Anthony Ang

{{short description|Malaysian swimmer}}

{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Anthony Ang

| image = FB Profile.jpg

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| fullname = Anthony Ang Kang Keam

| nicknames = Anthony

| national_team = {{MAS}}

| strokes = Butterfly

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| coach = Kelly Kremer (U.S.)

| collegeteam = Florida State University, University of Minnesota (U.S.)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|6|df=yes}}

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| height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Malaysia }}

{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2001 Kuala Lumpur | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold| 2001 Kuala Lumpur | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver| 1999 Brunei | 100 m butterfly}}

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Anthony Ang Kang Keam (born 6 December 1978) is a Malaysian former swimmer, who specialised in butterfly events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Anthony Ang|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/anthony-ang-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052000/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/anthony-ang-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 7 June 2013}} He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), a double SEA Games titleholder in a butterfly double, a Bolles School graduate, and a member of Florida State University (1998-1999) and University of Minnesota (2000-2002) swimming and diving team while studying in the United States.{{cite web|title=Bolles in the Olympics |url=http://www.bolles.org/s/864/currentsp/indexNoRot.aspx?sid=864&gid=1&pgid=1814 |publisher=Bolles School |accessdate=5 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511024134/http://www.bolles.org/s/864/currentsp/indexNoRot.aspx?sid=864&gid=1&pgid=1814 |archivedate=11 May 2013 }}

Ang accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida for 2 seasons (1998 & 1999){{cite web|title=2013-14 Swimming and Diving Almanac|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/fsu/sports/c-swim/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/010614.pdf|publisher=Florida State Seminoles|page=31|accessdate=23 January 2014|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154119/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/fsu/sports/c-swim/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/010614.pdf|url-status=dead}} and later joined University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers under head coach Kelly Kremer.{{cite web|title=2008–2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers Swimming & Diving Review: Kelly Kremer|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/w-swim/auto_pdf/2008-9/misc_non_event/w-swim-guide-0809-part2.pdf|page=5|publisher=Minnesota Golden Gophers|accessdate=7 June 2013|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154112/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/w-swim/auto_pdf/2008-9/misc_non_event/w-swim-guide-0809-part2.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Kelly Kremer Promoted to Head Coach of Aquatics at Minnesota |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/26981.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=12 April 2011 |accessdate=7 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203055857/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/26981.asp |archivedate=3 February 2014 }} In the year 2001 edition of Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, he came in first in the 200-yard butterfly (1:44.25) along with rewriting both the varsity and pool record.{{cite web|title=BIG TEN CHAMPIONS|url=http://www.gophersportsguides.com/page/show/330625-big-ten-champions|publisher=gophersportsguides.com|accessdate=23 January 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140123153728/http://www.gophersportsguides.com/page/show/330625-big-ten-champions|archive-date=23 January 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=MINNESOTA BLOWS AWAY COMPETITION IN BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS|url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/022401aab.html|publisher=gophersportsguides.com|accessdate=23 January 2014}} At the 2001 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, he powered home with top finishes, as the only Gopher, in the 100-yard butterfly (49.09) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:46.21).{{cite news|title=NCAA Div. I Men: Iowa Falls to Minnesota|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/2126.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=22 January 2001|accessdate=7 June 2013}}

Ang made his first Malaysian team, as an eighteen-year-old teen, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing forty-fifth in the 100 m butterfly (56.41), and thirty-first in the 200 m butterfly (2:04.01).{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3 |url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |work=Atlanta 1996 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=46 |accessdate=28 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |archivedate=23 May 2011 }}{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2 |url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |work=Atlanta 1996 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=47 |accessdate=28 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |archivedate=23 May 2011 }} He also placed twentieth, along with his Malaysian teammates Alex Lim, Elvin Chia, and Wan Azlan Abdullah, in the 4 × 100 m medley relay (3:56.24).{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1 |url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |work=Atlanta 1996 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=52 |accessdate=28 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |archivedate=23 May 2011 }}

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Ang competed again in three swimming events, including a butterfly double. He achieved FINA B-standards of 56.47 (100 m butterfly) and 2:02.72 (200 m butterfly) from the Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000100060019000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=23 April 2013}}{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010006001C000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=23 April 2013}}{{cite news|title=Albert, diver Shenny take the honors in the pool|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/1999/08/11/albert-diver-shenny-take-honors-pool.html|work=The Jakarta Post|location=Jakarta|date=11 August 2009|accessdate=8 June 2013}} In his first event, 200 m butterfly, Ang posted a lifetime best of 2:00.12 to lead the second heat, but missed the semifinals by 0.71 of a second with a twenty-second-place effort.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=216 |accessdate=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}{{cite news|title=Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep18_mal.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615050120/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep18_mal.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 June 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=18 September 2000|accessdate=28 May 2013}} Three days later, in the 100 m butterfly, Ang placed thirty-sixth on the morning prelims. He established a Malaysian record of 55.26 to blister the field with another top finish in heat one.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=206 |accessdate=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}{{cite web|title=Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (100m Butterfly)|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep21.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615204434/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep21.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 June 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|accessdate=7 July 2013}} Ang also teamed up with Chia, Lim, and newcomer Allen Ong in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. Swimming a butterfly leg in heat one, Ang recorded a split of 55.70, but the Malaysians settled only for last place and twenty-second overall in a final time of 3:48.32.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=346 |accessdate=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}

When Malaysia hosted the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Ang came up with a spectacular swim to strike a butterfly double in front of a massive home crowd, capturing two gold medals each in the 100 m butterfly (55.40) and 200 m butterfly (2:01.84).{{cite news|title=Keng Liat set to deliver first gold for Malaysia in swimming|url=http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/SpecialCoverage/SEAGamesXXI/index.asp?y=2001&dt=0909&pub=SEAGamesXXI&sec=News&pg=ne_20.htm|work=Utusan Malaysia|date=9 September 2001|accessdate=8 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508190210/http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/SpecialCoverage/SEAGamesXXI/index.asp?y=2001&dt=0909&pub=SEAGamesXXI&sec=News&pg=ne_20.htm|archive-date=8 May 2005|url-status=dead}}