User:Tang Ngai Kin/sandbox

History A man of many athletic talents and proven to be master of them all. Singapore’s decathlon champion in the 80s, who still holds the National Record for Decathlon (10 events) in Singapore. Specializes in developmental program for young children and elite sportsmen. With more than 25 years of experience in development and coaching in track and field in schools and the National Team.

Ngai Kin is a qualified IAAF Level 5 Coach and has coached national athletes for relay and individual sprint events. To name a couple of individual athletes (who improved under his charge) – Hamkah Afik, Poh Seng Song, Shameer Ayub, Hiranisha Rasimuddin, Nurulaini Ariffin and many more. As the athletes claimed “He was a coach and a mentor to me….” He brought FORMER national sprinter Hamkah Afik back to the fast lane in 2001 after a two-year lay-off due to an injury. Mohamed Shameer Ayub clocked a personal best and smashed a 10-year-old national record at the IAAF Westel World Youth Athletic Championships in Hungary in 2001 and clocked 10.66 seconds in the 100m heats. Hiranisha Rasimuddin became Singapore's youngest and fastest schoolgirl in 1997 at the schools' National Track and Field Championships. She broke the national record for 100m and formed part of the national relay team to run at the South-east Asia Games in Jakarta in 1997.

Tang Ngai Kin’s Sporting Career in a glance – Ngai Kin was a student with Anglo Chinese School. He graduated in 1971. He represented the school in track and field from 1965 – 1970 and represented the Nation in the Asian Games and SEA Games during the 70s and early 80s till his retirement in 1989.

Decathletes have always been an obscure lot in the local athletics scene; the prejudice is explicable but Ngai Kin had the potential to lift this grueling event into a different dimension in Singapore. The widely-travelled athlete, known as Singapore’s Decathlon Champion in the 80s, was offered a training scholarship and sport lecture in Cologne, Germany in 1982. Ngai Kin, with a personal best of 6578 points (National record set in the Singapore Open in 1978), trained under ASV Cologne’s Gunter Janietz, one of the top West German decathlete coaches during his stint in Germany. He was attached to a leading athletics club in Germany and had opportunities to travel to the neighboring towns to participate in various track and field meets. Ngai Kin, inspired by the grace and ease with which Carl Lewis runs, had the opportunity to join Carl for a casual run in Cologne, West Germany when Ngai Kin was training there. In 1973 and 1975, he won silver for Decathlon at the SEAP Games and currently still holds the National Record for Decathlon in Singapore. Ngai Kin, a national decathlete turned sprinter was ranked and marked as the 3rd fastest man in Asia for the 100m sprint at his peak in the 1980s, making him a top star athlete. Adidas, Lotto, Nike, Puma and Tiger offered to sponsor him.

He made an impressive impact and came in 2nd registering a time of 10.57sec running on cinder track for the First ASEAN track and field championship in 1980, at the Senayan Stadium, Jakarta.

Ngai Kin's name appears eight times in Singapore's athletics record book for 100m, Decathlon and 4x100m relay. He believes, if given the chance, he could have achieved even more.

He had a casual competition and ran with Carl Lewis in

In a race in 1981, when Ngai Kin, representing Singapore for 100m event won the gold medal by default, he graciously returned the gold medal to the disqualified runner, Rabuan, who won the 1st place and Ngai Kin, the 2nd place.

He was a great athlete who brought honour to Singapore during his career. Now he is using all his knowledge and experience to coach the new generation of athletes.

He was awarded Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2000 by SDSC (Singapore Disability Sports Council) and Meritorious Award in 1980 and 1976 by SNOC (Singapore National Olympic Council).

During the years that Mr Tang held a full time job, his passion remains on the track. . "I strongly believe I have some valuable experience to share, it would be a waste not to help today's athletes.”

He started coaching in 1992, imparting his skills and new technology to the athletes, in hope to bring them to a higher level to achieve theirs and the nation’s goal. This was done on voluntarily basis as he feels that there should not be a price tagged to it. He trains after his office hours.

In 1997, he was appointed by The Singapore Athletics Association (SAA) as the Coach to both Men and Women’s National Relay team. He led the team to the SEA Games in Jakarta in 1997. Both teams clinch the bronze medal.

Mr Tang holds 2 Level-5 IAAF coaching qualification. He is the 1st local coach to be qualified and selected by The Singapore Athletics Association (SAA) to the appointment as Head Coach for Sprint for the National Team in 1997 for 2 years.

He travelled with the national athletes (Junior and Senior) to various overseas competitions (worldwide).

He led the Singapore Men’s 4x100m Relay team to the 25th SEA Games in Korat (Thailand) in 2007, breaking the National record with a time of 40.10s

Mr Tang is now a full time coach.  Present Coaching Qualification

•	Certified IAAF (Level 5) Chief Coach 2010 (International Amateur Athletics Federation)

•	Certified IAAF (Level 5) Coach 2007 (International Amateur Athletics Federation)

•	National Coach for Junior and Senior Team in Sprint and Relay from 2004-2007

•	National Coach with The Singapore Sports Council for the Disabled from 2000-2003

•	Associate Member of the IAAF World Class Coaches Club since 2005

•	Committee Member of The Singapore Athletics Association from 1997 - 2009

•	Committee Member of The Asia Coaches Association cum Representative for the South East Asia Region

•	Member of The Asia Athletics Association Coaches Committee

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