Mok Ying Ren

Who is Mok Ying Ren?

Mok Ying Ren is a triathlete and runner from Singapore. His best performances include a SEA Games Gold medal in 2007 for the Triathlon event in Thailand. He also came in 12th in the Asian Beach Games in 2008. Mok achieved these results when he was a full-time medical student at the National University of Singapore.

Mok resides in Singapore. Mok graduated from the National University Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in May 2012 and is working as a house officer in Singapore's network of government hospitals.

Mok is the 2009 Singapore Marathon Local Champion with a time of 2:43:42 on his debut marathon. At the 2010 Singapore Marathon, his second marathon, he broke his own course record for the local category with a time of 2:38:27. Mok once again won the 2011 Singapore marathon Local category with a time of 2:46:01 despite having not run for 3 months prior to the event. He only had a one month build up to the event and was still battling a bad case of plantar fasciitis.

Mok ran a new Singaporean men's 5000m national record of 14:51:09 at the Tokai University Time Trials in Japan in May 2011.