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Nick Aplin

b. 1952

Senior Lecturer:Physical Education and Sports Science Academic Group/National Institute of Education

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About Nick Aplin

Born 1952. Nick Aplin is a Singaporean writer.

Nick Aplin (born 7 March 1952) is a Senior Lecturer at the Physical Education and Sports Science Academic Group (PESS) at the National Institute of Education (NIE). (From January 2020) he became the Deputy Director, Sport Heritage at Sport Singapore.

In 1972 he studied at Loughborough College for his degree in physical education (PE). He graduated in 1976.

In 1984 Nick Aplin studied a master's degree at Loughborough. In late 1985 he became a lecturer at the College of Physical Education in Singapore. He completed a PhD in 1999.

Nick Aplin's first book, To the Finishing Line, was published in 2002. It was a set of biographical impressions of the first three Singaporean women Olympians: Tang Pui Wah, Mary Klass and Janet Jesudason. In 2009 he published Perspectives on Physical Education and Sports Science in Singapore. Alongside Tibor Károlyi, Aplin wrote a series of chess books. Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov was Guardians Chess Book of the Year in 2007.

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Senior Lecturer:Physical Education and Sports Science Academic Group/National Institute of Education

When was Nick Aplin born?

Nick Aplin was born on 7 March 1952.

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Nick Aplin is a writer.

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Nick Aplin is Singaporean.

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· Wikipedia: Nick Aplin

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