Sia Wai Yen

Sia Wai Yen (born 15 January 1984) is a Malaysian former swimmer, who specialised in long-distance freestyle and individual medley events.[1] She represented Malaysia, as a 16-year-old teen, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, captured a total of four medals in two editions of the Southeast Asian Games (1999 and 2001), and later became a top 8 finalist at the 2002 Asian Games.

Sia Wai Yen

Personal information
Full name	Sia Wai Yen
National team	Malaysia
Born	(1984-01-15) 15 January 1984 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, medley
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Malaysia Southeast Asian Games 2001 Kuala Lumpur 400 m medley 1999 Brunei 400 m medley 2001 Kuala Lumpur 400 m freestyle 2001 Kuala Lumpur 200 m medley

Sia competed in a medley double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved FINA B-standards of 2:20.64 (200 m individual medley) and 4:52.52 (400 m individual medley) from the Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.[2][3][4] On the first day of the Games, Sia placed twenty-fifth in the 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat four, she raced to the bottom of the pack in a poor time of 4:59.18, more than six seconds farther from her national record.[5][6][7] Two days later, in the 200 m individual medley, Sia posted a time of 2:20.64 to round out the field in heat two, but finished in thirty-first place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims.[8][9][10]

When her nation hosted the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Sia enjoyed the race of her life in the pool, as she completed a full set of medals in front of a raucous home crowd: gold in the 400 m individual medley (4:55.87), and two bronze each in the 400 m freestyle (4:24.87) and 200 m individual medley (2:22.44).[11][12]

At the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, Sia finished seventh in the 400 m individual medley at 5:06.20, holding off a sprint freestyle race from Hong Kong's Chan Wing Suet by four-hundredths of a second (0.04).[13]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sia Wai Yen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
2. "Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
3. "Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
4. "Albert's saving grace brings gold in the pool". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 14 August 1999. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
5. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 330. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
6. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
7. "Double misses for Elvin Chia, two others break down". Utusan Malaysia. 16 September 2000. Archived from the original on 9 May 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
8. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 323. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
9. "Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
10. "Anthony Ang breaks national record in Sydney". Utusan Malaysia. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
11. "Malaysian, Filipino win big". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 13 September 2001. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
12. "Singapore swimming queen's heir apparent shows mettle". Utusan Malaysia. 11 September 2000. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
13. "Wu and Qi Win Third Gold Apiece, as China Winds Up a Dominant Performance at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 5 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.