Lew Yih Wey (born 27 June 1991) is a Malaysian swimmer, who specialised in long-distance freestyle, backstroke, and individual medley events.[2][1] She represented her nation Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of four medals (one gold and three bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.[3]
Lew competed for the Malaysian swimming team in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Three months before the Games, she produced a record-breaking effort and cleared a FINA B-cut of 4:50.52 to earn her Olympic debut at the Malaysian Open Championships in Bukit Jalil. Her winning time from the meet also erased the national mark of 4:51.01, set by Siow Yi Ting at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.[4][5] Swimming as the fastest entrant in heat one, Lew attempted to chase Singapore's Quah Ting Wen and 2004 Olympic finalist Nam Yoo-sun of South Korea at the final turn of the race, but could not catch them near the wall to finish only with a third-place time and thirty-fourth overall in 4:55.83, just more than five seconds outside her national record.[6][7]
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^ abc. Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
^"Lew Yih Wey snatches women's 200m backstroke gold at SEA Games". People's Daily. 7 December 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
^Lim, Teik Huat (2 May 2008). . The Star. Malaysia. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
^. The Malaysian Insider. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
^. Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
^"Game over as Yih Wey sinks in the pool". The Star. Malaysia. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
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born, june, 1991, malaysian, swimmer, specialised, long, distance, freestyle, backstroke, individual, medley, events, represented, nation, malaysia, 2008, summer, olympics, career, total, four, medals, gold, three, bronze, major, international, competition, sp. Lew Yih Wey born 27 June 1991 is a Malaysian swimmer who specialised in long distance freestyle backstroke and individual medley events 2 1 She represented her nation Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won a career total of four medals one gold and three bronze in a major international competition spanning the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok Thailand 3 Lew Yih WeyPersonal informationFull nameLew Yih WeyNational team MalaysiaBorn 1991 06 27 27 June 1991 age 31 Port Dickson Negeri Sembilan Malaysia 1 Height1 56 m 5 ft 1 in Weight50 kg 110 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyle backstroke medleyClubKelab Paroi Negeri Sembilan 1 Medal record Women s swimmingRepresenting MalaysiaSoutheast Asian Games2007 Bangkok 200 m backstroke2007 Bangkok 800 m freestyle2007 Bangkok 400 m medley2007 Bangkok 4 200 m freestyleLew competed for the Malaysian swimming team in the women s 400 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Three months before the Games she produced a record breaking effort and cleared a FINA B cut of 4 50 52 to earn her Olympic debut at the Malaysian Open Championships in Bukit Jalil Her winning time from the meet also erased the national mark of 4 51 01 set by Siow Yi Ting at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi Vietnam 4 5 Swimming as the fastest entrant in heat one Lew attempted to chase Singapore s Quah Ting Wen and 2004 Olympic finalist Nam Yoo sun of South Korea at the final turn of the race but could not catch them near the wall to finish only with a third place time and thirty fourth overall in 4 55 83 just more than five seconds outside her national record 6 7 References Edit a b c Lew Yih Wey Beijing 2008 Archived from the original on 3 June 2009 Retrieved 16 January 2016 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Lew Yih Wey Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 1 December 2012 Lew Yih Wey snatches women s 200m backstroke gold at SEA Games People s Daily 7 December 2007 Retrieved 16 January 2016 Lim Teik Huat 2 May 2008 Swimming Yih Wey makes cut The Star Malaysia Archived from the original on 4 June 2008 Retrieved 1 December 2012 Swimmer Yih Wey makes it to Beijing The Malaysian Insider 2 May 2008 Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 1 December 2012 Swimming Women s 400m Individual Medley Heat 1 Beijing 2008 NBC Olympics Archived from the original on 25 August 2012 Retrieved 1 December 2012 Game over as Yih Wey sinks in the pool The Star Malaysia 10 August 2008 Retrieved 1 December 2012 External links EditNBC 2008 Olympics profile 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 Lew Yih Wey amp oldid 1151581680, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
