Alex Lim
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| Full name | Alex Lim Keng Liat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Malaysia |
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| Born | 29 August 1980 Sandakan, Sabah |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 139 lb (63 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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Career
Alex Lim first appeared in Southeast Asia Games at the age of 15 in 1995. At the 1998 Asian Games, he won Malaysia's first swimming gold medal in 100m backstroke as well as breaking the games record. He was the only Malaysian swimmer to date who clinched a swimming medal in Commonwealth Games. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, he won the silver medal in 50m backstroke where his time was just 0.02 seconds behind the former Australian world champion, Matt Welsh.[3]He also won the bronze medal in 100m backstroke.[4]
He qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics.[5] In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he became the first and only Malaysian to qualify for the semi-finals in swimming at Olympics. 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
- 1998 Malaysian Sportman of the Year
- 1998 Malaysian Olympian of the Year
- OCM Hall of Fame
See also
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