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Joan Poh OLY (born 14 April 1991) is a Singaporean rower. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Poh studied nursing at Nanyang Polytechnic and National University of Singapore and works as a nurse in the renal unit of Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Poh had represented Singapore at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in dragon-boating but did not win any medals. She subsequently picked up rowing just before the 2015 Southeast Asian Games and represented Singapore in the 1,000m women’s coxless pair with Joanna Chan where they won the bronze medal.
At the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan, Poh placed 12th but Singapore received an invitation from World Rowing to send her to the Games, as the next highest-ranked nation vying for qualification. On her Olympics debut, Poh finished 28th out of 32 athletes in the women's single sculls event.