University of California Athletics

A three-time Olympian, having previously represented Singapore at the 2016 Rio Games and 2012 London Games … Entered in the 100-meter butterfly, 200-meter butterfly and 100-meter backstroke events … A member of Cal’s post-graduate training group, guided by Cal and U.S. Olympic men’s head coach David Durden in Berkeley … Became Singapore’s first swimmer to qualify for an Olympic semifinal when he reached the 200-meter butterfly semis in Rio … Placed 10th in the 200 fly (1:56.11) and added a 15th-place finish in the 100 fly (52.26) in Rio … Competed at his first Olympics at age 15 in London, placing 31st in the 400 individual medley preliminaries (4:26.81) … Originally punched his ticket to the 2020 Olympic Games Tokyo at the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, where he hauled in eight total medals and was named the most valuable male athlete of any sport at the competition … Earned six golds and two silvers, recorded two Olympic qualifying times in the 100 backstroke (53.79) and 100 fly (51.87), and set Singaporean and meet records in the 100 back at the 2019 SEA Games … Swam for Singapore at the 2019 World Championships … A 13-time All-American and nine-time Pac-12 champion (four individual, five relay) at Cal … Collected five All-America honors and set a pair of Pac-12 Championship records as a senior in 2020 … Was a favorite to win the 200-yard fly title at the 2020 NCAA Championships before the meet was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Had a critical role in Cal’s 2019 NCAA team title, earning two top-six finishes in the 200-yard fly (third, 1:39.68) and the 100-yard fly (sixth, 45.06) … Member of three consecutive Pac-12 title-winning squads at Cal (2018-20) … A Scholar All-American in 2020 … Graduated from Cal in spring 2021 with his undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cell Biology … Born on Sept. 29, 1996 … Has two sisters, Ting Wen Quah and Jing Wen Quah, both of whom also represent Singapore in international swimming … Full name is Quah Zheng Wen.

Olympic Schedule (PDT)
July 25 - 100m backstroke heats (22nd, 53.94)
July 26 - 200m butterfly heats (22nd, 1:56.42)
July 29 - 100m butterfly heats (34th, 52.39)