Lew Yih Wey (born 27 June 1991) is a Malaysian swimmer, who specialised in long-distance freestyle, backstroke, and individual medley events. She represented her nation Malaysia at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, and has won a career total of four medals (one gold and three bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the

2007 Southeast Asian Games The 2007 Southeast Asian Games ( th, กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a South ...

in Bangkok, Thailand. Lew competed for the Malaysian swimming team in the women's 400 m individual medley at the

in Beijing. Three months before the Games, she produced a record-breaking effort and cleared a FINA B-cut of 4:50.52 to earn her Olympic debut at the Malaysian Open Championships in Bukit Jalil. Her winning time from the meet also erased the national mark of 4:51.01, set by

Siow Yi Ting Siow Yi Ting (born 11 December 1985 in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia) was an Olympic and national record holding breaststroke swimmer from Malaysia. She swam for Malaysia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. She did not swam at the 2012 Olympics, ...

at the

2003 Southeast Asian Games The 2003 Southeast Asian Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Đông Nam Á 2003), officially known as the 22nd Southeast Asian Games and also known as Vietnam 2003, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held from 5 to 13 December 2003 in Hano ...

in Hanoi, Vietnam. Swimming as the fastest entrant in heat one, Lew attempted to chase Singapore's Quah Ting Wen and 2004 Olympic finalist

Nam Yoo-sun Nam Yoo-sun (also ''Nam Yu-seon'', ko, 남 유선; born July 23, 1985) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. She is a three-time Olympian (2000, 2004, and 2008), a fourth-place finalist at the 2002 Asian Games ...

of South Korea at the final turn of the race, but could not catch them near the wall to finish only with a third-place time and thirty-fourth overall in 4:55.83, just more than five seconds outside her national record.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1991 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Malaysia Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Malaysian female freestyle swimmers Malaysian female backstroke swimmers Malaysian female medley swimmers People from Negeri Sembilan Southeast Asian Games medalists in swimming Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games 21st-century Malaysian women {{Malaysia-swimming-bio-stub