| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Welson Sim Wee Sheng [1] |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Born | 29 March 1997 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia [2] |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [2] |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) [2] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Medal record | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 沈威勝 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 沈威胜 | ||||||
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Welson Sim Wee Sheng (born 29 March 1997) is a Malaysian professional swimmer. He was the first Malaysian male swimmer to qualify for the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [3] [4]
Sim was born in Kuching,Sarawak to Lee Ngiat Kim and Sim Ah Tee. [2] [5] He started joining swimming classes at the age of 10 to overcome childhood asthma,and competed in Sarawak's President Cup a year later. [4] [6] By the time he turned 12,he was in the Sarawak state swimming team. [7] Sim attended Batu Lintang National Secondary School,before transferring to Bukit Jalil Sports School during the mid-semester in Form Three. [8]
In March 2021,Sim involved in a motorcycle accident,resulting in a broken arm and had two pins inserted into his left arm. [9]
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