Quah Ting Wen (; born 18 August 1992) is a Singaporean professional swimmer who specialises in

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, freestyle and

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events. She is currently representing DC Trident at the

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Education

Quah was educated at Raffles Girls' School and

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, before graduating from the

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in 2014.

Swimming career

Collegiate level

Quah had represented the

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during her time at the

International level

2005 Southeast Asian Games

Quah first represented Singapore on the international level in the

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2008 Olympic Games

At the

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, Quah failed to qualify in the heats of the 400m Individual Medley event but set a new national record (4:51.25).

2009 Asian Youth Games

Quah was Singapore's flag bearer for the 2009 Asian Youth Games. She won three individual gold medals in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m freestyle events while setting national records for all three (25.43, 55.57 and 1:59.21). She won the team gold and bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and 4 × 100 m medley relay events, respectively.

2013 FINA Swimming World Cup

Quah set a new national record in the 200 m freestyle event in the second leg of the 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup, held in

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. Her new timing of 1:58.80 was 0.09 seconds faster than

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's three-day-old record of 1:58.89.

Southeast Asian Games

Quah has represented Singapore and won, at the following games: *

(2 silvers, 2 bronzes) *

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(2 golds, 3 silvers) *

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(4 golds, 2 silvers, 1 bronze) *

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 ...

(2 golds, 3 silvers) *

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

* 2015 Southeast Asian Games(4 golds, 4 silvers) *

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(4 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Personal life

Quah has a younger 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 ...

, and a younger sister,

Quah Jing Wen 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, butterfly and freestyle events. Education Quah was educated at Methodist Girls' School and A ...

, who both are national swimmers of Singapore as well.

References

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* * * * 1992 births Living people Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Singapore Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games Singaporean female freestyle swimmers Singaporean female butterfly swimmers Singaporean female medley swimmers Raffles Girls' Secondary School alumni Raffles Institution alumni Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics UCLA Bruins women's swimmers Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Singaporean women {{Singapore-swimming-bio-stub