Joseph Schooling (born January 16, 1996 is a national record holding swimmer from Singapore. He is qualified to swim at the 2012 Olympics, from the time he swam in winning 200 fly at the 2011 SEA Games.[1] As of 2012, he attends school and trains at the swimming powerhouse[2] The Bolles School in the USA. While in Singapore, he went to Anglo-Chinese School (Independent). [3]
At the 2011 Southeast Asian Games, he swam to 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals; 1 Games Record, and 4 Singapore Records. His 1:56.67 winning time in the 200 fly was under the "A" qualifying standard for the 2012 Olympics.
He had originally been enlisted into the National Service on October 2013, but was deferred till the end of 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
He became the first Singaporean to win a swimming medal at the Commonwealth Games, taking silver in the 100m butterfly at the 2014 games in Glasgo