Misplaced Pages

Quah Jing Wen

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Singaporean swimmer (born 2000) Not to be confused with Quah Zheng Wen or Quah Ting Wen.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Quah.
Quah Jing Wen
Personal information
Full nameQuah Jing Wen
Born (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 24)
Singapore
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Butterfly, Individual Medley
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 place 2023 Cambodia 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia 4×100 m mixed medley
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vietnam 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vietnam 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vietnam 200 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vietnam 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vietnam 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vietnam 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2019 Philippines 100m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Hanoi 50 m butterfly
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place Nassar 2017 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Nassar 2017 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place Nassar 2017 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place Nassar 2017 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Nassar 2017 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place Nassar 2017 200 m butterfly
Quah Jing Wen
Simplified Chinese柯敬文
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKē Jìngwén
Wade–GilesKe Jing wen

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.

Education

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

Swimming career

Quah Jing Wen clocked 2:12.95 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.

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. In the same year, she also won 5 gold medals in the 2017 SEA Games.

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.

See also

References

  1. "Quah Jing Wen". Team Singapore. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. "Quah Jing Wen". Team Singapore. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. "Quah Jing Wen". FINA. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. "Quah Jing Wen weight" (PDF). Singapore Sports Council. 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. ^ 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.
Categories: