Mah Li Lian

Mah Li Lian (born 24 May 1968 ) is a Singaporean former professional squash player. She is regarded as the greatest ever squash player to represent Singapore on the international circuit. Mah won the Asian Individual Squash Championships on four successive times in 1988, 1990, 1992 and in 1994. She was the first Singaporean player to win Asian Squash Women's singles Championships twice and held the record for winning the most number of Asian Individual Squash Championships until 2006 which was broken by Malaysian veteran Nicol David.

Education In October 1992, Mah went to study Physical Education at Loughborough University at Leicestershire, England.

Squash career Mah won the women's single Squash gold medal at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games held at Manila, Philippines.

In 1992, Mah was awarded the Public Service Medal.

In 1994, Mah beat Malaysian Sandra Wu to win her fourth Asian Individual Squash Championships. Mah also won the women team's gold medal, with Lee and Choo, at the 1994 East Asian Squash Championships.

Mah won the women's single gold and the women's team silver at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games held at Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Personal life Mah worked as a physical education teacher at Outram Institute.

Contributions and Legacy

Promotion of Squash: Beyond her competitive career, Mah Li Lian has been involved in promoting squash in Singapore. She has contributed to the development of the sport by coaching youth athletes.