Soh Rui Yong

Soh Rui Yong
Personal information
Born (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991
Singapore
Residence Singapore
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 苏睿勇[1]
Traditional Chinese 蘇睿勇
Hanyu Pinyin Sū Ruìyǒng
Sport
Club Team Singapore
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Marathon: 2:24:55[2]
Medal record
Representing  Singapore
Men's athletics
Southeast Asian Games
2015 SingaporeMarathon
2017 MalaysiaMarathon

Soh Rui Yong (born 6 August 1991)[3] is a Singaporean national long-distance runner. In 2017, Soh became the first Singaporean male marathoner to win back-to-back SEA Games titles when he won gold again at the Southeast Asian Games.[4][5]

Personal life

Soh's mother Tay Siew Lai is a teacher. He has a younger sister Romaine, aged 22.[6]

Soh graduated from the University of Oregon in the United States, where he studied business administration.

Career

Soh set a new Singapore half marathon record of 67:21 at the 2015 Rock N' Roll San Jose Half Marathon, defeating previous record holder Mok Ying Ren.[7]

Soh then clocked a new personal best time of 2:24:55 at the 2016 Chicago Marathon, making him the fastest Singaporean ever on an AIMS certified course.[8]

He won his first marathon gold at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games and became the first Singaporean male marathoner to win back-to-back SEA Games titles when he won gold again at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games despite almost being expelled from the team a week before the race.[9]

In August 2017, Soh courted controversy when he was given a formal warning by the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) over a breach of regulations regarding the promotion of personal sponsors on social media during the Southeast Asian Games. In September, after winning the marathon gold, he protested having to donate 20 per cent of his $10,000 Multi-Million Dollar Award Programme (MAP) prize money to Singapore Athletics (SA), as he said he retained his gold medal "without any coaching help from SA".[6][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "陈川仁贺函上把马拉松健将苏睿勇写成瑞恩 后澄清是两人之间的笑话". Channel 8 News. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Tan, Les (10 October 2016). "Chicago Marathon: Soh Rui Yong clocks 2:24:55 to become second fastest Singaporean ever". Red Sports. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  3. ↑ "Soh Rui Yong – SEA Games 2015 Athletics Squad". singaporeathletics.org.sg. 2015. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  4. ↑ Farhan, Noor (19 August 2017). "SEA Games: Singapore's Soh Rui Yong defends marathon title". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  5. ↑ "SEA Games: Indonesian marathoner praises rival Soh Rui Yong for sportsmanship". Today. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  6. 1 2 Chia, Nicole (2 October 2017). "People: Marathoner Soh Rui Yong: Rebel or voice of the sport?". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  7. ↑ http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/athletics-soh-rui-yong-sets-new-national-best-in-half-marathon-at-san-jose-race
  8. ↑ http://www.arrs.net/NR_Mara.htm
  9. ↑ http://www.todayonline.com/sports/marathoner-soh-given-last-warning-breaching-snoc-rules
  10. ↑ Farhan, Noor (15 August 2017). "Marathoner Soh Rui Yong given formal warning for 'repeatedly' breaching sponsorship rules". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  11. ↑ "Soh Rui Yong says Singapore Athletics didn't provide coaching help for SEA Games: report". Yahoo. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-03.



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