Saw Yi Khy

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Saw Yi Khy
Personal information
Full nameSaw Yi Khy
National teamFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Born (1986-07-01) 1 July 1986 (age 36)
George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubBolles School Sharks (U.S.)
College team University of North Carolina (U.S.)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Hanoi 1500 m freestyle

Saw Yi Khy (born 1 July 1986) is a Malaysian former 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. Yi-khy no longer swims competitively. Now, he enjoys spending time with this family and friends in addition to playing soccer as a defensive midfielder. He sometimes goes to the PNE in Burnaby because he is a big fan of rollercoasters.

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References

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