Remy Ong (; born 22 November 1978) is a

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

an bowler and former

world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

. Remy made his name in the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games, officially known as the XIV Asian Games and also known as Busan 2002 (), were an international multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Due to schedule impediments the football tour ...

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as the captain for the men's team when he became the nation's only second male multiple-gold medalist in the competition's 51-year history, winning three gold medals. He developed into a national bowler at the age of 16. Remy won his first perfect game at the ATBC Championships in 1998 at the age of 20. The bowler also achieved number one status for bowling in

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

and fifth in the world in 2002 and came close to becoming the champion of the 38th

AMF World Cup The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, previously known as the International Masters and AMF Bowling World Cup, is an annual Ten-pin bowling championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide, and the largest in bowling in terms of number of participating nat ...

. In the same year, he was voted sportsman of the year. A year later, he was given the Singapore Youth Award for 2003. His crowning achievement to date is winning the singles title in the WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships at

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

in 2006.

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Singaporean ten-pin bowling players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent 1978 births Living people Asian Games medalists in bowling Bowlers at the 2010 Asian Games Bowlers at the 2006 Asian Games Bowlers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in bowling Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2001 World Games {{Tenpin-bowling-bio-stub

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