Farhanna Farid

Farhanna Farid is a Singaporean Powerlifter, a 2-time Asian champion and a 4-time national champion. She has broken 5 Asian records as of December 2019 and is also the first Singaporean to win an overall Gold Medal in an international competition for the female's Open category. She made her international competition debut in the 2018 Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships winning three golds.[1][2][3]

Farhanna Farid

Farhanna at the 2019 Asian Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Singaporean
Born	(1992-09-26) 26 September 1992 Singapore
Occupation	Pharmacist
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Country	Singapore
Sport	Powerlifting
Weight class	52kg
Coached by	Marcus Yap | CoachbyMARC
Medal record Representing  Singapore Asian Championships 2018 Ulaanbataar Squat 2018 Ulaanbataar Bench Press 2018 Ulaanbataar Deadlift 2018 Ulaanbataar Total/Overall 2019 Almaty Squat 2019 Almaty Bench Press 2019 Almaty Deadlift 2019 Almaty Total/Overall

Biography

Farhanna was born in 1992, graduated from the National University of Singapore, and works professionally as a pharmacist.[4][2][5] She started her Powerlifting career in 2017, entering her first international competition in 2018. [1][3]

Career

Farhanna started competing in 2018 in Powerlifting Singapore's national competition, the Singapore Powerlifting Open and won her category, breaking 4 national records. She went on to compete in three more national competitions and is now the 4-time national champion.

Making her international career debut, Farhanna competed in the Under 52 kg Open Category at the 2018 Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[1][6] She broke the Asian record in her first deadlift attempt, and exceeded her first lift in both her second and third attempt.[1] Her 173 kg deadlift exceeded the previous Asian record by 13 kg.[6][7][8][9]

She was awarded the Best Lifter (silver) by IPF Points and also won the Squat (120 kg) and Overall categories in her weight class, in addition to a bronze in the Bench Press.[3]

Farhanna competed in the 2019 Asian Classic Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In this competition, she retained her Asian champion title to become the 2-time Asian champion.

She ended off the competition with a silver medal in the Squat (127.5 kg), and a bronze medal in the Bench Press (57.5 kg) as well as breaking the Asian record in her second deadlift attempt and won two gold medals in the Deadlift (178 kg) and Overall category (363 kg). Both her Deadlift and Total were new Asian records.[10][11]

Team CoachbyMARC at the 2019 Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan Picture: (left) Cindy Witono, Shirley Chu, Farhanna Farid (left) Yeong Qing Quan, Marcus Yap, James Barcelo, Matthew Yap

References

1. "S'pore's first female powerlifter to win 3 open category golds at Asian meet is a pharmacist by day". Mothership.sg. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
2. Aug 2019, Hidayah Idris 8 (2019-08-08). "This 26-Year-Old Pharmacist Is Asia's Champion Powerlifter". CLEO Singapore. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
3. "Gold rush for Singapore's powerlifters". The New Paper. 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
4. "Asian Women's Classic Powerlifting Championships, Kazakhstan - Results 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
5. "Camaraderie drives Singapore national powerlifters towards success despite little support". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
6. "Singapore breaks 7 Asian records, bags 41 gold medals at Asian powerlifting meet". CNA. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
7. hermes (2018-12-09). "Powerlifting: Singapore power to 41 golds". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
8. "Singapore breaks 7 Asian records, bags 41 gold medals at Asian powerlifting meet". CNA. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
9. "Gold rush for Singapore's powerlifters". The New Paper. 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
10. "WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Sports happenings in Singapore (2-8 Dec)". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
11. "Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships 2019 - Women's". SBD Singapore. Retrieved 2020-02-26.