# Nurzuhairah Yazid

Nurzuhairah Mohammad Yazid (born 21 April 1998) is a Singaporean pencak silat practitioner. She represented Singapore at the 2018 Asian Games and won a silver medal in women's singles event held at Padepokan Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta. She claimed her first world title in the Female Artistic Singles Category that took place from 13 to 16 December 2018 at OCBC Arena Hall 1, Singapore Sports Hub.
She also won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.

## Early life

Nurzuhairah was born and raised in Singapore. She has two younger siblings, Nurzianah Mohd Yazid and Aniq Asri Mohd Yazid, who is also a national pencak silat athlete. When she was 11, Nurzuhairah picked up Pencak Silat encouraged by her mother and joined the national team two years later in 2011.

## Career

At the age of 17, Nurzuhairah first represented Singapore in the 16th World Pencak Silat Championship, making her the bronze medalist for women's class A 45-50 kg event that was held in Phuket, Thailand in 2015.
Nurzuhairah made her debut participating in the women's singles event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, which shocked many, by winning the gold medal defeating Indonesia and Brunei. In the 2018 Asian Games, Nurzuhairah finished with 445 points as she claimed the first silver medal in pencak silat in the women's individual tunggal event behind Puspa Arumsari of host Indonesia. This was the first time silat was included at the Asian Games as a medal sport.

## Achievements

International Games :
| Year | Venue | Event | Result | |
| 2015 | Phuket, Thailand | Women's Class A 45kg-50kg | Bronze | 16th World Pencak Silat Championships |
| 2016 | Bali, Indonesia | Women's Team | Bronze | 17th World Pencak Silat Championships |
| 2016 | Da Nang Vietnam | Women's Team | Silver | Asian Beach Games |
| 2017 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Women's Singles | Gold | Southeast Asian Games |
| 2017 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Women's Singles | Gold | Southeast Asian Games |
| 2018 | Kashmir, India | Women's Singles | Gold | Asian Pencak Silat Championships |
| 2018 | OCBC Arena, Singapore | Women's Singles | Gold | 18th World Pencak Silat Championships |
| 2018 | OCBC Arena, Singapore | Women's Team | Silver | 18th World Pencak Silat Championships |
| 2018 | Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia | Women's Singles | Silver | Asian Games |
| 2019 | Belgium | Women's Singles | Bronze | 24th Belgium Open Championship |
| 2019 | Chungju, South Korea | Women's Singles | Gold | Chunju World Martial Arts Mastership |
| 2019 | Manila, Philippines | Women's Singles | Gold | PRE Southeast Asian Games |
| 2019 | Manila, Philippines | Women's Team | Silver | PRE Southeast Asian Games |
| 2019 | Sterling, Virginia, USA | Women's Singles | Gold | United States Open Pencak Silat Championships |
| 2019 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Women's Singles | Silver | 2nd Open Malaysia International Pencak Silat Championships |
| 2019 | Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand | Women's Singles | Silver | World Beach Pencak Silat Championships |
| 2019 | Yanji, China | Women's Singles | Gold | 5th Asian Pencak Silat Championships |
| 2019 | Yanji, China | Women's Team | Silver | 5th Asian Pencak Silat Championships |

## Awards

Singapore National Olympic Council & Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF) :
| Year | Award | Category |
| 2015 | Peter Lim Scholarship | Individual |
| 2016 | Peter Lim Scholarship | Individual |
| 2017 | Peter Lim Scholarship | Individual |
| 2017 | Singapore Sports Awards | Team |
| 2017 | Singapore Sports Awards | Special Award |
| 2018 | Singapore Sports Awards | Sportsboy/Sportsgirl |
| 2018 | Singapore Sports Excellence Scholarships | Individual |
| 2019 | Singapore Sports Awards | Team |
| 2019 | Singapore Sports Awards | Sportswoman Finalist |