Jump to content

Quah Jing Wen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Crabinfantile (talk | contribs) at 13:27, 30 July 2020 (→Personal life: Education). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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

Template:Chinese name

Quah Jing Wen
Personal information
Full nameQuah Jing Wen
Nationality Singapore
Born (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 24)[2]
Singapore
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[3]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[4]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly, IM[1]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 0 0 1
Southeast Asian Games 9 0 1
Commonwealth Youth Games 5 1 0
Total 14 1 1
Representing  Singapore
Women's swimming
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m medley
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines 4×100 m medley
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[5]
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2019 Philippines 100m butterfly [6]
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

Quah Jing Wen (Chinese:柯敬文; born December 20, 2000) is a Singaporean swimmer who focuses on the category of the 400m individual medley, the 100, 200m butterfly, and the 100m freestyle.[8]

Career

Quah Jing Wen clocked 2min 12.95sec and set an Under-17 200m butterfly Singaporean national record at the Neo Garden 13th Singapore National Swimming Championships, breaking Tao Li's record set in 2005.[9]

Quah won the bronze in the 2015 SEA Games when making her debut in the 400m IM.

In 2017, Quah won 5 gold medals and a silver medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games, held in Nassar.[10] In the same year, she also won 5 gold medals in the 2017 SEA Games.[11]

Personal life

Quah has an elder sister, Quah Ting Wen, and an elder brother, Quah Zheng Wen, who also represent Singapore in swimming.[12][13]

Quah attended Methodist Girls' School and Anglo-Chinese School (Independent).[14][15] She left Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) early in order to enrol at Texas A&M University in 2017.[15]

See also

References

  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". The Straits Times. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Quah Jing Wen 100m fly silver". The Straits Times. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Quah Jing Wen". The Straits Times. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Quah Jing Wen". Active SG. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Quah Jing Wen breaks Tao Li's Mark". The Straits Times. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Youngest Quah a star in own right". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Quah Jing Wen". Active SG. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Aquatic Family". 22 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Quah Jing Wen shines on SEA Games debut as elder siblings strike gold". SG Yahoo. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  14. ^ Heng, Lim Say (6 June 2015). "Quah siblings raring to make waves at SEA Games". The New Paper. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  15. ^ a b Chen, May (31 July 2017). "National swimmer Quah Jing Wen to join Texas A&M University's top-tier swim team". The Straits Times. Retrieved 30 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quah_Jing_Wen&oldid=970295925"