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Gary Yeo

Yeo Foo Ee Gary (born 30 August 1986) is a former track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Singapore.[1] Yeo is a 5-time SEA Games Silver medalist and the 2012 ASEAN University Games 100m Champion.[2] Yeo also represented Singapore in athletics at the 2012 London Olympics, as well as the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.[3][4][5][6] He was the flag bearer for Singapore at the 2014 Asian Games[7]

Yeo Foo Ee Gary
Personal information
National teamSingapore
Born (1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 (age 37)
Singapore
Medal record

Yeo won the silver medal in the Men's 100 metres at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.[8]

In 2012, Yeo represented Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the men's 100m preliminary round, he broke his personal best timing of 10.62secs to 10.57secs to qualify for Round 1.[9] He subsequently finished last in his heat and did not qualify for the next round.[10]

In the same year, Yeo won the gold medal in the 100m sprint at the 2012 Asean University Games, lowering his personal best timing to 10.44secs as well as qualifying for the SEA Games 2013 in the process.[11]

In 2013, Yeo started training full-time and broke the 4 × 100 m relay record in May with a timing of 39.45secs.[12]

At the 2015 South East Asian games, Yeo was part of the quartet that rewrote the national 4 × 100 m record, finishing 2nd behind Thailand with a time of 39.24s.[13]

Yeo was a former student of Victoria School and is now studying business at the Singapore Management University.

References edit

  1. ^ . 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Gary Yeo struck gold at 16th ASEAN University Games 2012 – Plus other Singapore athlete results | Singapore Athletics".
  3. ^ "Team Singapore 'Athletics' for 16th Asian Games 2010 | Singapore Athletics".
  4. ^ Tung, Colin. "Asian Games Athletics: Singapore in action". RED SPORTS.
  5. ^ "Singapore to send 18 athletes to London - Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee". en.olympic.cn.
  6. ^ "Gary Yeo – "Work hard and have the belief" | Singapore Athletics".
  7. ^ "Sprinter Gary Yeo appointed Team Singapore Flag Bearer for the 17th Asian Games | Singapore Athletics".
  8. ^ "SEA Games: Singapore's Gary Yeo wins silver in 100m sprint". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Olympics: Gary Yeo clocks new personal best in 100m sprint". AsiaOne. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  10. ^ . The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Gary Yeo struck gold at 16th ASEAN University Games 2012". Singapore Athletics Association. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  12. ^ Chan, Eugene. "Relay team set new national record". Straits Times. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  13. ^ Lum, Nicole. "SEA Games Athletics (4x100m relay): Two national records fall; men settle for silver". RED SPORTS.

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