Quah Ting Wen
Quah Ting Wen (Chinese: 柯婷文; born 18 August 1992) is a Singaporean competitive swimmer currently representing DC Trident at the International Swimming League.[2]
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Born | Singapore | 18 August 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Strokes | Freestyle, IM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | DC Trident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of California, Los Angeles [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life and education
Quah studied in Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) and Raffles Institution under the Integrated Programme.[3] She then went on to study in University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and was on the college's swim team.[4] She graduated in 2014.[5]
Swimming career
Collegiate level
International level
2005 Southeast Asian Games
Quah first represented Singapore on the international level in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.[6]
2008 Olympic Games
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).
2009 Asian Youth Games
Quah was Singapore's flag bearer for the 2009 Asian Youth Games.[7] 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).[8] She won the team gold and bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and 4 × 100 m medley relay events, respectively.
2013 FINA Swimming World Cup
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.[9]
2019 Southeast Asian Games
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.[10]
References
- "Ting Quah - Swimming & Diving". UCLA.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Quah Ting Wen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- "Ting Wen's toughest struggles". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- "Ting Quah - Swimming & Diving". UCLA. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- "The SEA-soned Medallist: Quah Ting Wen". ActiveSG. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- Heng, Lim Say (6 June 2015). "Quah siblings raring to make waves at SEA Games". The New Paper. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- "Flagged for AYG success". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- "New golden girl". AsiaOne. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- "Swimmers set new short-course marks". Today. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- "The 1 to watch". AsiaOne. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
External links
- Quah Ting Wen at the Singapore National Olympic Council
- Ting Wen QUAH at the International Olympic Committee
- Ting Wen QUAH at the Olympic Channel