Ng Ming Wei
Martial Artist
Martial artist who is best known for his contributions to the discipline of taekwondo. In 2017, he became the first Singaporean to take home a gold medal from the Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships. He is extremely popular on TikTok with over 20 million fans on his mingweirocks account.
He won a bronze medal at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.
He was the winner of the Jury Award at the inaugural TikTok All-Star Southeast Asia awards in 2019. He leveraged his social media accounts to win a bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.
He was born in Singapore. His parents are named Cedric Ng, also known as Daddy Ming, and Priscilla Lim. He has a younger sister named Ng Wen Yi.
Both he and fellow athlete Joseph Schooling were born in Singapore.