Mark Chay

Who is Mark Chay?

Mark Chay Jung Jun is a Singaporean swimmer who has represented the Republic in amongst others, the SEA Games and Summer Olympics. His international swimming career began at the 1997 SEA Games, and stretched all the way till the 2005 SEA Games. In between, he has competed in a total of five SEA Games, two Asian Games, two Commonwealth Games and two Olympics.

He was also honoured as Singapore's Sportsboy of the Year in 2000, and Sportsman of the Year 2001. Chay competed and studied at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He was the Mountain West Conference Champion and despite numerous injuries throughout his junior and senior years, he still competed. Chay graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Communications: Communications studies emphasis. After just missing the qualifying for the Olympics, Chay retired from swimming in July 2007.