2019 PINES IOC sports nutrition scholarship winners

With the generous support of Sportsoracle, PINES is able to offer two IOC Diploma in Sport Nutrition Scholarships for members beginning their studies in 2019.  We are pleased to announce the two PINES members who were successful in their application for the Scholarship.  Congratulations Isabel Martinez and Hoh Hui Shan.

Isabel Martinez – Philippines

Isabel is a professional dietitian and formally trained in exercise physiology and with world-class experience overseas on nutrition and exercise performance research. Her clear understanding of both nutrition and exercise physiology enables her to translate evidence-based findings into practical and feasible guidelines for high performance sport and providing nutritional support to athletes. Outside her professional goals, her passion for sports nutrition and wellness stems from her adventure-loving spirit. Growing up she picked up various watersports and activities – her first love is windsurfing, later on picked up swimming and running in high school and then got involved in freediving and skimboarding in college. She is truly a wind-water junkie! Her curiosity led to her own experiments on manipulating her diet to optimize performance and support recovery – she often plays around in the kitchen, experiments with low-cost concoctions, explores nutritional hacks and test these out when she’s on the road or out in the water.

Hoh Hui Shan – Malaysia

Shan holds a BSc (Hons) in Nutrition and Dietetics from International Medical University. She is currently working as a sports dietitian at the National Sports Institute of Malaysia (NSI) with national athletes, specializing in water sports such as sailing, swimming, artistic swimming and diving. She was attached locally and overseas with the National Sailing Team for their training camps and competitions. Shan served as a dietitian to 3 past major multi-sport games i.e. 2018 Asian Games, 2017 Southeast Asian Games and 2017 Para ASEAN Games. She is a certified ISAK Level 1 anthropometrist, certified swimming coach, certified lifesaver, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) Accredited Advisor, and member of PINES, SDA and Malaysian Dietitians’ Association (MDA). Shan was a state swimmer and currently still competing in swimming, open water and aquathlon races. Besides being a sports dietitian, she coaches young swimmers from level of learn-to-swim to competitive swimming. She is inspired to continue to acquire in-depth knowledge on sports nutrition.