Mark Lee (runner)

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Mark Lee
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Lee (second from left) with his 4 x 100m team mates after their bronze performance at the 2023 SEA Games
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Born (2004-04-17) 17 April 2004 (age 19) [1]
Singapore
Sport
CountrySingapore
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Cambodia 4 x 100 metres relay

Mark Lee is a Singaporean athlete who specialises in the 100m and 200m sprints. As a student at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) -- and coached by former Singapore sprinter Hamkah Afik -- he broke the 100m and 200m national schools records in 2022 with timings of 10.59s and 21.62s respectively. [2] [3] At the 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh, he qualified for the final, eventually finishing fifth with a time of 21.48s. [4] In the 4 x 100 metres relay, he was part of the quartet that earned a bronze.

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References

  1. "Mark Ren LEE | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  2. Auto, Hermes (April 29, 2022). "School Sports: ACS(I)'s Mark Lee, 18, clocks 10.59sec to smash A Div 100m record | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
  3. Auto, Hermes (May 1, 2022). "School Sports: Teenage sprinter Mark Lee hungry for more after record-breaking runs | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
  4. Ganesan, Deepanraj (May 9, 2023). "SEA Games 2023: Shanti Pereira wins 200m gold in Cambodia for third title". Asia News Network.