Bryan Tay

Bryan Tay (Tay Zhi Rong, born 13 April 1988) is a Singaporean swimmer, who specialized in individual and relay freestyle events.[1] He is also a multiple-time medalist for the individual events, and a two-time defending champion for the relay freestyle events at the Southeast Asian Games.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tay.

Bryan Tay
Personal information
Full nameTay Zhi Rong
Nationality Singapore
Born (1988-04-13) 13 April 1988
Singapore City, Singapore
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubAPSC Singapore
TeamLi Jinxiao (SIN)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
2005 Manila4×100 m freestyle
2005 Manila4×200 m freestyle
2007 Bangkok100 m freestyle
2007 Bangkok4×100 m freestyle
2007 Bangkok4×200 m freestyle
2005 Manila100 m freestyle
2005 Manila200 m freestyle

Tay was the sole male swimmer for the Singapore national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the men's 200 m freestyle. He won the second heat of the competition, and set a national record, with a time of 1:50.41, 0.86 seconds ahead of Estonia's Vladimir Sidorkin. Tay, however, failed to advance into the semi-final rounds, as he placed forty-first in the overall rankings.[2]

Tay was also a member and varsity player of the Princeton Tigers swimming team at Princeton University.

See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bryan Tay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. "Men's 200m Freestyle – Heat 2". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.


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