Quah Jing Wen

Quah Jing Wen is a Singaporean swimmer who focuses on the category of the 400 m individual medley, the 100, 200 m butterfly, and the 100m freestyle.[1]

Quah Jing Wen
Personal information
Full name Quah Jing Wen
Nationality  Singapore
Born (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000[2]
Singapore
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)[3]
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)[4]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly, IM[5]
Medal record
Representing  Singapore
Women's swimming
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta 4×100 m medley
Southeast Asian Games
2017 Kuala Lumpur200 m butterfly
2017 Kuala Lumpur4×100 m medley
2017 Kuala Lumpur4×100 m freestyle[6]
2017 Kuala Lumpur4×200 m freestyle
2017 Kuala Lumpur100 m butterfly
2015 Singapore400 m medley[7]
Commonwealth Youth Games
Nassar 2017100 m freestyle
Nassar 201750 m butterfly
Nassar 2017100 m butterfly
Nassar 20174×100 m freestyle
Nassar 20174×100 m medley
Nassar 2017200 m butterfly

Career

She clocked 2min 12.95sec and set a Under-17 200m butterfly Singaporean national record at the Neo Garden 13th Singapore National Swimming Championships, breaking Tao Li's record set in 2005.[8]

She won the bronze in the 2015 SEA Games when making her debut in the 400m IM and won 5 gold medals in the 2017 SEA Games.[9]

Before that, Quah went to the Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassar. She won 5 gold medals and a silver medal.[10]

Personal life

Quah has an elder sister, Quah Ting Wen, and an elder Brother, Quah Zheng Wen, who also represents Singapore in Swimming[11][12]

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". Active SG. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen". Straits Times. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen". Straits Times. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen breaks Tao Li's Mark". The Straits Times. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen". Active SG. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Youngest Quah a star in own right". Straits Times. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Aquatic Family". ASia One. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen shines on SEA Games debut as elder siblings strike gold". SG Yahoo. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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