Sng Ju Wei, Date of Birth

    

Sng Ju Wei

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1980

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Singapore

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Sng Ju Wei

  • Sng Ju Wei (born 3 June 1980) is a Singaporean former swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events.
  • He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a triple medalist at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games.
  • Sng also trained for the Aquatic Performance Swim Club in Singapore district, under head coach Jin Xia Li. Sng made his Olympic debut, as a 16-year-old from Singapore, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
  • He failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing fifty-eighth in the 50 m freestyle (25.04), fifty-seventh in the 100 m freestyle (53.50), thirty-seventh in the 200 m freestyle (1:55.51), and thirty-third in the 400 m freestyle (4:12.24).
  • As a member of the Singaporean squad, Sng also placed fifteenth in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (7:54.19), and twenty-third in the 4×100 m medley relay (3:59.51), along with his teammates Desmond Koh, Gerald Koh, and Thum Ping Tjin.At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Sng drastically shortened his program, swimming only in the 400 m freestyle on the first day of the Games.
  • He posted a FINA B-standard of 4:04.55 from the Southeast Asian Games in Brunei.
  • He established a Singaporean record of 4:01.34 to hit the wall first in heat one, holding off Chile's Giancarlo Zolezzi by 0.17 of a second.
  • Sng failed to reach the top 8 final, as he placed thirty-seventh overall in the prelims.At the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sng won a total of three medals: two golds in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:27.48) and 4×200 m freestyle relay (7:38.82), and bronze in the 200 m freestyle (1:54.33).

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