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Lucas Ng

Singapore

SportShort Track
FederationIDSTSGP11310198801
NOCSingapore
Born13 Oct 1988
GenderMen
ResidenceSingapore
Higher educationCommunications, Design - Lasalle College of the Arts: Singapore
OccupationAthlete, Coach
LanguagesEnglish, Korean, Mandarin
Personal Bests
EventRecordDateLocation 
Personal Bests
  Event RecordDateLocation 
    500m 43.603 13 Nov 2016 Salt Lake City, UT  
    1000m 1:28.401 12 Nov 2016 Salt Lake City, UT  
    1500m 2:23.663 09 Dec 2016 Shanghai  
General Interest
General Interest
Other sportsHe has represented Singapore in both short track speed skating and roller speed skating. He competed in short track at multiple editions of the world championships and Asian Winter Games before taking up roller speed skating in 2021. (straitstimes.com, 26 Feb 2023; inlineplanet.com, 06 Mar 2009; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Jul 2023)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Reason for choosing this sportHe wanted to try inline skating as he felt the sport was growing in prominence. He said making the switch from ice to inline was not difficult. "The boots are similar and, luckily, I was able to adapt to the change from blades to wheels quickly and apply techniques competitively."  
General Interest
General Interest
Most influential person in careerHungarian short track skater Sandor Liu Shaolin. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2017)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport?He switched from short track ice skating to inline skating in 2021.  
General Interest
General Interest
Other informationFROM SHORT TRACK TO ROLLER SKATING
He decided to try roller speed skating in 2021 as he felt the sport's potential was growing in prominence, and in 2023 was selected as part of Singapore's first ever delegation of roller speed skating athletes to compete at an Asian Games. The team lacks a designated training venue, and trains at a variety of venues including community centres and car park rooftops. "We don't have a banked track here [in Singapore], so we have to spend more funds to go overseas to experience what an actual competition venue looks and feels like. Hopefully, our qualification for the Asian Games will be a good start and people will see the prospects of the sport's growth." (straitstimes.com, 26 Feb 2023)

OTHER ROLES
In April 2021 he was appointed as head of the inline speed skating discipline at the Singapore Rollersports Federation on a two-year term. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jun 2023)

SHORT TRACK BACKGROUND
He began short track skating in 2010 in Changchun, People's Republic of China. "To participate in a winter sport had always been a dream for me." He served as head coach of the Singapore short track team at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea. (Facebook page, 08 Sep 2021; Athlete, 09 Dec 2015, 09 Dec 2012)

CLUB FOUNDER
In 2012 he founded Swift Skating Academy in Singapore, where he has also served as head coach. "I've gotten myself involved in coaching as well, and it is a very big part of me right now [speaking in 2020] because I help to develop the younger generations into the sport." (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jun 2023; swiftskating.academy, 01 Jan 2022; Schroders YouTube channel, 30 Nov 2020)
 
Sporting philosophy / motto"Choices you make create the life you wish to live in. If there's no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm." (Athlete, 07 Nov 2017)  
Social Media
Social Media
www.facebook.com/LucasNgOfficial  
General Interest
General Interest
Hero / IdolHungarian short track skater Sandor Liu Shaolin, Korean short track skater Kwak Yoon-Gy. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2017)  
InjuriesHe competed in short track at the 2017 South East Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, despite severing a tendon in his right hand a week before the Games. He had stitches in his hand for a month. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2017)  
MilestonesHe became the first Singaporean athlete to compete at the Asian Winter Games when he competed in short track at the 2011 edition in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan. (straitstimes.com, 07 Jan 2011; SportsDeskOnline, 02 Nov 2021)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Club / TeamSwift Skating Academy: Singapore  
Championships results
Year Competition Event Rank  
Championships results
    2015/2016 World Championships 500m24  
    2014/2015 World Championships 500m33  
    2014/2015 World Championships 1500m36  
    2012/2013 World Championships 1500m38  
    2015/2016 World Championships Overall38  
    2014/2015 World Championships Overall39  
    2012/2013 World Championships 1000m39  
    2011/2012 World Championships 500m40  
    2014/2015 World Championships 1000m40  
    2015/2016 World Championships 1500m40  
    2017/2018 World Championships 1000m41  
    2013/2014 World Championships 500m42  
    2017/2018 World Championships 500m43  
    2013/2014 World Championships 1500m43  
    2015/2016 World Championships 1000m44  
    2012/2013 World Championships 500m44  
    2013/2014 World Championships 1000m45  
    2012/2013 World Championships Overall45  
    2013/2014 World Championships Overall46  
    2016/2017 World Championships 1000m46  
    2017/2018 World Championships 1500m47  
    2011/2012 World Championships 1500m48  
    2011/2012 World Championships Overall49  
    2017/2018 World Championships Overall49  
    2011/2012 World Championships 1000m50  
    2016/2017 World Championships 500m50  
    2016/2017 World Championships 1500m52  
    2016/2017 World Championships Overall54  
World Cups
Year Competition Event Rank  
World Cups
    2016/2017 Gangneung 1500m39  
    2016/2017 Gangneung 500m41  
    2016/2017 Shanghai 1500m42  
    2016/2017 Calgary, AB 1000m42  
    2016/2017 Shanghai 1000m44  
    2016/2017 Calgary, AB 500m47  
    2016/2017 Salt Lake City, UT 1000m47  
    2016/2017 Salt Lake City, UT 500m51  
    2017/2018 Shanghai 500m55  
    2017/2018 Shanghai 1000m60  
    2021/2022 World Cup Classification 500m62  
    2017/2018 Shanghai 1500m62  
    2013/2014 World Cup Classification 1500m68  
    2013/2014 World Cup Classification 1000m69  
    2021/2022 World Cup Classification 1000m71  
    2021/2022 World Cup Classification 1500m73  
    2017/2018 World Cup Classification 1000m74  
    2013/2014 World Cup Classification 500m76  
    2017/2018 World Cup Classification 500m82  
    2015/2016 World Cup Classification 500m87  
    2012/2013 World Cup Classification 500m87  
    2017/2018 World Cup Classification 1500m89  
    2012/2013 World Cup Classification 1500m97  
    2011/2012 World Cup Classification 500m99  
    2012/2013 World Cup Classification 1000m107  
    2011/2012 World Cup Classification 1000m112  
    2014/2015 World Cup Classification 1000m116  
    2016/2017 World Cup Classification 1500m117  
    2016/2017 World Cup Classification 500m123  
    2014/2015 World Cup Classification 500m124  
    2015/2016 World Cup Classification 1500m130  
    2015/2016 World Cup Classification 1000m133  
    2016/2017 World Cup Classification 1000m145