Calvin Quek
Singaporean sprinter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calvin Quek Jun Jie is a Singapore sprinter who specialises in the 400 m and 400 m hurdles.
Quek with his bronze medal at the 2023 SEA Games | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 February 1996[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Singapore |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 metres hurdles |
As a schoolboy, Quek was a perennial medallist at National Schools in both events.[2] He first broke the 400m hurdles national record in February 2022 with a time of 51.73s at a Southeast Asian Games Trial.[3] Subsequently, at the SEA Games in Hanoi, he rewrote his national record with a time of 51.19s and became the first Singaporean to win a SEA Games medal in the event since 1969.[4] That year, he also competed in the 2022 Commonwealth Games[5] and 2022 Asian Games.[1]
At the 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh, Quek ran 50.75s to secure a bronze again.[6] At the same competition, he was part of the 4x400m quartet that broke the national record.[7] In the World University Games, he ran 50.43s to rewrite his 400m hurdles national record.[1]
In August 2025, Quek rewrote his 400m hurdles record twice: first in Kyoto (50.24s), and subsequently in Yokohama (49.75s).[8] At the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok, he won Singapore's first gold in the event in 60 years with a time of 50.27s.[8] In the 4x400m, Quek began the last leg in fourth place, but won his team— also comprising Reuben Rainer Lee, Thiruben Thana Rajan, and Zubin Percy Muncherji—the bronze.[9]