Saw Yi Khy

Saw Yi Khy
Personal information
Nationality  Malaysia
Born 1 July 1986
George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Bolles School Sharks (USA)
College team North Carolina Tar Heels (USA)

Saw Yi Khy (born 1 July 1986 in George Town, Penang) is a retired Malaysian swimmer, who specialised in long-distance freestyle events.[1] He clinched a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam with a time of 16:07.22.[2][3] Saw is also a former varsity swimmer for the Bolles School Sharks in Jacksonville, Florida, alongside his teammate Siow Yi Ting.[4]

Saw qualified for the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing a FINA B-cut of 15:58.19 from the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.[5][6] Saw participated in the first heat against two other swimmers Giancarlo Zolezzi of Chile and defending SEA Games silver medalist Charnvudth Saengsri of Thailand. He rounded out a small field to last place by a 5.86-second margin behind Zolezzi in 16:06.38. Saw failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-second overall in the preliminaries.[7][8]

Apart from his duties in Bolles School, Saw is also a member of the swimming team for North Carolina Tar Heels, and a business administration graduate at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

References

  1. "Saw Yi Khy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. "Thailand Continues to Dominate Southeast Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 10 December 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. "United States-trained swimmer sweeps breaststroke events". The Star (Malaysia). 10 December 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. "Bolles School Continues Winning Run In Florida High School State Meets". Swimming World Magazine. 4 November 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. Lim, Teik Huat (21 April 2004). "Swimmers need to go faster to confirm Athens spot". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  7. "Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Men's 1500 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: David Davies Fastest, Posts British Record 14:57.03". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

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