Quah Ting Wen

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Quah Ting Wen
Personal information
Nationality Singapore
Born (1992-08-18) 18 August 1992 (age 31)
Singapore
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, IM
College teamUniversity of California, Los Angeles [1]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 0 0 1
Southeast Asian Games 16 15 3
Asian Youth Games 4 0 1
Total 20 15 5
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m medley
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place Thailand 2007 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place Laos 2009 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Laos 2009 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Laos 2009 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Laos 2009 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Laos 2009 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place Myanmar 2013 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Myanmar 2013 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place Singapore 2015 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Singapore 2015 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Singapore 2015 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Singapore 2015 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place Kuala Lumpur 2017 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Kuala Lumpur 2017 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place Kuala Lumpur 2017 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Kuala Lumpur 2017 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Philippines 2005 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Philippines 2005 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Thailand 2007 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Thailand 2007 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Thailand 2007 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Laos 2009 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Laos 2009 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place Myanmar 2013 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Myanmar 2013 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Myanmar 2013 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place Myanmar 2013 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place Myanmar 2013 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Singapore 2015 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Singapore 2015 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place Singapore 2015 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place Singapore 2015 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place Philippines 2005 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place Philippines 2005 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place Laos 2009 400 m freestyle
Asian Youth Games
Gold medal – first place Singapore 2009 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Singapore 2009 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Singapore 2009 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Singapore 2009 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place Singapore 2009 4×100 m medley

Quah Ting Wen (Chinese: 柯婷文; born 18 August 1992) is a Singaporean competitive swimmer [2]

Quah was Singapore's flag bearer for the 2009 Asian Youth Games.[3] She won three individual gold medals in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m freestyle events while setting national records for all three (25.43, 55.57 and 1:59.21).[4] She won the team gold and bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and 4 × 100 m medley relay events, respectively.

At the 2008 Olympic Games, Quah failed to qualify in the heats of the 400m Individual Medley event but set a new national record (4:51.25).

Quah set a new national record in the 200 m freestyle event in the second leg of the 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup, held in Berlin, Germany. Her new timing of 1:58.80 was 0.09 seconds faster than Lynette Lim's three-day-old record of 1:58.89.[5]

She swam for Singapore at the following games, winning...

Personal life

Quah has a younger brother, Quah Zheng Wen, who is a national swimmer of note. Her younger sister, Quah Jing Wen is also a national swimmer of Singapore.[6]

References

  1. ^ http://uclabruins.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1087
  2. ^ Quah's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-20.
  3. ^ "Flagged for AYG success". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "New golden girl". AsiaOne. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Swimmers set new short-course marks". Today. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  6. ^ "The 1 to watch". AsiaOne. Retrieved 15 December 2013.