Sara Yap Khim Wen

Sara won SEA Games pair medals before taking individual gold in Kuala Lumpur in 2017 and Asian Games bronze in 2018. She also taught as a WTA senior instructor and Poomsae coach.

Sara Yap performing taekwondo in her HELP University profile
Sara Yap Khim Wen. Photograph published in HELP University’s Meet Sara Yap profile.

Malaysian Poomsae athlete · WTA coaching history

Their WTA connection

Sara trained with Jin Kun, Hong Kai and Jun Ee under Master Tan. She later taught as a WTA senior instructor and Poomsae coach.

From a pair podium to individual titles

Sara won a SEA Games medal with Jun Ee, then individual gold in Kuala Lumpur and bronze at the Asian Games. At WTA she also taught Poomsae.

Silver with Jun Ee in Singapore

Sara and Kok Jun Ee won mixed-pair silver for Malaysia at the 2015 Singapore SEA Games. They were two members of a four-athlete national Poomsae intake, alongside Jin Kun and Chew Wei Yan.

Individual gold at home

At the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games in 2017, Sara won women’s individual Poomsae gold. The result added an individual title to the pair medal she had won in Singapore two years earlier.

Asian Games bronze and coaching at WTA

Sara won women’s individual bronze at the 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Asian Games. She also taught as a WTA senior instructor and Poomsae coach.

Sources

Results: the linked SEA Games reporting and Asian Games records. WTA coaching history: HELP University’s Meet Sara Yap biography. Early training and national intake: Jin Kun Yong, October 2026.

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Results and performances

2018

Taekwondo Malaysia annual athlete recognition

Sara Yap Khim Wen

Best Performing Female Athlete of the Year — Female athlete recognition

Athlete recognition.

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2019

Taekwondo Malaysia annual athlete recognition

Sara Yap Khim Wen

Best Performing Female Athlete of the Year — Female athlete recognition

Athlete recognition.

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