Raelene Lae

Name: Raelene Lae Ein Ee           

Name in Chinese/Tamil Character: 利彦仪

Date of birth: 06-21-2007

Height: 160 cm

Current School: Raffles Girls Secondary School

Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: 7 years old. Started as a form of recreation in school.

First Club: TJGym

First Coach: Tan Jun

Current Club: National Training Centre

Current Coach: Irina Bessmertnaya

Favourite apparatus: Ball

Favourite skill: Penche balance

Most difficult skill to learn so far: Hoop handling

Personal Best Recorded and the Event in which it was recorded: Personal Best score for Ball routine in National Championship 2021.

Major Sporting Achievements:

• First All-around, National Championships 2017

• First All-around, National Championships 2018

• Second All-around, National Championships 2019

• Third All-around, Singapore Open 2019

• Third All-around, National Championships 2021

Sporting motto or saying: If you achieve your goals, you get to eat and sleep.      

Most admired sports person: Yana Kudryavsteva

Who is your favourite gymnast and why? Yana Kudryavsteva. She is very graceful and elegant.

Favourite movie: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

My favourite local dish: Chicken Rice

My main support group: My family and friends

If I was not an athlete, I would like to be... An illustrator

Top 3 items in my bucket list includes... Bungee jumping, visit Tokyo Disneyland and eat strawberry ice-cream mochi.

I love to hang out at... because... I love to hang out at home because I do not need to go out.

One interesting fact that most people do not know about me is... I have an obsession with Ribena.

Any other pre-competition routines that you practice besides warm up? Eat ham-and-cheese sandwich.

What is the greatest challenge you have faced in your sporting career? How did you overcome that?

Feeling like I am not making progress. 
I overcome this by focusing on things one at a time so as not to be overwhelmed.