Anthony Ang

Anthony Ang

Personal information
Full name	Anthony Ang Kang Keam
National team	Malaysia
Born	6 December 1978
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
College team	Florida State University, University of Minnesota (U.S.)
Coach	Kelly Kremer (U.S.)
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games 2001 Kuala Lumpur 100 m butterfly 2001 Kuala Lumpur 200 m butterfly 1999 Brunei 100 m butterfly

Anthony Ang Kang Keam (born 6 December 1978) is a Malaysian former swimmer, who specialised in butterfly events.^[1] He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), a double SEA Games titleholder in a butterfly double, a Bolles School graduate, and a member of Florida State University (1998-1999) and University of Minnesota (2000-2002) swimming and diving team while studying in the United States.^[2]

Ang accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida for 2 seasons (1998 & 1999)^[3] and later joined University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers under head coach Kelly Kremer.^[4][5] In the year 2001 edition of Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, he came in first in the 200-yard butterfly (1:44.25) along with rewriting both the varsity and pool record.^[6][7] At the 2001 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, he powered home with top finishes, as the only Gopher, in the 100-yard butterfly (49.09) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:46.21).^[8]

Ang made his first Malaysian team, as an eighteen-year-old teen, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing forty-fifth in the 100 m butterfly (56.41), and thirty-first in the 200 m butterfly (2:04.01).^[9][10] He also placed twentieth, along with his Malaysian teammates Alex Lim, Elvin Chia, and Wan Azlan Abdullah, in the 4×100 m medley relay (3:56.24).^[11]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Ang competed again in three swimming events, including a butterfly double. He achieved FINA B-standards of 56.47 (100 m butterfly) and 2:02.72 (200 m butterfly) from the Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.^[12][13][14] In his first event, 200 m butterfly, Ang posted a lifetime best of 2:00.12 to lead the second heat, but missed the semifinals by 0.71 of a second with a twenty-second-place effort.^[15][16] Three days later, in the 100 m butterfly, Ang placed thirty-sixth on the morning prelims. He established a Malaysian record of 55.26 to blister the field with another top finish in heat one.^[17][18] Ang also teamed up with Chia, Lim, and newcomer Allen Ong in the 4×100 m medley relay. Swimming a butterfly leg in heat one, Ang recorded a split of 55.70, but the Malaysians settled only for last place and twenty-second overall in a final time of 3:48.32.^[19]

When Malaysia hosted the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Ang came up with a spectacular swim to strike a butterfly double in front of a massive home crowd, capturing two gold medals each in the 100 m butterfly (55.40) and 200 m butterfly (2:01.84).^[20]

References

1. "Anthony Ang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
2. "Bolles in the Olympics". Bolles School. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. "2013-14 Swimming and Diving Almanac" (PDF). Florida State Seminoles. p. 31. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
4. "2008–2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers Swimming & Diving Review: Kelly Kremer" (PDF). Minnesota Golden Gophers. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
5. "Kelly Kremer Promoted to Head Coach of Aquatics at Minnesota". Swimming World Magazine. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
6. "BIG TEN CHAMPIONS". www.gophersportsguides.com. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
7. "MINNESOTA BLOWS AWAY COMPETITION IN BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS". www.gophersportsguides.com. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
8. "NCAA Div. I Men: Iowa Falls to Minnesota". Swimming World Magazine. 22 January 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
9. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 46. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
10. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
11. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 52. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
12. "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
13. "Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
14. "Albert, diver Shenny take the honors in the pool". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
15. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 216. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
16. "Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
17. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 206. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
18. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (100m Butterfly)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
19. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 346. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
20. "Keng Liat set to deliver first gold for Malaysia in swimming". Utusan Malaysia. 9 September 2001. Retrieved 8 June 2013.