Quah Ting Wen
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Biography
Quah Ting Wen (Chinese: 柯婷文; born 18 August 1992) is a Singaporean competitive swimmer
Quah was Singapore's flag bearer for the 2009 Asian Youth Games. She 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). She 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 in the heats of 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.
She swam for Singapore at the following games, winning...
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, who is a national swimmer of note. Her younger sister, Quah Jing Wen is a national swimmer of Singapore too.