Brandon Pok
Singapore
| Sport | Short Track | |
| FederationID | STSGP10505200601 | |
| NOC | Singapore | |
| Born | 05 May 2006 | |
| Gender | Men |
| Languages | English, Mandarin | |
| Residence | Singapore | |
| Occupation | Student |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 1000m | 1:28.346 | 29 Jan 2023 |  Dresden |
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Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Snow Leopard Speed Skating Club [SLSSC]: Singapore, SGP |
General Interest
General Interest
| Famous relatives | His older sister Alyssa represented Singapore in short track at the world junior championships in 2020 and 2022. (Athlete, 14 Dec 2023; SportsDeskOnline, 09 Nov 2022; Singapore Ice Skating Association Facebook page, 02 Mar 2022; todayonline.com, 13 Sep 2014) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "My parents brought my sister and I to watch a skating demonstration at JCube [a shopping centre in Singapore]. My sister decided she wanted to learn short track and asked me to join her. I agreed and started short track." | |
| Name of coach | Zhao Yanzhi [national]; Chun Lee-Kyung [personal], KOR; Lee Ho-Eung [personal], KOR | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He was introduced to skating at age seven at the JCube shopping centre in Singapore. |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/pok.brandon |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Listening to K-pop music, watching Korean TV drama series, reading sci-fi books, spending time in nature. (Athlete, 14 Dec 2023) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Placing fifth in the A final of the boys' 1500m at the 2019 Asian Open Trophy in Kunming, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 14 Dec 2023) | |
| Most influential person in career | Coach Chun Lee-Kyung. (Athlete, 14 Dec 2023) | |
| Hero / Idol | Korean short track skater Lee June-Seo. (Athlete, 14 Dec 2023) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Nothing is more painful than failure." (Athlete, 14 Dec 2023) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2021/2022 | World Junior Championships | 1500m | 25 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Junior Championships | 500m | 31 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Junior Championships | 1000m | 39 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Junior Championships | 1000m | 43 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Junior Championships | 500m | 45 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Junior Championships | 1000m | 45 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Junior Championships | 1500m | 45 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Junior Championships | 1500m | 47 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Junior Championships | 500m | 54 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2022/2023 | Almaty | 500m | 29 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Almaty | 1000m | 31 | |||
| 2023/2024 | Gdansk | 1500m | 32 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Almaty | 1000m | 33 | |||
| 2023/2024 | Gdansk | 1000m | 36 | |||
| 2023/2024 | Dresden | 1000m | 39 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Almaty | 500m | 45 | |||
| 2023/2024 | Dresden | 500m | 49 | |||