Sia Wai Yen (born 15 January 1984) is a Malaysian swimmer who specialised in long-distance freestyle and individual medley events. At the age of 16 she represented

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at the

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. She won four medals in two editions of the Southeast Asian Games (1999 and 2001), and later became a top 8 finalist at the

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. Sia competed in a medley double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved FINA B-standards of 2:20.64 (200 m individual medley) and 4:52.52 (400 m individual medley) from the Southeast Asian Games in

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. On the first day of the Games she placed twenty-fifth in the 400 m individual medley. In heat four, she finished at the bottom of the pack in a poor time of 4:59.18, more than six seconds slower than her national record. Two days later, in the 200 m individual medley, Sia posted a time of 2:20.64 in heat two but finished in thirty-first place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims. When her nation hosted the

2001 Southeast Asian Games The 2001 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2001), officially known as the 21st Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was the fifth time that Malaysia plays as SEA Games ...

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, Sia won a gold in the 400 m individual medley (4:55.87), and a bronze in the 400 m freestyle (4:24.87) and 200 m individual medley (2:22.44). At the

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, Sia finished seventh in the 400 m individual medley at 5:06.20, holding off a sprint freestyle race from Hong Kong's Chan Wing Suet by four-hundredths of a second (0.04).

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1984 births Living people Malaysian female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Malaysia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Malaysian female freestyle swimmers Female medley swimmers Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur SEA Games medalists in swimming SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia 21st-century Malaysian women {{Malaysia-swimming-bio-stub