BIOGRAPHY

Best Marathon Time:

2:23:42 (Singapore Record), 2019 Seoul Marathon

Residence:

Singapore

Soh Rui Yong

Birthdate: 6 August 1991

Teams: Team Singapore, ASICS, H-TWO-O 

Weight: 64kg

Height: 177cm

Shoe size: 10.5 US

SEA Games Gold Medals

Singapore Records Held

World Half Marathon Championship Teams Made

4

5

2

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Best Half Marathon Time:

66:41 (Singapore Record), 2019 Aramco Houston Half Marathon

Track: 10,000m

Road: 15km, 20km, Half Marathon, Marathon

Karvana '12

Copenhagen '14

Cardiff '16

Valencia '18

STATISTICS

11

Fastest debut marathon in history by a Singaporean

2:26:01

Winner of the first 2 Singapore Marathon National Championships

2017, 2018

Singapore's first back-to-back SEA Games Marathon winner

2015, 2017

INTERESTING INFO

• Like 80% of Singaporeans his age, Rui suffers from myopia and wears spectacles. He wears prescription sunglasses for running.

• He loves seeking out the best Asian food in every destination he visits outside Asia.

• Cookies and cream is Rui's favorite ice-cream flavor