Ham Jia Yun shooting at training last month. A defensive mistake in a university inter-hall game spurred her to play the sport seriously.

When Ham Jia Yun was first asked to play in a varsity inter-hall handball game in 2009, she had no idea what the sport was about and had to be coached by her teammates during the game.

She told The Straits Times: “I had only heard about it in junior college but I had never played it before, so it was a bit of a shock to me. I didn’t know how to shoot or the appropriate footwork.

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Last modified: January 16, 2021