First Commonwealth Games gold medal
Monday, 26th November 1962
Singapore won its first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games (in Perth) today when mechanic Chua Phung Kim set three Commonwealth Games records to win the bantamweight weightlifting gold medal. Chua, age 21, set a new record for the Games with a total lift of 710 lb. Chua’s brilliant display made him the first Asian to win a medal at the current Games. In 1976, he contributed to the sport as a coach under the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation until his death in 1990 at the age of 51.