Bryan Tay

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Bryan Tay
Personal information
Full nameTay Zhi Rong
NationalityFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Born (1988-04-13) 13 April 1988 (age 35)
Singapore
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubAPSC Singapore
TeamLi Jinxiao (SIN)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Manila 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Manila 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Bangkok 100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Bangkok 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Bangkok 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Manila 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Manila 200 m freestyle

Bryan Tay (born Tay Zhi Rong, born 13 April 1988) is a Singaporean swimmer, who specialized in individual and relay freestyle events. [1] He is also a multiple-time medalist for the individual events, and a two-time defending champion for the relay freestyle events at the Southeast Asian Games.

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Tay was the sole male swimmer for the Singapore national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the men's 200 m freestyle. He won the second heat of the competition, and set a national record, with a time of 1:50.41, 0.86 seconds ahead of Estonia's Vladimir Sidorkin. [2] Tay, however, failed to advance into the semi-final rounds, as he placed forty-first in the overall rankings. [3]

Tay was also a member and varsity player of the Princeton Tigers swimming team at Princeton University.

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bryan Tay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. Tan, Les. "Beijing Olympics update: Swimmer Bryan Tay wins 200m freestyle heat in new national record time". RED SPORTS. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. "Men's 200m Freestyle – Heat 2". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.