Calvin Quek
| File:1 calvin quek 2023.jpg Quek with his bronze medal at the 2023 SEA Games | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 February 1996[1] Singapore |
| Sport | |
| Country | Singapore |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 400 metres hurdles |
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Jun Jie Calvin Quek is a Singapore sprinter who specialises in the 400m and 400m hurdles. As a schoolboy, Quek was a perennial medallist at National Schools in both events.[2] He first broke the 400m hurdles national record in February 2022 with a time of 51.73s at a Southeast Asian Games Trial.[3] Subsequently, at the SEA Games in Hanoi, he rewrote his national record with a time of 51.19s and became the first Singaporean to win a SEA Games medal in the event since 1969.[4] At the 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh, he ran 50.75s to secure a bronze again.[5] At the same competition, he was part of the 4x400m quartet that broke the national record.[6] In the World University Games, he ran 50.43s to rewrite his 400m hurdles national record.[1] Other competitions Quek had previously competed in include the 2022 Commonwealth Games[7] and 2022 Asian Games.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jun Jie Calvin QUEK | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
- ↑ https://www.redsports.sg/2012/04/17/b-div-400m-hurdles-raymond-lee-sji/
- ↑ Auto, Hermes (February 23, 2022). "Athletics: Calvin Quek breaks men's 400m hurdles national record | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
- ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-calvin-quek-is-1st-spore-man-to-win-400m-hurdles-medal-since-1969
- ↑ "Cray saves day for PH campaign in SEA Games | Philippine News Agency". Philippine News Agency.
- ↑ "SEA Games 2023: 'We must make it count in 2029', says athletics chief | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. May 13, 2023.
- ↑ "Athletics - Men's 400m Hurdles results" – via www.bbc.com.