Alex Lim Keng Liat (born 29 August 1980) is a retired Malaysianswimmer. He was born in Sandakan, Sabah. He was awarded the National Sportsman of the Year and Olympian of the Year in 1998. In 2009, he was inducted into the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) Hall of Fame.[1][2]
Lim attended The Bolles School in Jacksonville for his prep tenure and had unparalleled success. In 1998, 1999, and 2000, Lim was the national high school champion in both the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke, and he twice set the 100 backstroke national record during his time with the Bulldogs.
Alex Lim first appeared in Southeast Asia Games at the age of 15 in 1995. At the 1998 Asian Games, he won Malaysia's first swimming gold medal in 100m backstroke as well as breaking the games record. He was the only Malaysian swimmer to date who clinched a swimming medal in Commonwealth Games. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, he won the silver medal in 50m backstroke where his time was just 0.02 seconds behind the former Australian world champion, Matt Welsh.[3] He also won the bronze medal in 100m backstroke.[4]
alex, keng, liat, born, august, 1980, retired, malaysian, swimmer, born, sandakan, sabah, awarded, national, sportsman, year, olympian, year, 1998, 2009, inducted, into, olympic, council, malaysia, hall, fame, personal, informationfull, namelim, keng, liatnati. Alex Lim Keng Liat born 29 August 1980 is a retired Malaysian swimmer He was born in Sandakan Sabah He was awarded the National Sportsman of the Year and Olympian of the Year in 1998 In 2009 he was inducted into the Olympic Council of Malaysia OCM Hall of Fame 1 2 Alex LimPersonal informationFull nameLim Keng LiatNationality MalaysiaBorn 1980 08 29 29 August 1980 age 43 Sandakan SabahHeight5 ft 10 in 1 78 m Weight139 lb 63 kg SportSportSwimmingStrokesBackstrokeMedal record Men s Swimming Representing Malaysia Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 50m backstroke 2002 Manchester 100m backstroke Asian Games 1998 Bangkok 100m backstroke 1998 Bangkok 200m backstroke 2002 Busan 100m backstroke SEA Games 1997 Jakarta 200m butterfly 1999 Brunei 100m backstroke 1999 Brunei 200m backstroke 2001 Kuala Lumpur 100m backstroke 2001 Kuala Lumpur 200m backstroke 2003 Hanoi 100m backstroke 2003 Hanoi 200m backstroke 2003 Hanoi 100m butterfly 2005 Laguna 100m backstroke 2005 Laguna 200m backstroke 1995 Chiang Mai 4x100m medley relay 1997 Jakarta 100m backstroke 1997 Jakarta 200m backstroke 1997 Jakarta 100m butterfly 1999 Brunei 200m butterfly 2005 Laguna 100m butterfly Contents 1 Career 2 Awards 3 Honour 3 1 Honour of Malaysia 4 See also 5 ReferencesCareer editLim attended The Bolles School in Jacksonville for his prep tenure and had unparalleled success In 1998 1999 and 2000 Lim was the national high school champion in both the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke and he twice set the 100 backstroke national record during his time with the Bulldogs Alex Lim first appeared in Southeast Asia Games at the age of 15 in 1995 At the 1998 Asian Games he won Malaysia s first swimming gold medal in 100m backstroke as well as breaking the games record He was the only Malaysian swimmer to date who clinched a swimming medal in Commonwealth Games At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in 50m backstroke where his time was just 0 02 seconds behind the former Australian world champion Matt Welsh 3 He also won the bronze medal in 100m backstroke 4 He qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics 5 In the 2004 Summer Olympics he became the first and only Malaysian to qualify for the semi finals in swimming at Olympics He was also the first and only Malaysian to enter the final in the 100m backstroke at the FINA World Swimming Championships Barcelona Spain 2 Awards edit1998 Malaysian Sportman of the Year 1998 Malaysian Olympian of the Year OCM Hall of FameHonour editHonour of Malaysia edit nbsp Malaysia nbsp Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm A M N 2000 6 See also editList of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming men References edit Honour for Olympic swimmer Lim Olympic Council of Asia 17 January 2010 Archived from the original on 16 August 2012 Retrieved 12 August 2012 a b OCM Hall of Fame Alex Lim Olympic Council of Malaysia Archived from the original on 15 August 2012 Retrieved 12 August 2012 Swimming Men s 50m Backstroke Final 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games Archived from the original on 14 March 2016 Retrieved 12 August 2012 Swimming Men s 100m Backstroke Final 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games Retrieved 12 August 2012 Olympics Swimmer Alex Lim sports reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 9 June 2012 Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Archived from the original on 19 July 2019 Retrieved 25 August 2018 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a Malaysian swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alex Lim amp oldid 1218738773, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
