David Lim Fong Jock, (; born 8 September 1966) is a retired Singaporean

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He won 28 medals, including ten individual and nine relay gold medals, at the Southeast Asian Games from 1981 to 1991. He was part of the Singapore freestyle relay teams that won three bronze medals at the

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

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1990 Asian Games The 1990 Asian Games also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games ( zh, c=第十一届亚洲运动会, p=Dì shíyī jiè yàzhōu yùndònghuì), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Ga ...

. A two-time Olympian, Lim represented Singapore at the

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

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1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. 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. He was honoured with the Public Service Star for his contribution to sports by the Singapore government in 1990. Lim currently coaches the Singapore national swimmers. He is the managing director of Swimfast Aquatic Group, a swimming school he founded in 1995.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, David 1966 births Living people Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1986 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore Asian Games medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Singapore Anglo-Chinese School alumni Brigham Young University alumni BYU Cougars men's swimmers Recipients of the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in swimming SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 1981 SEA Games 20th-century Singaporean people