Mok Ying Ren
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| Born | 6 July 1988 Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Team Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Self Coached | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mok Ying Ren (born 6 July 1988) is a triathlete and long-distance runner from Singapore. His best performances include a SEA Games Gold medal in 2007 for the triathlon event in Thailand.[1] He also came in 12th in the Asian Beach Games in 2008.[2] Mok achieved these results when he was a full-time medical student at the National University of Singapore.
Mok resides in Singapore. Mok graduated from the National University Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in May 2012 and is working as a house officer in Singapore's network of government hospitals.[3]
Mok is the 2009 Singapore Marathon Local Champion with a time of 2:43:42 on his debut marathon.[4] At the 2010 Singapore Marathon, his second marathon, he broke his own course record for the local category with a time of 2:38:27.[5] Mok once again won the 2011 Singapore marathon Local category with a time of 2:46:01 despite having not run for 3 months prior to the event. He only had a one-month build up to the event and was still battling a bad case of plantar fasciitis.[6]
Mok ran a new Singaporean men's 5000 m national record of 14:51:09 at the Tokai University Time Trials in Japan in May 2011.[7]
References
- ^ Triathlon at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games
- ^ Triathlon at the 2008 Asian Beach Games
- ^ What does a House Officer (HO) do?. Mok Ying Ren (2013-02-11). Retrieved on 2014-10-03.
- ^ Tan, Les (2011-12-04). Mok Ying Ren returns from injury to finish as fastest S’porean marathoner for 3rd straight year. Red Sports. Retrieved on 2014-10-03.
- ^ Tung,Colin (2011-06-05). Mok Ying Ren wins Christchurch Marathon in personal best of 2 hours 26 minutes 34 seconds. Red Sports. Retrieved on 2014-10-03.
- ^ Mok, Ying Ren (2012-12-06). Mok Ying Ren: “I did not want to quit because quitting once gives you permission to quit again”. Red Sports. Retrieved on 2014-10-03.
- ^ Brett Larner (28 May 2011). "Mok Ying Ren Runs Singaporean Men's 5000 m NR at Tokai University Time Trials". www.japanrunningnews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 30 May 2011.