KAM Kampton

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Championships
Qualification	Men's High Jump	2019	Doha, QAT	2.10
South East Asian Games
7	Men's High Jump	2019	Capas, PHI	2.08

Athlete, Student

Economics - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

English

University of Pennsylvania [Philadelphia, PA, USA]

Joe Klim [club]

In May 2022 he was diagnosed with a pneumothorax [collapsed lung]. He required surgery and missed the 2021 South East Asian Games [which took place in May 2022] in Hanoi, Vietnam, but recovered in time to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. (Instagram profile, 11 Aug 2022, 13 May 2022)

In 2021 he began suffering from patellar tendinitis [jumper's knee], and was still recovering from the injury in early 2022. (sportplus, 11 Apr 2022)

He was dealing with a back injury at the 2019 ASEAN School Games in Semarang, Indonesia. (schoolbag, 22 Jul 2019)

He took up the high jump while in his third year of primary school in Singapore. (singaporehighjump, 04 May 2017)

"I was spotted by a teacher in the primary three PE camp and he brought me to Mr Fernandez, the track and field head coach of St Stephen's Primary School, who accepted me into the school team." (singaporehighjump, 04 May 2017)

To compete at the Olympic Games. (straitstimes, 18 Jan 2023)

Swedish high jumper Stefan Holm, Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim. (sportplus, 11 Apr 2022)

"Before every jump, I try to find a way to centre myself and focus only on what's in front of me. By concentrating on my steps, I am able to enter my special zone." (schoolbag, 22 Jul 2019)

"It's me versus the bar, and not versus my competitors." (The Straits Times YouTube channel, 07 Sep 2020)

He received the Sportsboy of the Year award for 2019 and 2020 from the Singapore Schools Sports Council [SSSC]. (LinkedIn profile, 12 Mar 2023; pennathletics, 01 Sep 2022)