Chay Weng Yew Explained

Chay Weng Yew
Nationality:Singaporean
Sport:Weightlifting
Birth Date:22 February 1928

Chay Weng Yew (22 February 1928  - 27 August 2004) was a Singaporean weightlifter.[1] He won the featherweight championship of Singapore in 1948, 1949 and 1950.[2] He participated in the Singapore at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi.[3] He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics,[4] placing sixth.[5] He represented Singapore at the 1954 Asian Games, held in Manila. He won a bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight 60 kg competition. In October of the following year, Chay, then a bank clerk, announced that he would be retiring from weightlifting.[3]

Chay died of stomach cancer on 27 August 2004.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chay Weng Yew . Olympedia . 14 November 2020.
  2. News: Yue. Roger. 24 January 1951. CHAY WENG YEW GETS HIS CHANCE. The Singapore Free Press. Singapore. 19 October 2024.
  3. News: 18 October 1955. Chay Weng Yew to quit weightlifting. The Straits Times. Singapore. 19 October 2024.
  4. Chay Weng Yew . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418064512/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chay-weng-yew-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 24 December 2019.
  5. News: 13 January 1953. 'Young Hercules' of Singapore. The Singapore Free Press. Singapore. 19 October 2024.
  6. News: 1 September 2004. He was an Olympian, but few knew it. Streats. Singapore.