Quah Jing Wen ( zh, c=柯敬文, p=Kē Jìngwén; born 20 December 2000) is a Singaporean professional swimmer who specialises in
individual medley
Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay.
Individual ...
,
butterfly
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and
freestyle events.
Education
Quah was educated at
Methodist Girls' School
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
and
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (ACS(I)) is an independent Methodist secondary school in Dover, Singapore. Founded in 1886 by Reverend William Fitzjames Oldham, it was recognised as an International Baccalaureate World School in 2005, and ...
,
before graduating from
Texas A&M University
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in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in
biomedical science
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.
Swimming career
Quah Jing Wen clocked 2min 12.95sec and set an Under-17 200m
butterfly
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Singaporean national record at the Neo Garden 13th Singapore National Swimming Championships, breaking
Tao Li's record set in 2005.
Quah won the bronze in the
2015 SEA Games
The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015; ; ta, 2015 தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள்), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, o ...
when making her debut in the 400m
IM.
In 2017, Quah won 5 gold medals and a silver medal at the
Commonwealth Youth Games
The Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is an international multi-sport event organized by the Commonwealth Games Federation. The games were held in the years, mid-way between when the Commonwealth Games are held, until 2008. They continued to be held ...
, held in
Nassau. In the same year, she also won 5 gold medals in the
2017 SEA Games
)
, nations = 11
, athletes = 4,646
, events = 404 in 38 sports
, opening = 19 August 2017
, closing = 30 August 2017
, opened_by = King Muhammad V
, athlete_oath = Nauraj Singh Randhawa
, judge_oath ...
.
Personal life
Quah has an elder sister,
Quah Ting Wen, and an elder brother,
Quah Zheng Wen
Quah Zheng Wen (; born 29 September 1996) is a Singaporean professional swimmer who specialises in individual medley, backstroke, butterfly and freestyle events.
Education
Quah was educated at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and had ach ...
, who both are national swimmers of Singapore as well.
See also
*
Swimming at the Southeast Asian Games
References
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2000 births
Living people
Singaporean female butterfly swimmers
Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in swimming
SEA Games medalists in swimming
SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore
SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games
Singaporean female freestyle swimmers
Singaporean female medley swimmers
Methodist Girls' High School, Singapore alumni
Anglo-Chinese School alumni
Texas A&M Aggies women's swimmers
Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore
21st-century Singaporean women