Marcus Yap

Yap owns a coaching company, CoachbyMARC and has coached a team of athletes on the International platform, including his two younger brothers, Matthew and Matthias, who competed in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF)'s Asian Championships in 2016, 2017 & 2018, and who have broken several Asian and World records. He also led the first Singaporean, Farhanna Farid, to achieve a Gold medal in an international competition in the Women's Open category.

With a background in Badminton and being nominated to represent Singapore in the Youth Olympic Games, Marcus picked up the sport of Powerlifting in and has competed in several international competitions like the Asia & Oceania Championships 2014 held in Melbourne, Australia, the 3rd IPF World Classic Championships held in Salo, Finland, the Asia & Oceania Championships 2016 held in Christchurch, New Zealand and the Asian Championships 2017 held in Kerela, India.

Yap started Powerlifting in 2012 and competed in his first local competition in 2014. He made his international debut at the end of 2014 and won the Asia & Oceania Championship title. This was the start of his medal haul which also sparked his passion for coaching and to eventually to being the Founder of his coaching company, CoachbyMARC, leading a team of athletes to victory in various international competitions.

Marcus Yap Zhe Mian (born 30 Jan 1994) is a Singaporean Powerlifting Coach and Powerlifter. In his career, he has broken two World records and six Asian records. He has led the Singapore team to victory in several Asian Championships as well as coaching his younger brother, Matthew Yap to breaking a total of four world records.