Mah Li Lian

Mah Li Lian
Born (1968-05-24) 24 May 1968 (age 56)
Singapore
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Highest ranking52 (16 November 1991)
Medal record
Representing  Singapore
Women's squash
Asian Squash Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Kuwait City individual
Gold medal – first place 1990 Kolkata individual
Gold medal – first place 1992 Peshawar individual
Gold medal – first place 1994 Kuala Lampur individual
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Pattaya singles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Manila singles
Gold medal – first place 1995 Chiang Mai singles
Silver medal – second place 1995 Chiang Mai women's team

Mah Li Lian PBM (born 24 May 1968[1]) is a Singaporean former professional squash player.[2] She is regarded as the greatest ever squash player to represent Singapore in international circuit.[3] Mah won the Asian Individual Squash Championships on four successive times in 1988, 1990, 1992 and in 1994.[4] She was the first Singaporean player to win Asian Squash Women's singles Championships twice and held the record for winning the most number of Asian Individual Squash Championships until 2006 which was broken by Malaysian veteran Nicol David.

  1. ^ "FACTFILE". The New Paper. 16 April 1993. p. 48. Retrieved 27 March 2023 – via NewspaperSG.
  2. ^ "Squash Info | Mah Li Lian | Squash". www.squashinfo.com. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Taking a pain-killing injection every day to compete: Mah Li Lian recalls her time at the SEA Games". The Straits Times. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Singapore's sporting moments from 1965 to 2015". Singapore National Olympic Council. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2019.