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Quah Jing Wen

Not to be confused with Quah Zheng Wen or Quah Ting Wen.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Quah.

Quah Jing Wen is a Singaporean swimmer who focuses on the category of the 400 m individual medley, the 100, 200 m butterfly, and the 100m freestyle.[1]

Quah Jing Wen
Personal information
Full name Quah Jing Wen
Nationality  Singapore
Born (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 17)[2]
Singapore
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)[3]
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)[4]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly, IM[5]
Medal record
Representing  Singapore
Women's swimming
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m medley
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m freestyle[6]
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 400 m medley[7]
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place Nassar 2017 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Nassar 2017 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place Nassar 2017 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place Nassar 2017 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Nassar 2017 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place Nassar 2017 200 m butterfly

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CareerEdit

She clocked 2min 12.95sec and set a Under-17 200m butterfly Singaporean national record at the Neo Garden 13th Singapore National Swimming Championships, breaking Tao Li's record set in 2005.[8]

She won the bronze in the 2015 SEA Games when making her debut in the 400m IM and won 5 gold medals in the 2017 SEA Games.[9]

Before that, Quah went to the Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassar. She won 5 gold medals and a silver medal.[10]

Personal lifeEdit

Quah has an elder sister, Quah Ting Wen, and an elder Brother, Quah Zheng Wen, who also represents Singapore in Swimming[11][12]

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "Quah Jing Wen". Active SG. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Quah Jing Wen". Active SG. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Quah Jing Wen". The Staits Times. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Quah Jing Wen weight" (PDF). Singapore Sports Council. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Quah Jing Wen". Active SG. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Quah Jing Wen". Straits Times. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Quah Jing Wen". Straits Times. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Quah Jing Wen breaks Tao Li's Mark". The Straits Times. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Quah Jing Wen". Active SG. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Youngest Quah a star in own right". Straits Times. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Aquatic Family". ASia One. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Quah Jing Wen shines on SEA Games debut as elder siblings strike gold". SG Yahoo. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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