Adelene Wee
Adelene Wee (born 1965) is a retired Singaporean bowling champion. She was the youngest winner, and the first Singaporean person to win the title of World Champion at the World Games.
Biography
[edit]Wee was born in 1965 to a large family with six other brothers and sisters.[1] Wee started bowling at age 12.[2] Her father and two of her brothers were also bowlers and they took her with them to the bowling alley.[3]
Wee at fifteen, was the youngest gold medal winner of the Philippines Women's Open Masters in 1981.[3] The next year, she broke the world record for six-game singles in ten-pin bowling at the Sukhumvit Open and won the Singapore International Bowling Championships.[3] In June 1985, she won three gold medals at the Asian FIQ youth championships.[2]
Wee and Al Dy were the two athletes sent to compete in bowling from Singapore at the 1985 World Games.[4] Wee and Dy performed in mixed doubles and singles competitions.[4] Nineteen-year-old Wee won the games for bowling, becoming the first world champion from Singapore and the world's youngest to win at the games.[5][3] Wee faced competitors from 23 other countries and won with a 200-plus average.[5] She performed despite having a hamstring injury at the time.[5][6] When she returned to Singapore, she was welcomed warmly at the airport by fans, friends and family.[7]
Wee has a lifetime membership at all bowling centres.[1] She retired from bowling competitively in 1993.[3] After retirement, she worked as an insurance agent and sports therapist and volunteers at a Christian church.[1] She was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lim, Han Ming (23 July 2007). "World champion at 19". Bowling Digital. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b Rajendran, J. (4 August 1985). "Happy hotline for Adelene". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b c d e f "Adelene Wee". Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b Miller, Brian (31 July 1985). "Shoot-out in London". Business Times. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b c Siow, Peter (6 August 1985). "Adelene is world bowling champion". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "'Red Admirals' in race as Adelene goes for double". The Straits Times. 18 August 1985. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ Lee, Wai Wun; Sim, Albert (9 August 1985). "Fete for a queen". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-11-29.