David Lim (swimmer)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lim.
David Lim
Personal information
Full name David Lim Fong Jock[1]
Nationality Singapore
Born (1966-09-08) 8 September 1966[1]
Singapore
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 75 kg (165 lb) (1988)[1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, Medley, Freestyle
College team BYU Cougars[2]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Competitor for  Singapore
Asian Games
1986 Seoul 4×100 m freestyle relay
1986 Seoul 4×200 m freestyle relay
1990 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle relay

David Lim Fong Jock, BBM (Chinese: 林方育; pinyin: Lín Fāngyù; born 8 September 1966) is a retired Singaporean swimmer. He won 28 medals, including ten individual and nine relay gold medals, at the Southeast Asian Games from 1981 to 1991.[3] He was part of the Singapore freestyle relay teams that won three bronze medals at the 1986 and 1990 Asian Games.[4][5][6] A two-time Olympian, Lim represented Singapore at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.

Lim is a three-time Singapore National Olympic Council Sportsman of the Year in 1986, 1988 and 1989, and a member of the Men's Swimming 4 × 100 m Freestyle Team of the Year in 1991.[7][8] He was honoured with the Public Service Star for his contribution to sports by the Singapore government in 1990.[9]

Lim currently coaches the Singapore national swimmers. He is the managing director of Swimfast Aquatic Group, a swimming school he founded in 1995.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "David Lim Olympic factsheet". The New Paper. 9 September 1988. p. 34.
  2. ↑ "David Lim athlete profile". BYU Cougars. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "SEA Games past winners, 1977–1991" (PDF). Singapore National Olympic Council. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Yeo, Wilfred (23 September 1986). "Switch success". The Straits Times. p. 31.
  5. ↑ Yeo, Wilfred (25 September 1986). "Bronze is the best but freestyle quartet set a national record". The Straits Times. p. 29.
  6. ↑ Tay, Cheng Khoon (27 September 1990). "Men's 400m freestyle relay quartet land bronze to end drought". The Straits Times. p. 29.
  7. ↑ "Sportsman of The Year". Singapore National Olympic Council. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Team of The Year". Singapore National Olympic Council. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Swimmer David's 'biggest prize'". The Straits Times. 9 August 1990. p. 26.
  10. ↑ "Founder – David Lim Fong Jock (BBM)". Swimfast Aquatic Group. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "David Lim". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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