Quah Ting Wen | |
Strokes: | Butterfly, Freestyle, Individual Medley |
Club: | DC Trident |
Collegeteam: | University of California, Los Angeles[1] |
Birth Date: | 18 August 1992 |
Birth Place: | Singapore |
Height: | 1.75 m |
Quah Ting Wen (born 18 August 1992) is a Singaporean professional swimmer who specialises in butterfly, freestyle and individual medley events. She is currently representing DC Trident at the International Swimming League.[2]
Quah was educated at Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Institution,[3] before graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2014.[4]
Quah had represented the UCLA Bruins during her time at the University of California, Los Angeles.[5]
Quah first represented Singapore on the international level in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.[6]
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).
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.
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]
Quah has represented Singapore and won, at the following games:
Quah has a younger brother, Quah Zheng Wen, and a younger sister, Quah Jing Wen, who both are national swimmers of Singapore as well.[10]