Quah Ting Wen Explained

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]

Education

Quah was educated at Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Institution,[3] before graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2014.[4]

Swimming career

Collegiate level

Quah had represented the UCLA Bruins during her time at the University of California, Los Angeles.[5]

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]

Southeast Asian Games

Quah has represented Singapore and won, at the following games:

Personal life

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ting Quah - Swimming & Diving. UCLA.
  2. Quah Ting Wen . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035136/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/qu/quah-ting-wen-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2009-07-20.
  3. Web site: Ting Wen's toughest struggles. www.asiaone.com. 2019-10-26.
  4. Web site: The SEA-soned Medallist: Quah Ting Wen. ActiveSG. en. 2019-10-26.
  5. Web site: Ting Quah - Swimming & Diving. UCLA. en. 2019-10-26.
  6. Web site: Quah siblings raring to make waves at SEA Games. Heng. Lim Say. 2015-06-06. The New Paper. en. 2019-10-28.
  7. Web site: Flagged for AYG success. AsiaOne. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219072954/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Sports/Story/A1Story20090603-145770.html. 19 December 2013. 17 December 2013. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: New golden girl. https://web.archive.org/web/20090710021025/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Sports/Story/A1Story20090707-153289.html. dead. 10 July 2009. AsiaOne. 17 December 2013.
  9. Web site: Swimmers set new short-course marks. Today. 18 December 2013.
  10. Web site: The 1 to watch. AsiaOne. 15 December 2013.