Gary Yeo

Yeo Foo Ee Gary
Personal information
National teamSingapore
Born (1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 (age 39)
Singapore
Medal record
Athletics (sport)
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Vientiane 4 x 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2011 Palembang 100 m sprint
Silver medal – second place 2011 Palembang 4 x 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Naypyidaw 4 x 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore 4 x 100 m relay
ASEAN University Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 Vientiane 100 m sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Chang Mai 4x100 m relay

Yeo Foo Ee Gary (born 30 August 1986) is a former track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Singapore.[1] Yeo is a 5-time SEA Games Silver medalist and the 2012 ASEAN University Games 100m Champion.[2] Yeo also represented Singapore in athletics at the 2012 London Olympics, as well as the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.[3][4][5][6] He was the flag bearer for Singapore at the 2014 Asian Games.[7]

Yeo won the silver medal in the Men's 100 metres at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.[8]

In 2012, Yeo represented Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the men's 100m preliminary round, he broke his personal best timing of 10.62secs to 10.57secs to qualify for Round 1.[9] He subsequently finished last in his heat and did not qualify for the next round.[10]

In the same year, Yeo won the gold medal in the 100m sprint at the 2012 ASEAN University Games, lowering his personal best timing to 10.44secs as well as qualifying for the SEA Games 2013 in the process.[11]

In 2013, Yeo started training full-time and broke the 4 × 100 m relay record in May with a timing of 39.45secs.[12]

At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, Yeo was part of the quartet that rewrote the national 4 × 100 m record, finishing 2nd behind Thailand with a time of 39.24s.[13]

Yeo was a former student of Victoria School and is now studying business at the Singapore Management University.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Yeo Foo Ee". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Singapore Athletics". www.singaporeathletics.org.sg.
  3. ^ "Singapore Athletics". www.singaporeathletics.org.sg.
  4. ^ Tung, Colin. "Asian Games Athletics: Singapore in action". RED SPORTS.
  5. ^ "Singapore to send 18 athletes to London - Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee". en.olympic.cn.
  6. ^ "Singapore Athletics". www.singaporeathletics.org.sg.
  7. ^ "Singapore Athletics". www.singaporeathletics.org.sg.
  8. ^ "SEA Games: Singapore's Gary Yeo wins silver in 100m sprint". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Olympics: Gary Yeo clocks new personal best in 100m sprint". AsiaOne. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  10. ^ "Olympics: Gary Yeo ends Olympic campaign in men's 100m sprint". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Gary Yeo struck gold at 16th ASEAN University Games 2012". Singapore Athletics Association. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  12. ^ Chan, Eugene. "Relay team set new national record". Straits Times. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  13. ^ Lum, Nicole. "SEA Games Athletics (4x100m relay): Two national records fall; men settle for silver". RED SPORTS.


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