QUAH Zheng Wen

Date of Birth: 29 Sep 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Birth Country:

Singapore

Place of residence : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke
	Men's 100m Butterfly
	Men's 200m Butterfly

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Butterfly - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Back	200Back	100Fly	200Fly	400IndMed
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (54.38)	-	SF (52.26)	SF (1:56.11)	-
2012	London, GBR	-	H (2:03.45)	-	-	H (4:26.81)

World Championships - Individual Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly events

Year	Location	100Free	50Back	100Back	200Back	100Fly	200Fly
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	H (25.50)	-	-	-	H (1:59.10)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	H (25.58)	H (54.68)	H (1:59.49)	H (52.13)	H (1:56.76)
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (49.99)	H (25.44)	H (54.40)	-	-	H (1:58.32)

World Championships - Medley and Relay events

Year	Location	4x100Free M	4x100Free X	4x200Free	4x100Medley M	4x100Medley X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (3:16.66)	-	H (7:18.12)	H (3:41.58)	H (3:53.90)
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (3:27.01)	H (3:34.58)	-	H (3:40.93)	H (3:57.51)

Asian Games

Year	Location	50Back	200Back	100Fly	200Fly	4x100Free M	4x200Free	4x100Medley M
2018	Indonesia	6th (25.53)	H (2:02.68)	4th (52.54)	6th (1:57.95)	3rd (3:17.22)	3rd (7:14.15)	4th (3:37.68)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Mandarin, Spanish

Stephan Widmer [national], AUS; Gary Tan [national], SGP

Sporting relatives:

His older sister Ting Wen competed in swimming at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. His younger sister Jing Wen won five gold medals in swimming at the 2017 South East Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (olympic.org, 2018; tnp.sg, 22 Aug 2017; myactivesg.com, 18 Jul 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 10 Aug 2018)

2011 for Singapore, South East Asian Games in Indonesia (Athlete, 03 Aug 2016)

He learned to swim at age six at his father's swimming club. He began competing at age 12. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2016; teamsingapore.com.sg, 08 Nov 2011)

"Since I was little I have enjoyed going to the beach and playing in the water. It was only natural for my parents to sign me up for swimming lessons, just so I would be water safe. I continued to swim on a regular basis because my older sister was a competitive swimmer. It was then I realised I enjoyed racing." (teamsingapore.com.sg, 08 Nov 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (straitstimes.com, 08 Mar 2020)

Philosophy:

"Why idolise someone when you can try to beat them." (Athlete, 03 Aug 2016)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2019 South East Asian Games in Philippines. (SG Sports TV YouTube channel, 02 Apr 2020; todayonline.com, 12 Dec 2019)

He was named the 2012 Sportsboy of the Year at the Singapore Sports Awards. (singaporeolympics.com, 04 Feb 2013)

General Interest

General
NATIONAL SERVICE
In July 2015 the Ministry of Defence in Singapore announced his national service would be deferred until August 2016, allowing him to train for, and compete at, the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. An extension to his deferment, which allowed him to enrol at the University of California in the United States of America, was confirmed in September 2016. In 2020 the deferment was extended again due to the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (channelnewsasia.com, 11 Aug 2020, 11 Jan 2017; tnp.sg, 20 Mar 2016; channelnewsasia.com, 22 Aug 2015; theguardian.com, 07 Jul 2015)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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