In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim.
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Full name | David Lim Fong Jock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1966-09-08) 8 September 1966 (age 58) Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) (1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, Medley, Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | BYU Cougars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Lim Fong Jock, BBM (Chinese: 林方育; pinyin: Lín Fāngyù; born 8 September 1966) is a retired Singaporean swimmer. He won 28 medals, including ten individual and nine relay gold medals, at the Southeast Asian Games from 1981 to 1991. He was part of the Singapore freestyle relay teams that won three bronze medals at the 1986 and 1990 Asian Games. A two-time Olympian, Lim represented Singapore at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.
Lim is a three-time Singapore National Olympic Council Sportsman of the Year in 1986, 1988 and 1989, and a member of the Men's Swimming 4 × 100 m Freestyle Team of the Year in 1991. He was honoured with the Public Service Star for his contribution to sports by the Singapore government in 1990.
Lim currently coaches the Singapore national swimmers. He is the managing director of Swimfast Aquatic Group, a swimming school he founded in 1995.
References
- "David Lim athlete profile". BYU Cougars. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "David Lim Olympic factsheet". The New Paper. 9 September 1988. p. 34.
- "SEA Games past winners, 1977–1991" (PDF). Singapore National Olympic Council. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- Yeo, Wilfred (23 September 1986). "Switch success". The Straits Times. p. 31.
- Yeo, Wilfred (25 September 1986). "Bronze is the best but freestyle quartet set a national record". The Straits Times. p. 29.
- Tay, Cheng Khoon (27 September 1990). "Men's 400m freestyle relay quartet land bronze to end drought". The Straits Times. p. 29.
- "Sportsman of The Year". Singapore National Olympic Council. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- "Team of The Year". Singapore National Olympic Council. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- "Swimmer David's 'biggest prize'". The Straits Times. 9 August 1990. p. 26.
- "Founder – David Lim Fong Jock (BBM)". Swimfast Aquatic Group. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- "David Lim". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
External links
- David Lim at World Aquatics
- David Lim at Olympics.com
- David Lim at the Singapore National Olympic Council
- David Lim at Olympedia
- David Lim at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- David Lim at the Singapore National Olympic Council
- David Lim at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Singaporean people of Chinese descent
- Singaporean male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1986 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore
- Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers for Singapore
- Anglo-Chinese School alumni
- Houston Cougars men's swimmers
- Brigham Young University alumni
- BYU Cougars men's swimmers
- Singaporean expatriate swimmers in the United States
- Recipients of the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- SEA Games medalists in swimming
- SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- Competitors at the 1981 SEA Games
- 20th-century Singaporean sportsmen