlyana Ismail, Nurhanishah Shahrudin | Pencak silat | Women's Artistic Doubles | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2018 | Team Firefly Singapore (Kyra Poh, Choo Yi Xuan)[15][16] | Skydiving Indoor | Dynamic 2-way | World Cup of Indoor Skydiving |
| 2019 | Peter Gilchrist[17] | Billiards | English billiards | World Billiards Championship |
| 2019 | Cherie Tan | Ten-pin bowling | Women's Masters | WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championship |
| 2021 | Loh Kean Yew[18] | Badminton | Men's Singles | Badminton World Federation World Championship |
| 2021 | Shayna Ng | Ten-pin bowling | Women's Masters | WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championship |
| 2022 | Aniq 'Asri Yazid | Pencak silat | Men's 50-55 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2022 | Sheik Farhan | Pencak silat | Men's 90-95 kg | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2022 | Muhammad Iqbal Abdul Rahman | Pencak silat | Men's Artistic Single | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2022 | Amirah Sahrin, Iffah Batrisyia, Nur Ashikin Zulkifli | Pencak silat | Women's Artistic Trio | World Pencak Silat Championship |
| 2022 | Farhanna Farid[19] | Powerlifting | Women's Open Under-52 kg | World Open Classic Powerlifting Championship |
| 2022 | Kyra Poh[20] | Skydiving Indoor | Solo Freestyle | World Cup of Indoor Skydiving |
| 2023 | Peter Gilchrist[21] | Billiards | English billiards | World Billiards Championship |
| 2023 | Farhanna Farid | Powerlifting | Women's Open Under-52 kg | World Open Classic Powerlifting Championship |
| 2023 | Maximilian Maeder[22] | Sailing | Men's Formula Kite | Sailing World Championship |
| 2023 | Kyra Poh[23] | Skydiving Indoor | Solo Freestyle | World Indoor Skydiving Championships |
| 2023 | Darren Ong[24] | Ten-pin bowling | Men's Single | WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championship |
| 2023 | Daphne Tan, Cherie Tan[25] | Ten-pin bowling | Women's Doubles | WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championship |
| 2023 | Jowen Lim[26] | Wushu | Men’s Gunshu | World Wushu Championship |
| 2023 | Zeanne Law[27] | Wushu | Women’s Taijiquan | World Wushu Championship |
| 2023 | Maximilian Maeder[28] | Sailing | Men | KiteFoil World Series |
| 2023 | Alvin Woo, Low Yi Hao | Xiangqi | Men's Team | World Xiangqi Championship |
| 2024 | Kai Minejima-Lee[29] | Skydiving Indoor | Solo Freestyle | World Cup of Indoor Skydiving |
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- ^ "Maximilian Maeder crowned KiteFoil World Series overall champion". Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "S'pore's Kai Minejima-Lee and Isabelle Koh strike gold at World Cup of Indoor Skydiving". Retrieved 26 April 2024.