Quah Ting Wen

Quah Ting Wen

Personal information
Nationality	Singapore
Born	18 August 1992 Singapore
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, IM
Medal record Southeast Asian Games Thailand 2007 400 m individual medley Laos 2009 100 m freestyle Laos 2009 200 m freestyle Laos 2009 4×100 m freestyle relay Laos 2009 4×200 m freestyle relay Laos 2009 4×100 m medley relay Myanmar 2013 4×200 m freestyle relay Myanmar 2013 4×100 m medley relay Singapore 2015 100 m freestyle Singapore 2015 4×100 m freestyle relay Singapore 2015 4×200 m freestyle relay Singapore 2015 4×100 m medley relay Philippines 2005 800 m freestyle Philippines 2005 4×200 m freestyle relay Thailand 2007 100 m freestyle Thailand 2007 200 m freestyle Thailand 2007 4×200 m freestyle relay Laos 2009 50 m freestyle Laos 2009 400 m individual medley Myanmar 2013 100 m freestyle Myanmar 2013 200 m freestyle Myanmar 2013 100 m butterfly Myanmar 2013 200 m butterfly Myanmar 2013 4×100 m freestyle relay Singapore 2015 50 m freestyle Singapore 2015 50 m butterfly Singapore 2015 100 m butterfly Singapore 2015 200 m butterfly Philippines 2005 400 m freestyle Philippines 2005 400 m individual medley Laos 2009 400 m freestyle Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009 50 m freestyle Singapore 2009 100 m freestyle Singapore 2009 200 m freestyle Singapore 2009 4x100 m freestyle relay Singapore 2009 4×100 m medley relay

Quah Ting Wen (Chinese: 柯婷文; born 18 August 1992) is a Singaporean competitive swimmer ^[1]

Quah was Singapore's flag bearer for the 2009 Asian Youth Games.^[2] She subsequently won three individual gold medals in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m freestyle events while setting national records for all three (25.43, 55.57 and 1:59.21).^[3] She also won the team gold and bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and 4 × 100 m medley relay events, respectively.

At the 2008 Olympics Games, Quah failed to qualify from the heats in the 400m Individual Medley event but set a new national record (4:51.25).

Quah set a new national record in the 200 m freestyle event in the second leg of the 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup, held in Berlin, Germany. Her new timing of 1:58.80 was 0.09 seconds faster than Lynette Lim's three-day-old record of 1:58.89.^[4]

She has also swum for Singapore at the:

• 2005 Southeast Asian Games (Two silvers, two bronzes)
• 2006 Commonwealth Games
• 2006 Asian Games
• 2007 Southeast Asian Games (Two golds, three silvers)
• 2009 Southeast Asian Games
• 2013 Southeast Asian Games
• 2014 Asian Games
• 2015 Southeast Asian Games

Personal life

Quah has a younger brother, Quah Zheng Wen, as well as a younger sister, Quah Jing Wen, where both are also swimming representatives for Singapore.^[5]

References

1. Quah's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-20.
2. "Flagged for AYG success". AsiaOne. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
3. "New golden girl". AsiaOne. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
4. "Swimmers set new short-course marks". Today. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
5. "The 1 to watch". AsiaOne. Retrieved 15 December 2013.