Soh Rui Yong
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| Born | 6 August 1991 Singapore | |||||||||||||||||
| Other interests | Beer Pong | |||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 苏睿勇[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蘇睿勇 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Sū Ruìyǒng | |||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Team Singapore | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ben Rosario | |||||||||||||||||
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Soh Rui Yong (born 6 August 1991)[2] is a Singaporean national long-distance runner, and holder of the national marathon record. In 2017, Soh became the first Singaporean male marathoner to win back-to-back SEA Games titles when he won gold again at the Southeast Asian Games.[3][4]
Early life
Soh was born in Singapore in 1991. Soh's mother is a teacher, and his younger sister Romaine is also an accomplished runner.[5]
Education
Soh graduated from the University of Oregon in the United States, where he studied business administration. While running for the University of Oregon Running Club, Soh became friends with several members of the Michigan State University Running Club at the 2013 NIRCA Cross Country Nationals in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Career
Soh won his first marathon gold at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games and became the first Singaporean male marathoner to win back-to-back SEA Games titles when he won gold again at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games despite almost being expelled from the team a week before the race.[6]
In August 2017, Soh courted controversy when he was given a formal warning by the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) over a breach of regulations regarding the promotion of personal sponsors on social media during the Southeast Asian Games. In September, after winning the marathon gold, he protested having to donate 20 per cent of his $10,000 Multi-Million Dollar Award Programme (MAP) prize money to Singapore Athletics (SA), as he said he retained his gold medal "without any coaching help from SA".[5][7][8]
On January 20, 2019, Soh set a new half marathon national record of 66:46 at the 2019 Aramco Houston Half Marathon, breaking Mok Ying Ren's 3-year-old record of 67:08.[9] This makes him the only Singapore man in history to concurrently hold the 10,000m (31:15.95) and half marathon national records.
On March 17, 2019, Soh broke the Singapore marathon record after finishing the Seoul Marathon in 2:23:42.[10]
References
- ^ "陈川仁贺函上把马拉松健将苏睿勇写成瑞恩 后澄清是两人之间的笑话". Channel 8 News. 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Soh Rui Yong – SEA Games 2015 Athletics Squad". singaporeathletics.org.sg. 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ Farhan, Noor (19 August 2017). "SEA Games: Singapore's Soh Rui Yong defends marathon title". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "SEA Games: Indonesian marathoner praises rival Soh Rui Yong for sportsmanship". Today. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ a b Chia, Nicole (2 October 2017). "People: Marathoner Soh Rui Yong: Rebel or voice of the sport?". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Marathoner Soh given last warning for breaching SNOC rules". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ^ Farhan, Noor (15 August 2017). "Marathoner Soh Rui Yong given formal warning for 'repeatedly' breaching sponsorship rules". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Soh Rui Yong says Singapore Athletics didn't provide coaching help for SEA Games: report". Yahoo. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Athletics: Soh Rui Yong says he's in 'good shape' after claiming national half-marathon mark in Houston". The Straits Times. January 21, 2019. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ "Athletics: Soh Rui Yong clocks 2:23:42 in Seoul, lowers national men's marathon record". The Straits Times. 2019-03-17. Archived from the original on 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
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