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 Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

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 Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in

biomedical science Biomedical sciences are a set of sciences applying portions of natural science or formal science, or both, to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health. Such disciplines as medical micr ...

Swimming career

Quah Jing Wen clocked 2min 12.95sec and set an Under-17 200m

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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quah, Jing Wen 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

Education

Swimming career

Personal life

See also

References