Gary Yeo

Yeo Foo Ee Gary
Personal information
Nationality Singaporean
Born (1986-08-13) 13 August 1986
Singapore
Medal record
Athletics (sport)
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
2009 Vientiane 4 x 100 m relay
2011 Palembang 100 m sprint
2011 Palembang 4 x 100 m relay
2013 Naypyidaw 4 x 100 m relay
2015 Singapore 4 x 100 m relay
ASEAN University Games
2012 Vientiane 100 m sprint
2010 Chang Mai 4x100 m relay

Yeo Foo Ee Gary (born August 13, 1986) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes 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 South East Asian games, Yeo was part of the quartet that rewrote the national 4x100m 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Yeo Foo Ee". 2012 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/gary-struck-gold-at-16th-asean-university-games-2012-plus-other-singapore-athlete-results
  3. ↑ http://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/team-singapore-16th-asian-games-2010
  4. ↑ https://www.redsports.sg/2014/09/30/asian-games-athletics-singapore-in-action/
  5. ↑ http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2012-06-18/2188990.html
  6. ↑ http://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/gary-yeo-olympics
  7. ↑ http://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/sprinter-gary-yeo-appointed-team-singapore-flag-bearer-for-the-17th-asian-games
  8. ↑ "SEA Games: Singapore's Gary Yeo wins silver in 100m sprint". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Olympics: Gary Yeo clocks new personal best in 100m sprint". AsiaOne. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Olympics: Gary Yeo ends Olympic campaign in men's 100m sprint". The Straits Times. Retrieved August 15, 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. ↑ https://www.redsports.sg/2015/06/12/sea-games-athletics-4x100m-relay/


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