Dr. Mok Ying Ren (born 6 July 1988) is a

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and

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from Singapore. His best performances include a

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gold medal in 2007 in the

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event, as well as a gold medal in the

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event in 2013. He held the national record in the

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event from May 2011 to July 2021.

Early life and education

Mok Ying Ren was born on 6 July 1988 in Singapore. His father was an engineer with

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, and his mother was a housewife. Additionally, he has a younger sister, 6 years younger, Mok Ying Rong. He studied at Red Swastika Primary School,

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, and then

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. He graduated from the National University Singapore

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in 2012. He also completed Masters in Sports Medicine with the

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in 2016.

Career

Athletics

Mok is a 7-time

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Local Champion, capturing every title from 2009 to 2016 with the exception of a 3rd-place finish in 2012. Mok first won the 2009 Singapore Marathon with a time of 2:43:42 on his debut marathon. At the 2010 Singapore Marathon, his second marathon, he broke his own course record for the local category with a time of 2:38:27. Mok once again won the 2011 Singapore Marathon Local Category with a time of 2:46:01 despite battling a bad case of plantar fasciitis. Mok ran a new Singaporean men's 5000 m national record of 14:51:09 at the Tokai University Time Trials in Japan in May 2011. The record was broken by

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in July 2021.

Medical career

Mok disrupted his national service (NS) obligations to pursue medical studies. Upon completing his housemanship in various hospitals, he rejoined

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serving as a medical officer. After completing his NS obligations, he is since a medical doctor within Singapore's government hospital network. Mok completed his Masters of Sports Medicine from the University of Queensland, Australia in 2017. He began his Orthopaedics Surgery Residency program in 2017. He completed his training in 2022 and is now working in the National University Health System.

Personal life

Mok married Belinda Ooi on 30 December 2017, after having dated for four years. They have a daughter (born on 15 December 2019) and a son (born 21 August 2021).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mok, Ying Ren Living people 1988 births Singaporean male long-distance runners Singaporean male triathletes Singaporean people of Chinese descent National University of Singapore alumni Singaporean male marathon runners SEA Games medalists in athletics SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in triathlon Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games