S'porean girl, 12, wins 2025 SEA Games silver medal at sailing event

Anya Zahedi, 12, one of Singapore's youngest athletes in the 2025 SEA Games, won a silver medal in the girls' optimist event on Dec. 14.

She finished second out of six competitors in the sailing event.

Before the SEA Games, she said: ""I feel really excited because it's my first time representing Singapore at a major games and I want to learn a lot of stuff from this experience."

Following her win, she gave a post-victory interview.

She also said before the SEA Games that she wanted to use the competition to learn from the region's strongest sailors.

Anya added that her elder sister was her main source of inspiration: "I started sailing when I was seven years old. My sister was in the school's sailing team, and I was very inspired by her."

Older sister also wins medal

Her older sister, Nia Zahedi, 16, who also competed in the SEA Games, clinched bronze in the girls' ILCA 4.

She finished third out of five competitors.

Top photos via Singapore Sailing Team Instagram