Alex Lim

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| fullname = Lim Keng Liat

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| strokes = Backstroke

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|8|29}}

| birth_place = Sandakan, Sabah

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Alex Lim Keng Liat (born 29 August 1980) is a retired Malaysian swimmer. He was born in Sandakan, Sabah. He was awarded the National Sportsman of the Year and Olympian of the Year in 1998. In 2009, he was inducted into the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=Honour for Olympic swimmer Lim|url=http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea2RAnaQDIQxyQ==|publisher=Olympic Council of Asia|date=17 January 2010|access-date=12 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816102825/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea2RAnaQDIQxyQ==|archive-date=16 August 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=OCM Hall of Fame - Alex Lim |url=http://www.olympic.org.my/museum/hof/ind/alkl.htm |publisher=Olympic Council of Malaysia |access-date=12 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815082641/http://www.olympic.org.my/museum/hof/ind/alkl.htm |archive-date=15 August 2012 }}

Career

Lim attended The Bolles School in Jacksonville for his prep tenure and had unparalleled success. In 1998, 1999, and 2000, Lim was the national high school champion in both the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke, and he twice set the 100 backstroke national record during his time with the Bulldogs.

Alex Lim first appeared in Southeast Asia Games at the age of 15 in 1995. At the 1998 Asian Games, he won Malaysia's first swimming gold medal in 100m backstroke as well as breaking the games record. He was the only Malaysian swimmer to date who clinched a swimming medal in Commonwealth Games. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, he won the silver medal in 50m backstroke where his time was just 0.02 seconds behind the former Australian world champion, Matt Welsh.{{cite web|title=Swimming - Men's 50m Backstroke Final, 2002 Commonwealth Games|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=SW_50BS_M&content=SW_50BS_M_ps_F&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus|publisher=Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games|access-date=12 August 2012|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314032559/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=SW_50BS_M&content=SW_50BS_M_ps_F&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus|url-status=dead}} He also won the bronze medal in 100m backstroke.{{cite web|title=Swimming - Men's 100m Backstroke Final, 2002 Commonwealth Games|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=SW_100BS_M&content=SW_100BS_M_ps_F&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus|publisher=Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games|access-date=12 August 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201956/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=SW_100BS_M&content=SW_100BS_M_ps_F&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus|url-status=dead}}

He qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=Olympics Swimmer - Alex Lim|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/alex-lim-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082956/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/alex-lim-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|publisher=sports-reference|access-date=9 June 2012}} In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he became the first and only Malaysian to qualify for the semi-finals in swimming at Olympics. He was also the first and only Malaysian to enter the final in the 100m backstroke at the FINA World Swimming Championships Barcelona, Spain.

Awards

1998 Malaysian Sportman of the Year
1998 Malaysian Olympian of the Year
OCM Hall of Fame

Honour

=Honour of Malaysia=

{{flagu|Malaysia}} :
50px Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (A.M.N.) (2000){{cite web|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|title=Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat|access-date=25 August 2018|archive-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719195551/http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp|url-status=dead}}