Roy Chan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chan.

Roy Chan Kum Wah (born 28 November 1955) is a Singaporean former swimmer and skin doctor. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly and 200 m medley events, but failed to reach the finals.^[1] He was part of the 4×200 m relay team that won a bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games.^[2]

Roy Chan

Personal information
Full name	Roy Chan Kum Wah
Born	(1955-11-28) 28 November 1955 (age 69) Colony of Singapore
Sport
Sport	Swimming

Education

Chan attended the Anglo-Chinese School. He was awarded the President's Scholarship in 1974 and went on to study at the University of Singapore.^[3][4][5]

Swimming career

Chan and his siblings were coached by their father, Chan Ah Kow.

Chan won the bronze medal at the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1970 Asian Games.

At the 1971 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, Chan won three gold medals at the 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly and 400 m individual medley.^[6]

On 27 April 1973, Chan broke the national record for 400 m individual medley during an international meet between Indonesia and Singapore.^[6]

Chan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Medical career

In 1988, Chan joined the National Skin Centre as a skin doctor.^[8] He also founded a charity Action for Aids in the same year.^[8]

In 2016, Chan was awarded the National Outstanding Clinician Award, part of the National Medical Excellence Awards given out by the Ministry of Health.^[8]

Personal life

Chan's siblings were also national swimmers for Singapore, Patricia Chan, Alex Chan Meng Wah and Bernard Chan Cheng Wah^[9][10] His other brother Mark Chan is a composer,^[11][12] whereas his other sister Victoria Chan-Palay became a prominent neuroscientist in the United States and Switzerland.^[13]

Chan's niece Marina Chan is also an national swimmer for Singapore.^[14]