Chua Phung Kim
{{Short description|Singaporean weightlifter (1939–1990)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Chua Phung Kim
| image = Chua PK 04.jpg
| caption = 1962 Commonwealth Game, Perth
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|4|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Singapore, Straits Settlement
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|8|4|1939|4|29|df=yes}}
| death_place = Singapore
| spouse =
| country = Singapore
Malaysia (16 September 1963 - 8 August 1965)
| sport = Weightlifting
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Weightlifting}}
{{MedalCountry|{{SIN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|1962 Perth|Bantamweight}}
{{MedalSilver|1970 Edinburgh|Featherweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalSilver|1966 Bangkok|Bantamweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|1965 Kuala Lumpur|Bantamweight}}
{{MedalSilver|1961 Rangoon|Bantamweight}}
}}
{{Family name hatnote|Chua ({{zh|s=蔡|p=Cài}})|lang=Chinese}}
Chua Phung Kim ({{zh|s=蔡攀錦|p=Cài Pānjǐn}}; 29 April 1939 – 4 August 1990){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chua-phung-kim-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065010/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chua-phung-kim-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=27 May 2013}} was a Singaporean weightlifter. He was a gold medalist in weightlifting in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Weightlifting career
Chua first took to the sport in 1960 after being introduced to it by his elder brother, Chua Peng Kim.{{Cite web |date=7 August 1990 |title=Weightlifting champion Chua dies |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19900807-1.2.47.13 |access-date=2022-12-16 |publisher=The Straits Times |page=30 |language=en-SG |via=NewspaperSG}}
Chua won the silver medal at the 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (SEAP Games).
Just two years later, he helped Singapore win another gold medal in the Commonwealth Games by coming in tops in the bantamweight category during the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Perth, Western Australia after lifting a total of 710 lbs, a Commonwealth Games record. He also broke the individual records for the press (215 lbs), snatch (225 lbs) and jerk (270 lbs).
He represented Malaysia at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo when Singapore was part of Malaysia, but only managed the sixth position.
In 1965, Chua also took the gold medal in the 4th SEAP Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Chua won the silver medal in the bantamweight category at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.{{Cite web |title=Asian Games @ Lift Up: Search Results |url=http://www.chidlovski.net/LIFTUP/l_tournamentResult.asp?tflag=ag&wname=Bantamweight&wyear=1966 |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.chidlovski.net}}
Chua was awarded a Certificate of merit during the inaugural Singapore Sports Awards in 1968.{{Cite web |last=Frida |first=Ernest |date=28 December 1968 |title=Earlier awards in 1969 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19681228-1.2.89.11 |access-date=2022-12-16 |publisher=The Straits Times |language=en-SG |via=NewspaperSG}}
In 1966, Chua took part in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in the bantamweight category.{{Cite book |last=Oliver |first=Brian |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/879625295 |title=The Commonwealth games : extraordinary stories behind the medals |date=2014 |isbn=978-1-4729-0732-5 |edition=First |location=London |pages=22 |oclc=879625295}} He failed all his lifts and did not register a total.
During the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, Chua won the silver medal in the Featherweight category, losing out on the gold medal by 2.5 kilograms.{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games Medallists - Weightlifting |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/weight.htm |website=gbrathletics.com |access-date=8 April 2020}}
In March 1971, Chua retired from competitive participation in the sport. In 1976, he contributed to the sport as a coach under the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation.
Personal life
Chua worked as an auto mechanic{{cite journal|title=Australian Job Offer To Weightlifters|journal=The Canberra Times|date=9 January 1963|page=31|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/104255320|access-date=8 April 2020}} and later as a mechanical supervisor with the Singapore Refining Company. He died in 1990 after a long sickness.
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External links
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- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518205659/http://www.ssc.gov.sg/museum/ssm_heros_profile.jsp?type=6&artid=436&root=28&cat=29 |date=18 May 2006 |title=Hall of Fame - Chua Phung Kim}}
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Category:Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent
Category:Singaporean male weightlifters
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Malaysia
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Singapore
Category:Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Singapore
Category:Weightlifters at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Weightlifters at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Weightlifters at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
Category:Weightlifters at the 1958 Asian Games
Category:Weightlifters at the 1966 Asian Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore
Category:Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games
Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games