Quah Ting Wen

Quah Ting Wen

Personal information
Nationality	Singapore
Born	(1992-08-18) 18 August 1992 Singapore
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, IM
College team	University 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 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m medley Southeast Asian Games Thailand 2007 400 m medley Laos 2009 100 m freestyle Laos 2009 200 m freestyle Laos 2009 4×100 m freestyle Laos 2009 4×200 m freestyle Laos 2009 4×100 m medley Myanmar 2013 4×200 m freestyle Myanmar 2013 4×100 m medley Singapore 2015 100 m freestyle Singapore 2015 4×100 m freestyle Singapore 2015 4×200 m freestyle Singapore 2015 4×100 m medley Kuala Lumpur 2017 100 m freestyle Kuala Lumpur 2017 50 m butterfly Kuala Lumpur 2017 4×100 m freestyle Kuala Lumpur 2017 4×200 m freestyle Philippines 2005 800 m freestyle Philippines 2005 4×200 m freestyle Thailand 2007 100 m freestyle Thailand 2007 200 m freestyle Thailand 2007 4×200 m freestyle Laos 2009 50 m freestyle Laos 2009 400 m medley Myanmar 2013 100 m freestyle Myanmar 2013 200 m freestyle Myanmar 2013 100 m butterfly Myanmar 2013 200 m butterfly Myanmar 2013 4×100 m freestyle Singapore 2015 50 m freestyle Singapore 2015 50 m butterfly Singapore 2015 100 m butterfly Singapore 2015 200 m butterfly Philippines 2005 400 m freestyle Philippines 2005 400 m medley Laos 2009 400 m freestyle Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009 50 m freestyle Singapore 2009 100 m freestyle Singapore 2009 200 m freestyle Singapore 2009 4×100 m freestyle 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...

• 2005 Southeast Asian Games (Two silvers, two bronzes)
• 2006 Commonwealth Games
• 2006 Asian Games
• 2007 Southeast Asian Games (Two golds, three silvers)
• 2009 Southeast Asian Games (Four golds, two silvers, one bronze)
• 2013 Southeast Asian Games (Two golds, three silvers)
• 2014 Asian Games
• 2015 Southeast Asian Games(Four golds, four silvers)
• 2017 Southeast Asian Games (Four golds, one silver, one bronze)

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]

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