Anja Chong An Ya

Anja Chong

Aug 2021- Jun 2022 Masters of Science, Wealth Management program,Talent Development Scholar, SMU (Singapore); 2012-2016 Law LLB with Honours, University of Nottingham; 2004-2012 International Baccalaureate, UWC South East Asia.

Founder, Anja Chong Events; March 2018-present Director and Head of Business Development of at Portcullis Trust Singapore; Founder, Alo Potentia

Anja Chong An Ya (popularly known as Anja Chong) is a Singaporean-born Malaysian short track speed skater who was dubbed Malaysia's 'Ice Queen' after winning a total of four gold medals at the 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games. She is also a Singapore-qualified advocate and solicitor and in 2020, she was named in the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia. She was in the Singapore Books of Records for two entries in 2009 for being the first athlete to represent Singapore in a Championship level competition at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships and the first athlete to win an international figure skating medal at the age of 14. Anja was also an athlete representative at International Skating Union Congress. Anja founded Winter Special Olympics in Singapore and the program "Skate to Dream" that fundraised and trained short track skaters for the 2011 and 2013 Special Olympics Winter Games. Anja was also the youngest national level judges worldwide for Singapore in 2010.

Media Advertising Publications: 2019 Collaborations with Chanel Official and Buro Malaysia; March 2020 Women Sports Wear Campaign of Lululemon® for International Women’s Day 2020.

Jan 2020 Featured in Forbes Magazine's 30 under 30 | Entertainment & Sports; 2019 Won 1 x Bronze medal (500m) and 1 x Single Gold medal (3000m relay) at SEA Games in Philippines; 2017 Won 3 x Gold Medal at Southeast Asian Games held at Kuala Lumpur (500m, 1000m and 3000m); 2017 Recognize as Malaysia National Champion Overall Ladies Champion in 500m & 1000m; Jan 2012 National Youth Achievement (Duke of Edinburgh) Award, Issued by International Awards Association; 2008 Singapore Book of Records Holder - The #1 International Figure Skating Medallist 
(14-year-old Anja Chong was the first to win an international medal when she won a bronze at the Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge in Thailand on 26 Oct 2008. She was the first Singaporean to compete in the World Junior Figure Skating Championships held from 24 Feb to 1 Mar 2009 at Sofia, Bulgaria)

Founder of Skate To Dream - Founder & Official Coach for Special Olympics World Winter Games 2013; Jan 2010-Jan 2012 Chief Sports Safety Officer (for Singapore Ice Skating Association), St John WA; Jan 2009 - Jan 2012 Organizer of Project Rice UWCSEA, Singapore Red Cross; Jan 2009-Jan 2011 Treasurer, Kalahari Global Concerns UWCSEA; Jan 2007-Jan 2012 Member of Tabitha Foundation, Housebuilding Trip; Jan 2008 Volunteer, Chinese Women's Association; Jan 2019 Co-Founder & Vice President of Nottingham Arrows Cheerleaders

Anja Chong began figure skating at the age of 9, competing for Singapore. In 2009, she competed in the Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge in Thailand, where she won a bronze medal. She later competed for Singapore at the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. She has competed in 6 competitions since 2010, and she is currently Southeast Asia's top short track speed skater. Since 2010, she has been Singapore's first national figure skating judge and one of the youngest national figure skating judges in the world. In 2012, began representing Singapore. In 2011, she was named Malaysia's top representative at an ISU World Cup, the Shanghai World Cup. In 2016-2017, she was the only Malaysian representative for the ISU World Cups in Shanghai, Korea, and Dresden. By competing in the Southeast Asian Games in 2017, she reached the pinnacle of her career by competing in the Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur (500m, 1000m, and 3000m). Then, in 2017, she became the first Malaysian female to qualify for the ISU World Championships. In 2019, she will compete in her second SEA Games in the Philippines.

English; Malay; Mandarin; Foreign language: Korean (basic)

Even though the 2017 SEA Games was the competition where she had a clean sweep of all the gold medals, the 2019 SEA Games was her proudest moment because it was when she learnt not define success by the measure of others. That was the moment she had "failed" - going in and risking everything and going for gold and yet falling short. She is a believer that in this life if there is an opportunity, even if you are not sure if you can do it or be successful, you have to go for it – then you hustle hard and figure the rest out later. Outcomes do not create winners, it is how you hold yourself and give every moment your best, that determines the person you will become. Regardless of her “losses” that day, she realised that she no longer needed these physical awards or accolades to prove her worth but rather in doing what she loved and more importantly, being surrounded by all her loved ones and feeling so loved was far more beautiful and worthwhile than any gold medal

Choose to show up in every moment, and even if not immediately, but one day, greatness will follow. Success does not come from a single moment but how you choose to show up, especially in the moments that are hard. Success is not created in winning but how you deal with losing. All winners have lost. It is how you deal with that loss, how you choose not to stay broken and how you stand up again. Winners are not special, they are relentless. Winners are not free from challenges, but in spite of the challenges. What even is winning or success? Success is the achievement of your goals. YOUR goals, not someone else's. The reason most people don’t achieve success is because they don’t define what success means for them. Many fail because their goals are not their goals, but other peoples goals. So make sure that your goals are really yours and then go after it with ferocity, because there is nothing more beautiful and powerful then the pursuit of something you love with everything you've got

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