Kampton Kam
Kampton Kam is an athlete from Singapore specialising in the high jump. He holds the national high jump records for the U18 (2.10m), U20 (2.15m), and men's indoor (2.05m). The U-18 record was set in the 2018 ASEAN School Games, where Kampton won the gold, while the U-20 record was set at the 2019 National School Games where he defended his title and became the first local schoolboy to clear 7 feet in the high jump. The national indoor mark was set in Sweden in 2021. He is currently the 2nd on the all -time list in the Men’s High Jump in Singapore with a personal best of 2.20m. Kam competed at the Youth Olympic Games Asia Area Qualification and placed 5th with a personal best then of 2.05m, qualifying him for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. In the first round, he finished 6th with a 2.05m effort. In the second round, he cleared 2.07m for a combined height of 4.12m to finish 7th. He also competed at the Asian Athletics Championship 2019 in Doha, Qatar, 2019 Southeast Asian Games in New Clark City, Philippines and Taiwan Athletics  Open 2019. Internationally, Kam was ranked 16th and 29th in the world in the 2018 and 2019 season as a youth (U18) and junior (U20) athlete respectively. Awards. In 2018, Kam was awarded The Straits Times - Young Star of the Month, an award backed by 100PLUS to outstanding school athletes. The following year, Kampton was a recipient of the Singapore Olympic-Foundation Peter Lim Scholarship. He was also named the Singapore Schools Sports Council Best Sportsboy of the year for Track and Field in 2019 and 2020. Education. Kampton is an alumnus of Victoria School and will be pursuing his  tertiary education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.