Desmond Koh Mun Kit (born 19 May 1973) is a former competitive swimmer from

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and represented the nation in numerous international competitions over a period of more than 10 years including 5 years as National Captain.

Swimming career

Koh represented Singapore in three Olympics (

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, 1992, 1996), three Asian Games (1990, 1994, 1998), one

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(1998), one World Championships (1991) and five

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(1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995). Koh had four national records, including: *200m Breaststroke - 2:21.87, 29 July 1992 *400m Individual Medley - 4:28.95, 27 July 1992

Business career

Koh is the Managing Director at an international private bank and his team serves private families and family offices in Southeast Asia. He leads a sustainability taskforce at the bank and runs "ConsciousCircle", a community of asset and wealth owners. Koh sits on Boards of several non-profit entities in Singapore and USA, focused education and health.

Education

Koh graduated from the

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with a degree in Electrical Engineering and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at

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where he obtained an MPhil in Management Studies (Finance and Economics).

Personal life

Koh's younger brother,

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, also represented Singapore at the Olympics."Marathon swim for charity", Straits Times, 12 November 2007 Koh married

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References

External links

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Singapore Swimming Associationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070402141721/http://www.sportinc.net/ Koh's blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koh, Desmond 1973 births Living people Anglo-Chinese School alumni Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Singapore Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Singaporean people of Chinese descent USC Viterbi School of Engineering alumni Singaporean Rhodes Scholars Singaporean Buddhists Singaporean male breaststroke swimmers Singaporean male medley swimmers Southeast Asian Games medalists in swimming Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 1987 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 1993 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Singapore