Gary Yeo

{{short description|Singaporean sprinter}}

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{{Use Singapore English|date=January 2019}}

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| national_team = Singapore

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|8|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Singapore

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Athletics (sport)}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Vientiane|4 x 100 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Palembang|100 m sprint}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Palembang|4 x 100 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Naypyidaw|4 x 100 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Singapore|4 x 100 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|ASEAN University Games}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Vientiane|100 m sprint}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Chang Mai|4x100 m relay}}

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Yeo Foo Ee Gary (born 30 August 1986) is a former track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Singapore.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yeo-foo-ee-1051632/|title=Yeo Foo Ee|work=2012 Summer Olympics|access-date=17 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730180904/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yeo-foo-ee-1051632/|archive-date=30 July 2012}} Yeo is a 5-time SEA Games Silver medalist and the 2012 ASEAN University Games 100m Champion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/gary-struck-gold-at-16th-asean-university-games-2012-plus-other-singapore-athlete-results|title=Gary Yeo struck gold at 16th ASEAN University Games 2012 – Plus other Singapore athlete results | Singapore Athletics}} Yeo also represented Singapore in athletics at the 2012 London Olympics, as well as the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/team-singapore-16th-asian-games-2010|title=Team Singapore 'Athletics' for 16th Asian Games 2010 | Singapore Athletics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.redsports.sg/2014/09/30/asian-games-athletics-singapore-in-action/|title=Asian Games Athletics: Singapore in action|first=Colin|last=Tung|website=RED SPORTS}}{{Cite web|url=http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2012-06-18/2188990.html|title=Singapore to send 18 athletes to London - Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee|website=en.olympic.cn}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/gary-yeo-olympics|title=Gary Yeo – "Work hard and have the belief" | Singapore Athletics}} He was the flag bearer for Singapore at the 2014 Asian Games{{Cite web|url=https://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/sprinter-gary-yeo-appointed-team-singapore-flag-bearer-for-the-17th-asian-games|title=Sprinter Gary Yeo appointed Team Singapore Flag Bearer for the 17th Asian Games | Singapore Athletics}}

Yeo won the silver medal in the Men's 100 metres at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.{{cite web | url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/1165015/1/.html | title=SEA Games: Singapore's Gary Yeo wins silver in 100m sprint | publisher=Channel NewsAsia | access-date=15 August 2012}}

In 2012, Yeo represented Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the men's 100m preliminary round, he broke his personal best timing of 10.62secs to 10.57secs to qualify for Round 1.{{cite web | url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20120804-363424.html | title=Olympics: Gary Yeo clocks new personal best in 100m sprint | publisher=AsiaOne | access-date=15 August 2012}} He subsequently finished last in his heat and did not qualify for the next round.{{cite web | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/olympics-gary-yeo-ends-olympic-campaign-mens-100m-sprint | title=Olympics: Gary Yeo ends Olympic campaign in men's 100m sprint | publisher=The Straits Times | access-date=15 August 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807175005/http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/olympics-gary-yeo-ends-olympic-campaign-mens-100m-sprint | archive-date=7 August 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}

In the same year, Yeo won the gold medal in the 100m sprint at the 2012 Asean University Games, lowering his personal best timing to 10.44secs as well as qualifying for the SEA Games 2013 in the process.{{cite web|title=Gary Yeo struck gold at 16th ASEAN University Games 2012|url=http://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/gary-struck-gold-at-16th-asean-university-games-2012-plus-other-singapore-athlete-results|publisher=Singapore Athletics Association|access-date=19 November 2013}}

In 2013, Yeo started training full-time and broke the 4 × 100 m relay record in May with a timing of 39.45secs.{{cite web|last=Chan|first=Eugene|title=Relay team set new national record|url=http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20130509-421425.html|publisher=Straits Times|access-date=19 November 2013}}

At the 2015 South East Asian games, Yeo was part of the quartet that rewrote the national 4 × 100 m record, finishing 2nd behind Thailand with a time of 39.24s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.redsports.sg/2015/06/12/sea-games-athletics-4x100m-relay/|title=SEA Games Athletics (4x100m relay): Two national records fall; men settle for silver|first=Nicole|last=Lum|website=RED SPORTS}}

Yeo was a former student of Victoria School and is now studying business at the Singapore Management University.