Wong Zhi Wei
Para Swimming
- Age 22
- Profile
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Zhi Wei, who has visual impairment, is currently a student at the National University of Singapore.
In 2015, he joined competitive swimming at the young age of 13 and managed to join the national para-swimmers in 2017 to participate World Para Swimming Series in Berlin.
In 2017, he took part in the ASEAN Para Games hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he achieved silver in Men's 100m freestyle S13 event and bronze in Men's 50m freestyle S13 event.
In the same year, he represented Singapore in the 3rd Asian Youth Para Games in Dubai where he clinched three gold medals in the Men's S13 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle and two silvers in the Men's S13 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke, becoming the most bemedaled athlete at the games representing Singapore at the age of 15.
He is currently chasing his dream of becoming a Paralympian and hopes to qualify for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
- 2023 ASEAN Para Games - Men's 50m Freestyle S13, Bronze
- 2023 ASEAN Para Games - Men's 100m Butterfly S13, Gold (Games Record)
- 2022 ASEAN Para Games - Men's 100m Freestyle S13, Silver (Personal Best)
- 2022 ASEAN Para Games - Men's 50m Breaststroke SB13, Silver
- 2022 ASEAN Para Games - Mens 50m Freestyle S13, Gold
- 2022 ASEAN Para Games - Mens 100m Freestyle S13, Gold
- 2022 ASEAN Para Games - Mens 100m Breaststroke S13, Silver
- 2017 ASEAN Para Games - Mens 100m Freestyle S13, Silver
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