Saw Yi Khy
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| Full name | Saw Yi Khy | ||||||||||||
| National team |
 Malaysia | ||||||||||||
| Born |
1 July 1986 George Town, Penang, Malaysia | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
| Club | Bolles School Sharks (U.S.) | ||||||||||||
| College team | University of North Carolina (U.S.) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Saw Yi Khy (born 1 July 1986) is a Malaysian former swimmer, who specialised in long-distance freestyle events.[1] He clinched a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam with a time of 16:07.22.[2][3] Saw is also a former varsity swimmer for the Bolles School Sharks in Jacksonville, Florida, alongside his teammate Siow Yi Ting.[4]
Saw qualified for the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing a FINA B-cut of 15:58.19 from the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.[5][6] Saw participated in the first heat against two other swimmers Giancarlo Zolezzi of Chile and defending SEA Games silver medalist Charnvudth Saengsri of Thailand. He rounded out a small field to last place by a 5.86-second margin behind Zolezzi in 16:06.38. Saw failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-second overall in the preliminaries.[7][8]
Apart from his duties in Bolles School, Saw is also a member of the swimming team for North Carolina Tar Heels, and a business administration graduate at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
References
- ↑ "Saw Yi Khy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Thailand Continues to Dominate Southeast Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 10 December 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "United States-trained swimmer sweeps breaststroke events". The Star (Malaysia). 10 December 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Bolles School Continues Winning Run In Florida High School State Meets". Swimming World Magazine. 4 November 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ Lim, Teik Huat (21 April 2004). "Swimmers need to go faster to confirm Athens spot". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Men's 1500 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: David Davies Fastest, Posts British Record 14:57.03". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2013.