SINGAPORE: Singapore’s first Asian Games medallist in the sport of jujitsu has now added a world title to the list of her burgeoning achievements.
Constance Lien, 19, won the gold medal in the blue belt featherweight category at the 2019 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Long Beach, California on Thursday (May 30).
AdvertisementAdvertisementJaine da Silva Fragoso finished in second place, while Astrid Scholin and Jasmine Wilson were tied for third.
Lien, a former swimmer, made history last year by clinching Singapore’s first medal in the sport at the Asian Games in Indonesia. She finished with a silver.
She was also crowned Sportsgirl of the Year at the Singapore Sports Awards earlier this month.
Lien, who recently graduated from Temasek Polytechnic, has taken a year off her academic pursuits to focus on jujitsu.
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