Saw Yi Khy
Saw Yi Khy is a Malaysian former swimmer, who specialised in long-distance freestyle events. He clinched a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam with a time of 16:07.22. Saw is also a former varsity swimmer for the Bolles School Sharks in Jacksonville, Florida, alongside his teammate Siow Yi Ting.
Saw qualified for the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing a FINA B-cut of 15:58.19 from the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. Saw participated in the first heat against two other swimmers Giancarlo Zolezzi of Chile and defending SEA Games silver medalist Charnvudth Saengsri of Thailand. He rounded out a small field to last place by a 5.86-second margin behind Zolezzi in 16:06.38. Saw failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-second overall in the preliminaries.
Apart from his duties in Bolles School, Saw is also a member of the swimming team for North Carolina Tar Heels, and a business administration graduate at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
