Daniel Liew
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| Full name | Daniel Liew Yao Xiang | ||||||||||||
| National team |
 Singapore | ||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||
| Club | Chinese Swimming Club | ||||||||||||
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Daniel Liew Yao Xiang (born 1 May 1981) is a Singaporean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] During his sporting career, Liew held a Singaporean record in the medley relay (3:51.16) from the 2001 Southeast Asian Games, and later represented Singapore at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2] He also played for the Chinese Swimming Club before entering the national team.
Liew competed only in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. After winning a silver medal from the Southeast Asian Games in Brunei a year earlier, his entry time of 1:04.95 was officially accredited under a FINA B-standard.[3][4] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including two-time Olympians Valērijs Kalmikovs of Latvia and Arsenio López of Puerto Rico. Coming from second on the initial length, he faded down the stretch with a poor swim to a seventh seed in 1:06.41, almost 1.5 seconds below his entry standard. Liew failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-seventh overall on the first day of prelims.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Daniel Liew". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming competition concludes with an upset". Utusan Malaysia. 13 September 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Richard good as gold in 50m freestyle". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 12 August 1999. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 241. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.