Alex Lim Keng Liat has won a gold medal in the 1998 Asian games in the 100m backstroke event.

Yes, no new talent for the past 10 years. The Asian swimmers have improved by leaps and bounds as Japan and China usually rule the pool. If Malaysians can get medals in the Asean arena, it is good enough. Now we are lacking behind Singapore vastly due to the emergence of a new breed of powerful swimmers, mainly Joseph Schooling who can give the Japanese and Chinese top swimmers a run for the money.

Retired long time ago. Last time I heard he was a coach training the elite kids. Not too sure what he is doing right now.

Alex Lim just appeared on the media lately. As expected, he has retired from competitive swimming, and he has gained some weight too after almost 2 decades I've seen him as a young boy.

http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Swimming/2...boy-comes-good/

His most recent photo:-


When he was competing in 2003:-


Back in 1992 or 1993 when I saw him as a kid, he was already a champ in his age-group, always getting gold medals with fast blistering swims. Time really flies.