Amanda Lim (born Lim Xiang Qi on 8 January 1993) is a Singaporean
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swimmer.
Career
2007–2009
Lim first competed for Singapore at the 2007 Hong Kong International Open, where, aged just 14, she finished 7th in the heats of the 50-metre freestyle in 27.94, 7th in the heats of the 100-metre freestyle in 1:00.17, 7th in the heats of the 200-metre freestyle in 2:12.35 and withdrew from the 400-metre freestyle. She was denied a place in the final in these events as the rules for the meet stipulated that the maximum number of the competitors from each country was limited to two. Lim also swam in the heats of the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay with Mylene Ong,
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Lynette Lim
Lynette Lim Shu En (Lim Shu-En, zh, 林淑恩 , born 25 April 1992) is an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Singapore. She swam for Singapore at the 2012 and 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2009 and 2007 World Championships, and the 2007 South East ...
, setting the fastest qualifying time of 4:06.03. In the final, Lim and Lynette were replaced with Quah Ting Wen and Tao Li who won gold in a new championship record time of 3:56.58.
At the Singaporean leg of the
2007 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2007 FINA Swimming World Cup occurred in autumn 2007. It was an international series of short course (25m) swimming competitions organised by FINA.
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, Lim finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:23.10, 7th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:04.89, 12th in the 50-metre freestyle in 26.95 and 13th in the 100-metre freestyle in 58.31.
At the
2007 Southeast Asian Games
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in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Lim won silver in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay alongside Lynette Lim, Mylene Ong and Quah Ting Wen in a national record time of 8:26.23.
At the
2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships The 2nd FINA World Youth Swimming Championships, or 2008 Youth Worlds, were held on July 8–13, 2008, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
The Championships were held at the Aquatics Center of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Centro Acu� ...
in
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, Mexico, Lim finished equal 23rd in the 50-metre freestyle in 27.18, 24th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:30.28, 28th in the 800-metre freestyle in 9:17.37, 31st in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:07.63, 32nd in the 100-metre freestyle in 59.70 and in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay, Lim with
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, Ru'en Ho and Koh Ting Ting finished 11th in 4:26.56.
At the Singaporean leg of the
2008 FINA Swimming World Cup The FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008 was held in October and November 2008. The meet scheduling matched that of the 2007 series, with all meets held short course metres (25 m) format.
The series winners were Cameron van der Burgh of South A ...
, Lim finished 4th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:18.05, 5th in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:59.49, 9th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:03.87, 10th in the 50-metre freestyle in 26.33 and 12th in the 100-metre freestyle in 57.77.
In July 2009 at the inaugural Asian Youth Games held in Singapore, Lim won a four medals – a gold, two silver and a bronze. In the 50-metre freestyle, Lim set a new national record of 25.38 in the semi-finals, breaking the Quah Ting Wen's mark of 25.65, set at the National Championships a month prior. Lim's time also bettered Quah's championship record which was set in the heats. In the final, Lim won the silver behind Quah but retained the national and meet record, with Quah's winning time 0.16 seconds slower than Lim's semi-final time. In the
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, Lim again won silver finishing behind Quah who won the event in a new national record time. In the relays, Lim teamed up with Quah, Koh Hui Yu and Lynette Lim to win gold in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle in a new national record time of 3:46.91, eclipsing the mark set at the
2006 Asian Games
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Roanne Ho
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won bronze in a time of 4:13.34.
One month later at the
2009 World Aquatics Championships
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in Rome, Lim finished equal 30th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.70, 59th in the
100-metre freestyle
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in 56.95 and 45th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:03.89. In the relays, Lim with Quah Ting Wen, Lynette Lim and Mylene Ong finished 19th in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle in 3:47.54 and in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle the same quartet finished 16th in 8:09.91, smashing the national record they set 20 months earlier by over 16 seconds.
At the 2009 Hong Kong International Open, Lim won three gold medals and a silver. She took out the 50-metre freestyle in a new meet record time of 26.14, the 100-metre freestyle in 57.33, another new meet record and the 800-metre freestyle where she tied with Hong Kong's Natasha Tang with both posting a time of 9:04.03. In the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay Lim, Mylene Ong and Koh Ting Ting gave
Samantha Yeo
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a lead of over 2 seconds in the final changeover but the South China Athletic Association team's anchor
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swam down Yeo to win the relay by 0.46 seconds. Both teams swam under the meet record of 3:56.58, set by the Singaporean quartet of Ruth Ho, Quah, Tao and Ong at the 2007 Open. In her other events, Lim finished 6th in the 50-metre butterfly in 29.99 and team of Lim, Tao, Yeo and Koh were disqualified in the heats of the 4 × 100-metre medley relay.
At the second leg of the
2009 FINA Swimming World Cup
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in Moscow, Lim finished 11th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.38, 12th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:00.53 and 19th in the 100-metre freestyle in 55.88. At the third leg in Stockholm, Lim finished 29th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.59 and 43rd in the 100-metre freestyle in 56.06. At the fourth leg in Berlin, Lim finished 27th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:17.30, 35th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:01.73, 37th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.75, 40th in the 100-metre freestyle in 55.84 and 44th in the 50-metre butterfly in 29.28. At the fifth and final leg in Singapore, Lim finished 7th in 100-metre freestyle in 55.67, 7th in 200-metre freestyle in 2:03.02 and was disqualified in 50-metre freestyle.
Lim closed out the year by winning three gold medals and a bronze at the
2009 Southeast Asian Games
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100-metre freestyle
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in 56.60 and finished 5th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:04.09. In the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Quah, Lynette Lim and Mylene Ong won gold in 8:11.75, smashing the Games record set by Thailand in 2007 by over nine seconds and in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, the same foursome won gold in 3:45.73, breaking the meet and national records by 4.13 and 1.18 seconds, respectively. Lim said of her results: "I am very happy, relieved and honoured. This is my first individual SEA Games gold medal. A lot of people have been very supportive of me."
2010–2012
At the
2010 Youth Olympics
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in Singapore, Lim finished 6th in the 50-metre freestyle in a season best time of 26.05, 11th in the
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Clement Lim
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and Arren Quek finished 12th in 3:42.88.
At the 2010 Hong Kong International Open, Lim won three silver and one bronze medal. Lim was runner-up in the 50-metre freestyle in 26.42 and in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:05.05. Lim won her bronze in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:24.52 and finished 6th in the heats of the 100-metre freestyle event in 58.20 but withdrew from final. The team of Lim, Koh Hui Yu,
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and Mylene Ong won silver in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay in 3:54.25, finishing 2.44 seconds behind the Thailand quartet of Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn, Natsaya Susuk, Rutai Santadvatana and Natthanan Junkrajang. Both teams swam under the meet record of 3:55.12. In the 4 × 100-metre medley relay, Lim with Koh Hui Yu, Cheryl Lim and
Meagan Lim
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placed second in the heats of the 4 × 100-metre medley relay in 4:34.63, finishing behind the other Singaporean quartet of Lynette Ng, Samantha Yeo, Tao Li and Mylene Ong. In the final, the latter of the quartets won gold in 4:21.29.
At the third leg of the
2010 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2010 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of seven short-course meters (25m) meets, held from September-early November 2010.
in Singapore, Lim finished 5th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:01.14 and 10th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.92.
At the
2010 Asian Games
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in Guangzhou, China, Lim finished 8th in the 50-metre freestyle in 26.15. In the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Quah Ting Wen, Lynette Lim and Mylene Ong finished 5th in 8:16.47, the third best performance in Singapore's history at the time and in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Quah, Ong and Koh Hui Yu finished 5th in 3:49.17.
At the
2011 World Aquatics Championships
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in Shanghai, Lim finished 30th in the 50-metre freestyle in 26.12 and 39th in the
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in 57.00.
At the fifth leg of the
2011 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2011 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of seven, two-day, short course meets in seven different cities in October and November 2011. Arena was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer.
Meets
The 2011 World ...
in Singapore, Lim finished 7th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.44 and 11th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:00.77.
At the
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in
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, Indonesia, Lim won six medals including four gold. In the 50-metre freestyle, Lim won gold in 25.77, lowering her own games record, won silver in the 200-metre freestyle in a season's best time of 2:03.02 and won bronze in the 100-metre freestyle in 56.73. In the team events, Singapore won all three female relays – repeating their performance of two years prior. The quartet of Lim, Mylene Ong, Koh Hui Yu and Tao Li took out the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay in 3:48.38 and the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay in 8:13.88, whilst Lim, Tao, Shana Lim and Samantha Yeo won the 4 × 100-metre medley relay in 4:11.27.
At the inaugural Southeast Asian Swimming Championships in Singapore, Lim won four gold medals. She won the 50-metre freestyle in a season best time of 25.71 and the 200-metre freestyle in new personal best time of 2:02.76. In the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Mylene Ong, Koh Hui Yu and Teo Jing Wen won gold in 3:49.25 and Lim with Koh, Teo and
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won gold in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay in 8:21.67. As this was the inaugural event, all four times were also championship records.
At the fourth leg of the
2012 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight, two-day, short course meets in eight different cities in October and November 2012. Arena was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer.
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The 2012 World ...
in Moscow, Lim finished 12th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.95, 14th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:01.51, 16th in the 100-metre freestyle in 56.64 and 20th in the 100-metre individual medley in 1:05.98. In the mixed 4 × 50-metre medley relay, Lim with
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, Lionel Khoo and Mylene Ong finished 9th in 1:49.04 and in the mixed 4 × 50-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Ong, Khoo and
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finished 4th in 1:35.81. At the eighth and final leg in Singapore, Lim finished 6th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:00.67, 7th in the 100-metre freestyle in 55.43 and 9th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.76. In the mixed 4 × 50-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Ong, Yeo and Arren Quek won bronze with a time of 1:35.55 and in the heats of mixed 4 × 50-metre medley relay, the team of Lim, Meagan Lim,
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2012 Asian Swimming Championships
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in Dubai, Lim won bronze in the 50-metre freestyle in 26.17 and finished in 11th in the heats of the 200-metre freestyle in 2:07.31. She teamed up with Marina Chan, Koh Hui Yu and Teo Jing Wen to finish 4th in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay in 8:35.92, in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Chan, Koh and Mylene Ong finished 4th in 3:52.51 and in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay, Lim with Ong, Tao Li and Samantha Yeo finished 4th in 4:22.35.
At the
2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
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100-metre freestyle
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2013 World Aquatics Championships
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At the first leg of the
2013 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight, two-day, short course meets in eight different cities between August and November 2013. Arena was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer.
Meets
As of June ...
in Eindhoven, Lim finished 18th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:02.02, 19th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.55, 19th in the 100-metre freestyle in 55.34 and 24th in the 50-metre butterfly in 29.37. At the second leg in Berlin, Lim finished 19th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.46, 19th in the 100-metre freestyle in 55.41 and 20th in the 100-metre individual medley in 1:06.26. At the sixth leg in Singapore, Lim finished 11th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:24.75, 14th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:02.03, 18th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.88 and 20th in the 100-metre freestyle in 56.98. In the mixed 4 × 50-metre medley relay, Lim with Quah Zheng Wen,
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and Tao Li finished 7th in 1:44.94 and in the mixed 4 × 50-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Darren Lim,
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and Mylene Ong finished 5th in 1:35.73.
Lim closed out the year by winning four medals at the
2013 Southeast Asian Games
The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...
in Naypyidaw, Burma. In the 50-metre freestyle, Lim, the two-time champion, defended her title again and lowered her games record to 25.69. In her other individual event, Lim finished fourth in the
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in 56.85. In the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Quah Ting Wen, Lynette Lim and Tao Li won gold in 8:13.99. The time was slower than the national open and Games records of 8:09.91 and 8:11.75 set in 2009, but is the second fastest since the 2010 banning of non-textile swimsuits. In the 4 × 100-metre medley relay, Lim with Tao, Samantha Yeo and Quah Ting Wen won gold in 4:13.02. Lim's 56.20-second freestyle split was the fastest in textile swimsuits since Joscelin Yeo's 56.03 and 56.19 in 2001 and 2005 respectively. Lim fourth medal was a silver in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay with Quah, Mylene Ong and Lynette Lim in 3:49.00. Finishing 1.34 seconds behind Thailand, the national open record of 3:45.73 and textile-best time of 3:48.38 remained intact.
At the
2014 Southeast Asian Swimming Championships Swimming at the 2014 Southeast Asian Swimming Championships was held 14–24 June in Singapore. It consisted of 41 events, swum in a long course
An Olympic-size swimming pool conforms to regulated dimensions that are large enough for internation ...
in Singapore, Lim won six medals and defended her two titles. She won gold in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.74, 0.03 seconds off her meet record, gold in the 200 freestyle in 2:03.98, and bronze in the 100-metre freestyle in 57.23. In the relays, Lim won silver in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay in 3:50.88 alongside Hoong En Qi,
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and Marina Chan, silver in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay in 8:26.91 with Chan, Tseng and
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and silver in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay in 4:26.53 with Chan, Samantha Yeo and
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One month later at the
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in Glasgow, Lim finished in 14th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.93, 19th in the
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in 57.78 and 21st in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:06.24. In the relays, Lim teamed up with Marina Chan, Lynette Lim and Quah Ting Wen to finish 7th in the final of the 4 × 100-metre freestyle in 3:49.69 and in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle, the same quartet also finished 7th in the final in 8:16.39.
At the inaugural Singapore Swim Stars event, Lim finished ninth in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.66.
At the
2014 Asian Games
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in
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, South Korea, Lim finished 7th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.73, 11th in the
100-metre freestyle
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Lim was named Sportsgirl of the Year at the Singapore National Olympic Council's 2012 Singapore Sports Awards. In September 2013, Lim was one of 66 recipients of the inaugural Sports Excellence Scholarship awarded by the High Performance Sports Steering Committee. The scholarship provides education support for student athletes, personal and life-skill development as well as financial support to fully realise athletes aspirations and their competitive potential.
On 30 August 2022, it was reported that Lim was found in possession of a weed grinder and had consumed cannabis in Phuket, Thailand. After investigations conducted by authorities, Lim and Joseph Schooling was subsequently issued with a stern warning by the Central Narcotics Bureau under the Misuse of Drugs Act.