HONG ZHEN Lim

Singapore
Hockey
24 Sep 1985
Male
Umpire

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
HOC Hockey Men  

Biographical Information

Highlights

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He served as an umpire at the Men's World Cup in 2023 and 2018. (tms, 29 Jan 2023)

He officiated in the men's and women's Pro League in the 2022/23 season. (tms, 29 Jan 2023)

He served as an umpire at the 2022 Men's Asia Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia. (tms, 29 Jan 2023)

He was an umpire in the men's tournament at the 2020 and 2016 editions of the Olympic Games. (tms, 29 Jan 2023)

He umpired in the men's tournament at the Commonwealth Games in both 2014 and 2018. (FIH, 09 Feb 2020)

He umpired in the men's tournament at the Asian Games in 2010 and 2014. (asiahockey, 10 Feb 2020; FIH, 09 Feb 2020)

He officiated in the men's competition at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. (panamhockey, 29 Oct 2011)
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English, Hokkien, Malay, Mandarin
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2007 [international]
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From June 2010 to October 2011, he was an executive at Singapore Hockey Federation.

Additional Information

Major Achievements as athlete
He played hockey for Singapore at U21 level. (tnp, 15 Jun 2016)

General
RIO 2016
When he umpired at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he became the first Singaporean official to umpire at the Games since John Martens at the 1972 edition in Munich. (tnp, 15 Jun 2016)

GETTING STARTED
He broke his arm while he was a member of the Singapore U21 hockey team and was unable to play for three months, in which time he umpired his first match. "After one month, I got really bored and started to go to national training sessions to pick up balls, lay cones and run with the team to keep myself fit. One day there was a friendly between the senior team and us, the juniors. The coach threw me a whistle and the rest is history." (tnp, 15 Jun 2016)

HIGHER EDUCATION
He has a bachelor's of commerce in hospitality and tourism management and marketing from Murdoch University in Perth, WA, Australia. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2013)