Lew Yih Wey

Lew Yih Wey

Personal information
Nationality	Malaysia
Born	(1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 Port Dickson, Malaysia
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Event(s)	Individual medley Freestyle Backstroke
Club	Kelab Paroi Negeri Sembilan
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Malaysia Southeast Asian Games Gold 2007 Bangkok 200 m backstroke Bronze 2007 Bangkok 800 m freestyle Bronze 2007 Bangkok 400 m medley Bronze 2007 Bangkok 4×200 m freestyle

Lew Yih Wey (born 27 June 1991 in Port Dickson) is a Malaysian swimmer, who specialised in long-distance freestyle, backstroke, and individual medley events.^[1] She won four medals, including the gold for the backstroke event, at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

Lew qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after smashing a national record, and reached a B-standard time of 4:50.52 at the Malaysian Open Championships in Bukit Jalil. Her winning time at the championships also erased the national mark of 4:51.01, set by Siow Yi Ting at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.^[2][3] She swam in the first heat of the women's 400 m individual medley, against four other competitors including Thailand's Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn, who previously won the gold medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Manila. Lew finished the race only in third place and thirty-fourth overall, outside her national record of 4:55.83.^[4][5]

References

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile