Anthony Ang Explained

Anthony Ang
Fullname:Anthony Ang Kang Keam
Nicknames:Anthony
Strokes:Butterfly
Coach:Kelly Kremer (U.S.)
Collegeteam:Florida State University, University of Minnesota (U.S.)
Birth Date:6 December 1978
Height:1.720NaN0
Weight:700NaN0
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Anthony Ang Kang Keam (born 6 December 1978) is a Malaysian former swimmer, who specialised in butterfly events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), a double SEA Games titleholder in a butterfly double, a Bolles School graduate, and a member of Florida State University (1998-1999) and University of Minnesota (2000-2002) swimming and diving team while studying in the United States.[2]

Ang accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida for 2 seasons (1998 & 1999)[3] and later joined University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers under head coach Kelly Kremer.[4] [5] In the year 2001 edition of Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, he came in first in the 200-yard butterfly (1:44.25) along with rewriting both the varsity and pool record.[6] [7] At the 2001 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, he powered home with top finishes, as the only Gopher, in the 100-yard butterfly (49.09) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:46.21).[8]

Ang made his first Malaysian team, as an eighteen-year-old teen, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing forty-fifth in the 100 m butterfly (56.41), and thirty-first in the 200 m butterfly (2:04.01).[9] [10] He also placed twentieth, along with his Malaysian teammates Alex Lim, Elvin Chia, and Wan Azlan Abdullah, in the 4 × 100 m medley relay (3:56.24).[11]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Ang competed again in three swimming events, including a butterfly double. He achieved FINA B-standards of 56.47 (100 m butterfly) and 2:02.72 (200 m butterfly) from the Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.[12] [13] [14] In his first event, 200 m butterfly, Ang posted a lifetime best of 2:00.12 to lead the second heat, but missed the semifinals by 0.71 of a second with a twenty-second-place effort.[15] [16] Three days later, in the 100 m butterfly, Ang placed thirty-sixth on the morning prelims. He established a Malaysian record of 55.26 to blister the field with another top finish in heat one.[17] [18] Ang also teamed up with Chia, Lim, and newcomer Allen Ong in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. Swimming a butterfly leg in heat one, Ang recorded a split of 55.70, but the Malaysians settled only for last place and twenty-second overall in a final time of 3:48.32.[19]

When Malaysia hosted the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Ang came up with a spectacular swim to strike a butterfly double in front of a massive home crowd, capturing two gold medals each in the 100 m butterfly (55.40) and 200 m butterfly (2:01.84).[20]

Notes and References

  1. Anthony Ang. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052000/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/anthony-ang-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 7 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Bolles in the Olympics . . 5 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130511024134/http://www.bolles.org/s/864/currentsp/indexNoRot.aspx?sid=864&gid=1&pgid=1814 . 11 May 2013 .
  3. Web site: 2013-14 Swimming and Diving Almanac. Florida State Seminoles. 31. 23 January 2014. 2 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154119/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/fsu/sports/c-swim/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/010614.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: 2008–2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers Swimming & Diving Review: Kelly Kremer. 5. Minnesota Golden Gophers. 7 June 2013. 2 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154112/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/w-swim/auto_pdf/2008-9/misc_non_event/w-swim-guide-0809-part2.pdf. dead.
  5. News: Kelly Kremer Promoted to Head Coach of Aquatics at Minnesota . . 12 April 2011 . 7 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203055857/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/26981.asp . 3 February 2014 .
  6. Web site: BIG TEN CHAMPIONS. gophersportsguides.com. 23 January 2014. https://archive.today/20140123153728/http://www.gophersportsguides.com/page/show/330625-big-ten-champions. 23 January 2014. dead.
  7. Web site: MINNESOTA BLOWS AWAY COMPETITION IN BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS. gophersportsguides.com. 23 January 2014.
  8. News: NCAA Div. I Men: Iowa Falls to Minnesota. Swimming World Magazine. 22 January 2001. 7 June 2013.
  9. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3 . . . 46 . 28 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf . 23 May 2011 .
  10. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2 . . . 47 . 28 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf . 23 May 2011 .
  11. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1 . . . 52 . 28 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf . 23 May 2011 .
  12. Web site: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
  13. Web site: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
  14. News: Albert, diver Shenny take the honors in the pool. The Jakarta Post. Jakarta. 11 August 2009. 8 June 2013.
  15. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2 . . . 216 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  16. News: Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly. https://archive.today/20130615050120/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep18_mal.html. usurped. 15 June 2013. Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. 28 May 2013.
  17. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 1 . . . 206 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  18. Web site: Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (100m Butterfly). https://archive.today/20130615204434/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep21.html. usurped. 15 June 2013. Canoe.ca. 7 July 2013.
  19. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1 . . . 346 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  20. News: Keng Liat set to deliver first gold for Malaysia in swimming. Utusan Malaysia. 9 September 2001. 8 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20050508190210/http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/SpecialCoverage/SEAGamesXXI/index.asp?y=2001&dt=0909&pub=SEAGamesXXI&sec=News&pg=ne_20.htm. 8 May 2005. dead.

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