page_title: Matthew Yap
section_title: Achievements
hierarchical_section_title: Matthew Yap / Achievements
caption_attribution_description: English: Yap at the Singapore Powerlifting Invirational 2018, making his debut in the Under 74kg weight class.
context_page_description: Matthew Yap Zhe Ren, 叶哲仁 is a Singaporean Powerlifter & Coach, a 4-time Asian Champion and a World Silver medalist. He has broken 4 World records, 13 Asian records and 44 National records as of December 2019. He is currently a Powerlifting Coach and has brought his team several victories at international competitions.
  Yap competes and represents Singapore in the International Powerlifting Federation and has competed in the Asian & Oceania Classic Championships 2016 held in Christchurch, New Zealand where he claimed his first gold medal on the international platform, 5th World Classic Championships 2017 held in Minsk, Belarus and got a Silver medal as well as his very first World record, Asian Classic Championships 2017 held in Kerala, India defending his Asian Champion title and the Asian Classic Championships 2018 held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and won his third consecutive Asian Champion title.
  Yap is a coach with CoachbyMARC, a platform for Powerlifting and Strength & Conditioning founded by his elder brother Marcus Yap.
caption: Yap and his Coach, Marcus Yap.
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