Global InformationSoh Rui Yong information
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| Born | 6 August 1991 Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Nantacha (2023–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 苏睿勇[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蘇睿勇 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Sū Ruìyǒng | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Self-coached | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Soh Rui Yong, Guillaume (Chinese: 苏睿勇; pinyin: Sū Ruìyǒng; born 6 August 1991)[2] is a Singaporean national long-distance runner, and holder of six national records: 5,000m (track & road), 10,000m (track & road), half marathon and marathon. Soh has been described as the "most outstanding long-distance runner in our history" by the President of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, hailing Soh's "mental stamina".[3]
In 2017, Soh became the first Singaporean male marathoner to win back-to-back SEA Games titles when he won gold again at the Southeast Asian Games.[4][5] In 2023, Soh also became the first ever Singaporean to win a silver medal in the 10,000m at the SEA Games. Soh has been acknowledged for various acts of sportsmanship by his competitors in which he had offered help to them during the race at various events throughout his career. Soh is also a 4-time Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon national champion, having won every edition of the Singapore national marathon championships since it began in 2017.[6]
Soh was embroiled in 3 legal disputes involving former national runner Ashley Liew, as well as Singapore Athletics and Malik Aljunied of the Singapore National Olympic Council between 2019 and 2022 [7] which led him to be excluded from participating in two consecutive SEA Games in 2019 and 2021.[8][9] He made his return to the Singapore team for the SEA Games in 2023.[10]
In January 2024, Soh launched the RunSohFast Marathon Academy, with the mission of imparting his knowledge to other runners. The aim of the academy is to help fellow runners improve while having fun and he is also looking for ways to expand and give opportunities to up-and-coming runners in the future.[11]
- ^ "陈川仁贺函上把马拉松健将苏睿勇写成瑞恩 后澄清是两人之间的笑话". Channel 8 News. 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Soh Rui Yong – SEA Games 2015 Athletics Squad". singaporeathletics.org.sg. 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/swimmer-quah-ting-wen-hoping-for-dream-paris-olympics-outing-with-siblings
- ^ Farhan, Noor (19 August 2017). "SEA Games: Singapore's Soh Rui Yong defends marathon title". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "SEA Games: Indonesian marathoner praises rival Soh Rui Yong for sportsmanship". Today. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ Ganesan, Deepanraj (3 December 2023). "Soh Rui Yong wins his fourth national title at StanChart Singapore Marathon". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ hermesauto (21 October 2018). "Athletics: Soh claims tale of teammate's act of sportsmanship at 2015 SEA Games 'not true' but SNOC, ONEathlete back Liew". The Straits Times. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Marathoner Soh Rui Yong in shock omission as SNOC selects 585 athletes for SEA Games". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Top marathoner Soh Rui Yong excluded from SEA Games as conduct 'continued to fall short': SNOC". CNA. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Runner Soh Rui Yong to represent Singapore in SEA Games after more than five-year absence". CNA. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ Kwek, Kimberly (2 January 2024). "Singapore's top marathoner Soh Rui Yong launches academy". The Straits Times. Retrieved 31 January 2024.