Daniel Liew

Daniel Liew
Personal information
Full name Daniel Liew Yao Xiang
National team  Singapore
Born (1981-05-01) 1 May 1981
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Chinese Swimming Club

Daniel Liew Yao Xiang (born 1 May 1981) is a former Singaporean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] During his sporting career, Liew held a Singaporean record in the medley relay (3:51.16) from the 2001 Southeast Asian Games, and later represented Singapore at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2] He also played for the Chinese Swimming Club before entering the national team.

Liew competed only in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. After winning a silver medal from the Southeast Asian Games in Brunei a year earlier, his entry time of 1:04.95 was officially accredited under a FINA B-standard.[3][4] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including two-time Olympians Valērijs Kalmikovs of Latvia and Arsenio López of Puerto Rico. Coming from second on the initial length, he faded down the stretch with a poor swim to a seventh seed in 1:06.41, almost 1.5 seconds below his entry standard. Liew failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-seventh overall on the first day of prelims.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Daniel Liew". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming competition concludes with an upset". Utusan Malaysia. 13 September 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Richard good as gold in 50m freestyle". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 12 August 1999. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 241. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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