Bryan Tay

Bryan Tay (born Tay Zhi Rong, born 13 April 1988) is a Singaporean swimmer, who specialized in individual and relay freestyle events.[1] He is also a multiple-time medalist for the individual events, and a two-time defending champion for the relay freestyle events at the Southeast Asian Games.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tay.

Bryan Tay
Personal information
Full nameTay Zhi Rong
Nationality Singapore
Born (1988-04-13) 13 April 1988
Singapore
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubAPSC Singapore
TeamLi Jinxiao (SIN)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2005 Manila4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2005 Manila4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2007 Bangkok100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2007 Bangkok4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2007 Bangkok4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2005 Manila100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2005 Manila200 m freestyle

Tay was the sole male swimmer for the Singapore national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the men's 200 m freestyle. He won the second heat of the competition, and set a national record, with a time of 1:50.41, 0.86 seconds ahead of Estonia's Vladimir Sidorkin.[2] Tay, however, failed to advance into the semi-final rounds, as he placed forty-first in the overall rankings.[3]

Tay was also a member and varsity player of the Princeton Tigers swimming team at Princeton University.

See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bryan Tay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. Tan, Les. "Beijing Olympics update: Swimmer Bryan Tay wins 200m freestyle heat in new national record time". RED SPORTS. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. "Men's 200m Freestyle – Heat 2". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.


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