Alex Lim

Alex Lim
Personal information
Full name Alex Lim Keng Liat
Nationality  Malaysia
Born 29 August 1980
Sandakan, Sabah
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 139 lb (63 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke

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]

Career

Alex Lim first appeared in Southeast Asia Games at the age of 15 in 1995. At the 1998 Asian Games, he won the Malaysia first swimming gold medal in 100m backstroke by break the games record. He was the only Malaysian swimmer who able to win a swimming medal in Commonwealth Games. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, he won silver medal in 50m backstroke where he just 0.02 seconds behind the Australian swimmer, Matt Welsh.[3]He also won bronze medal in 100m backstroke.[4]

He was qualified in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[5] In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he became the first and only Malaysian to qualify for the semi-final in swimming at an Olympic Games. 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

References

  1. ↑ "Honour for Olympic swimmer Lim". Olympic Council of Asia. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "OCM Hall of Fame - Alex Lim". Olympic Council of Malaysia. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Swimming - Men's 50m Backstroke Final, 2002 Commonwealth Games". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Swimming - Men's 100m Backstroke Final, 2002 Commonwealth Games". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Olympics Swimmer - Alex Lim". sports-reference. Retrieved 9 June 2012.