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]