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As of Dec 2019, Yap broke 4 World Records, 13 Asian Records and 44 National Records and is a four-time Asian Champion as well as a World Silver medalist.

Yap coached a team of athletes in the 2019 Asian Classic Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan:

Yap competes and represents Singapore in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) and has competed in the Asian & Oceania Classic Championships 2016 held in Christchurch, New Zealand where he claimed his first gold medal on the international platform, 5th World Classic Championships 2017 held in Minsk, Belarus and got a Silver medal as well as his very first World record, Asian Classic Championships 2017 held in Kerala, India defending his Asian Champion title and the Asian Classic Championships 2018 held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and won his third consecutive Asian Champion title.

Yap successfully defended his Asian title which was won in 2016. He also broke three World records in two categories (Squat & Total) in the Men's Under 66 kg Sub Junior category. His first World record of the competition came from his second attempt of 208.5 kg in the Squat and his second World record coming from his third attempt of 215.5 kg which earned him the Gold medal. He also ended off with a 135 kg Bench Press as well as a 237.5 kg Deadlift which broke and set a new Asian record. His third world record was breaking the 5-year long standing Total record by Eddie Burgland (SWE) and set it at 588 kg.

Yap got inspired by his elder brother and started training regularly. Soon after, he participated in his first competition in December 2014 at age 14 by Powerlifting Singapore and got a silver medal. At that time, Marcus is the 2015 Asian & Oceania Championship gold medalist and also an Asian record holder.

Matthew Yap is born and raised in Singapore and started his Powerlifting journey at the age of 14 in 2013, coached by his elder brother, Marcus Yap.

Yap won his first Asian Champion title and brought home four gold medals for the individual categories in the Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift & Total. He also broke and set new Asian records in the Squat at 197 kg, the Bench Press at 123 kg and the Total at 530 kg in the Under 66 kg, Sub Junior (aged 14–18) category.

Matthew Yap Zhe Ren, 叶哲仁 (born 15 Aug 1999) is a Singaporean Powerlifter & Coach, a 4-time Asian Champion and a World Silver medalist. He has broken 4 World records, 13 Asian records and 44 National records as of December 2019. He is currently a Powerlifting Coach and has brought his team several victories at international competitions.

Yap's hunt for his 3rd Asian title was successful and broke the Asian Squat record in the Men's Under 74 kg Junior (19-23) category. This was his first competition at a new age class and a higher weight class and ended off his competition with two Gold medals, one Silver medal and one Bronze medal. His final Squat attempt of 248 kg got him the Gold medal as well as his first Asian record in this category, a Bench Press at 145 kg earned him a Bronze medal and a Deadlift at 265 kg earned him the Silver medal.