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Medals before wedding bells for floorball couple
The Straits Times
|December 06, 2025
Over more than a decade, the sport of floorball has brought Lim Jian Hong and Yeo Xuan more than just gold medals.
The veteran duo, who are Singapore's most capped players with 73 games each in national colours, met through the sport and are planning to get hitched in March.
The couple first met in 2014, when the then 17-year-old Yeo was fresh out of secondary school and working part-time at floorball accessory shop Valhall in Kallang.
Lim, who was 19 then, was already part of the national team and spotted Yeo while training at the court below the shop.
Lim, now 30, said: “I found her quite cute, so I just want to know more about her, and because I was quite close to the shop owner, I asked whether I could work there.”
Romance blossomed and they have been through thick and thin since 2016, with Lim supporting his girlfriend through two anterior cruciate ligament injuries.
Lim said: “She has been through two major injuries and seeing her work her way back, I can see how she matures in the way she plays.
This story is from the December 06, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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