David Lim Fong Jock, BBM (Chinese: 林方育; pinyin: Lín Fāngyù; born 8 September 1966) is a retired Singaporean swimmer. He won 28 medals, including ten individual and nine relay gold medals, at the Southeast Asian Games from 1981 to 1991.[3] He was part of the Singapore freestyle relay teams that won three bronze medals at the 1986 and 1990 Asian Games.[4][5][6] A two-time Olympian, Lim represented Singapore at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Full name | David Lim Fong Jock[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1966-09-08) 8 September 1966 (age 55)[1] Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) (1988)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, Medley, Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||
College team | BYU Cougars[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lim is a three-time Singapore National Olympic Council Sportsman of the Year in 1986, 1988 and 1989, and a member of the Men's Swimming 4 × 100 m Freestyle Team of the Year in 1991.[7][8] He was honoured with the Public Service Star for his contribution to sports by the Singapore government in 1990.[9]
Lim currently coaches the Singapore national swimmers. He is the managing director of Swimfast Aquatic Group, a swimming school he founded in 1995.[10][11]