Quah Jing Wen
Personal information
Full nameQuah Jing Wen
Born (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000[1]
Singapore
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[3]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Butterfly, Individual Medley[4]
College teamTexas A&M
Medal record
Representing  Singapore
Women's swimming
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 0 0 1
Southeast Asian Games 20 1 2
Commonwealth Youth Games 5 1 0
Total 25 2 3
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m medley
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Cambodia200 m butterfly [5]
Gold medal – first place2023 Cambodia100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2023 Cambodia4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2023 Cambodia4×100 m mixed medley [6]
Gold medal – first place2023 Cambodia4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place2021 Vietnam200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2021 Vietnam100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2021 Vietnam200 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place2021 Vietnam4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2021 Vietnam4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place2021 Vietnam4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 Philippines200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2019 Philippines4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 Philippines4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 Philippines4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place2017 Kuala Lumpur200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2017 Kuala Lumpur4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place2017 Kuala Lumpur4×100 m freestyle[7]
Gold medal – first place2017 Kuala Lumpur4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2017 Kuala Lumpur100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2019 Philippines100m butterfly [8]
Bronze medal – third place2015 Singapore400 m medley [9]
Bronze medal – third place2021 Hanoi50 m butterfly
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first placeNassar 2017100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first placeNassar 201750 m butterfly
Gold medal – first placeNassar 2017100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first placeNassar 20174×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first placeNassar 20174×100 m medley
Silver medal – second placeNassar 2017200 m butterfly
Quah Jing Wen
Simplified Chinese柯敬文

Quah Jing Wen (Chinese: 柯敬文; pinyin: Kē Jìngwén; born 20 December 2000) is a Singaporean professional swimmer who specialises in individual medley, butterfly and freestyle events.[10]

Education

Quah was educated at Methodist Girls' School and Anglo-Chinese School (Independent),[11][12] before graduating from Texas A&M University in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in biomedical science.[12]

Swimming career

Quah Jing Wen clocked 2min 12.95sec and set an Under-17 200m butterfly Singaporean national record at the Neo Garden 13th Singapore National Swimming Championships, breaking Tao Li's record set in 2005.[13]

Quah won the bronze in the 2015 SEA Games when making her debut in the 400m IM.

In 2017, Quah won 5 gold medals and a silver medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games, held in Nassau.[14] In the same year, she also won 5 gold medals in the 2017 SEA Games.[15]

Personal life

Quah has an elder sister, Quah Ting Wen, and an elder brother, Quah Zheng Wen, who both are national swimmers of Singapore as well.[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen". Team Singapore. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen". FINA. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen weight" (PDF). Singapore Sports Council. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen". Team Singapore. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "SEA Games 2023: Quah Zheng Wen's fighting spirit shines; Singapore win four swimming golds on 1st day". Channel News Asia. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Golds for Quah siblings as they pair up and shine for Singapore at SEA Games". Channel News Asia. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "SEA Games: Quah Jing Wen comes of age as Joseph Schooling cruises". The Straits Times. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "SEA Games: Singapore's swimmers win 23 golds, match best ever haul". The Straits Times. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "SEA Games: Quah Jing Wen comes of age as Joseph Schooling cruises". The Straits Times. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Jing Wen Quah". Texas A&M. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Heng, Lim Say (6 June 2015). "Quah siblings raring to make waves at SEA Games". The New Paper. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  12. 1 2 Chen, May (31 July 2017). "National swimmer Quah Jing Wen to join Texas A&M University's top-tier swim team". The Straits Times. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen breaks Tao Li's Mark". The Straits Times. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  14. ↑ Wong, Lester (19 August 2017). "Youngest Quah a star in own right". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen". Active SG. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "Aquatic Family". 22 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "Quah Jing Wen shines on SEA Games debut as elder siblings strike gold". SG Yahoo. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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