{{short description|Malaysian swimmer}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Anthony Ang | image = FB Profile.jpg | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | caption = | fullname = Anthony Ang Kang Keam | nicknames = Anthony | national_team = {{MAS}} | strokes = Butterfly | club = | coach = Kelly Kremer (U.S.) | collegeteam = Florida State University, University of Minnesota (U.S.) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | Malaysia }} {{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}} {{MedalGold| 2001 Kuala Lumpur | 100 m butterfly}} {{MedalGold| 2001 Kuala Lumpur | 200 m butterfly}} {{MedalSilver| 1999 Brunei | 100 m butterfly}} | show-medals = yes | updated = }}
'''Anthony Ang Kang Keam''' (born 6 December 1978) is a Malaysian former swimmer, who specialised in butterfly events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Anthony Ang|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/anthony-ang-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052000/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/anthony-ang-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 7 June 2013}}</ref> He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), a double SEA Games titleholder in a butterfly double, a Bolles School graduate, and a member of Florida State University (1998-1999) and University of Minnesota (2000-2002) swimming and diving team while studying in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bolles in the Olympics |url=http://www.bolles.org/s/864/currentsp/indexNoRot.aspx?sid=864&gid=1&pgid=1814 |publisher=Bolles School |accessdate=5 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511024134/http://www.bolles.org/s/864/currentsp/indexNoRot.aspx?sid=864&gid=1&pgid=1814 |archivedate=11 May 2013 }}</ref>
Ang accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida for 2 seasons (1998 & 1999)<ref>{{cite web|title=2013-14 Swimming and Diving Almanac|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/fsu/sports/c-swim/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/010614.pdf|publisher=Florida State Seminoles|page=31|accessdate=23 January 2014|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154119/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/fsu/sports/c-swim/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/010614.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and later joined University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers under head coach Kelly Kremer.<ref name=meiri>{{cite web|title=2008–2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers Swimming & Diving Review: Kelly Kremer|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/w-swim/auto_pdf/2008-9/misc_non_event/w-swim-guide-0809-part2.pdf|page=5|publisher=Minnesota Golden Gophers|accessdate=7 June 2013|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154112/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/w-swim/auto_pdf/2008-9/misc_non_event/w-swim-guide-0809-part2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kelly Kremer Promoted to Head Coach of Aquatics at Minnesota |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/26981.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=12 April 2011 |accessdate=7 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203055857/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/26981.asp |archivedate=3 February 2014 }}</ref> In the year 2001 edition of Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, he came in first in the 200-yard butterfly (1:44.25) along with rewriting both the varsity and pool record.<ref>{{cite web|title=BIG TEN CHAMPIONS|url=http://www.gophersportsguides.com/page/show/330625-big-ten-champions|publisher=gophersportsguides.com|accessdate=23 January 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140123153728/http://www.gophersportsguides.com/page/show/330625-big-ten-champions|archive-date=23 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MINNESOTA BLOWS AWAY COMPETITION IN BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS|url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/022401aab.html|publisher=gophersportsguides.com|accessdate=23 January 2014}}</ref> At the 2001 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, he powered home with top finishes, as the only Gopher, in the 100-yard butterfly (49.09) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:46.21).<ref>{{cite news|title=NCAA Div. I Men: Iowa Falls to Minnesota|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/2126.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=22 January 2001|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref>
Ang made his first Malaysian team, as an eighteen-year-old teen, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing forty-fifth in the 100 m butterfly (56.41), and thirty-first in the 200 m butterfly (2:04.01).<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3 |url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |work=Atlanta 1996 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=46 |accessdate=28 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |archivedate=23 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2 |url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |work=Atlanta 1996 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=47 |accessdate=28 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |archivedate=23 May 2011 }}</ref> He also placed twentieth, along with his Malaysian teammates Alex Lim, Elvin Chia, and Wan Azlan Abdullah, in the 4 × 100 m medley relay (3:56.24).<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1 |url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |work=Atlanta 1996 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=52 |accessdate=28 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |archivedate=23 May 2011 }}</ref>
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Ang competed again in three swimming events, including a butterfly double. He achieved FINA B-standards of 56.47 (100 m butterfly) and 2:02.72 (200 m butterfly) from the Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000100060019000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=23 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010006001C000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=23 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Albert, diver Shenny take the honors in the pool|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/1999/08/11/albert-diver-shenny-take-honors-pool.html|work=The Jakarta Post|location=Jakarta|date=11 August 2009|accessdate=8 June 2013}}</ref> In his first event, 200 m butterfly, Ang posted a lifetime best of 2:00.12 to lead the second heat, but missed the semifinals by 0.71 of a second with a twenty-second-place effort.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=216 |accessdate=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly|url=http://www.canoe.com/2000GamesSwimming/sep18_mal.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010526154152/http://www.canoe.com/2000GamesSwimming/sep18_mal.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2001|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=18 September 2000|access-date=28 May 2013}}</ref> Three days later, in the 100 m butterfly, Ang placed thirty-sixth on the morning prelims. He established a Malaysian record of 55.26 to blister the field with another top finish in heat one.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=206 |accessdate=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (100m Butterfly)|url=http://www.canoe.com/2000GamesResults/sep21.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010415090630/http://www.canoe.com/2000GamesResults/sep21.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2001|publisher=Canoe.ca|access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref> Ang also teamed up with Chia, Lim, and newcomer Allen Ong in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. Swimming a butterfly leg in heat one, Ang recorded a split of 55.70, but the Malaysians settled only for last place and twenty-second overall in a final time of 3:48.32.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=346 |accessdate=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}</ref>
When Malaysia hosted the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Ang came up with a spectacular swim to strike a butterfly double in front of a massive home crowd, capturing two gold medals each in the 100 m butterfly (55.40) and 200 m butterfly (2:01.84).<ref>{{cite news|title=Keng Liat set to deliver first gold for Malaysia in swimming|url=http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/SpecialCoverage/SEAGamesXXI/index.asp?y=2001&dt=0909&pub=SEAGamesXXI&sec=News&pg=ne_20.htm|work=Utusan Malaysia|date=9 September 2001|accessdate=8 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508190210/http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/SpecialCoverage/SEAGamesXXI/index.asp?y=2001&dt=0909&pub=SEAGamesXXI&sec=News&pg=ne_20.htm|archive-date=8 May 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ang, Anthony}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Malaysian people of Chinese descent Category:Sportspeople of Chinese descent Category:Malaysian male butterfly swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers for Malaysia Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games swimmers for Malaysia Category:Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Florida State Seminoles men's swimmers Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers men's swimmers Category:Expatriate swimmers in the United States Category:SEA Games medalists in swimming Category:SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia Category:SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia Category:Swimmers at the 1999 SEA Games Category:Swimmers at the 2001 SEA Games Category:Medalists at the 1999 SEA Games Category:Medalists at the 2001 SEA Games