Can we be like MMA fighter Tiffany Teo, change careers and strike gold?
Her story strengthens the case for giving young Singaporeans more room to discover what they are good at and like to do, before asking them to commit.
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Tiffany Teo being hoisted by her coach and husband Sim Kai Xiong after winning gold in the mixed martial arts women’s traditional (60kg) final at the 2026 Asian Games.
ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Faye Ng Yu Ci
In a Singapore secondary school choir, there once stood a future Asian Games champion. Nobody knew at that point, and neither did she.
Tiffany Teo picked up taekwondo at 17, muay thai at university and mixed martial arts (MMA) later still.