Amanda Lim

At the fourth leg in Berlin, Lim finished 27th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:17.30, 35th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:01.73, 37th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.75, 40th in the 100-metre freestyle in 55.84 and 44th in the 50-metre butterfly in 29.28.

At the third leg in Stockholm, Lim finished 29th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.59 and 43rd in the 100-metre freestyle in 56.06.

Lim won her bronze in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:24.52 and finished 6th in the heats of the 100-metre freestyle event in 58.20 but withdrew from final.

The team of Lim, Koh Hui Yu, Lynette Ng and Mylene Ong won silver in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay in 3:54.25, finishing 2.44 seconds behind the Thailand quartet of Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn, Natsaya Susuk, Rutai Santadvatana and Natthanan Junkrajang.

Both teams swam under the meet record of 3:55.12.

In the 4 × 100-metre medley relay, Lim with Koh Hui Yu, Cheryl Lim and Meagan Lim placed second in the heats of the 4 × 100-metre medley relay in 4:34.63, finishing behind the other Singaporean quartet of Lynette Ng, Samantha Yeo, Tao Li and Mylene Ong.

In her other events, Lim finished 6th in the 50-metre butterfly in 29.99 and team of Lim, Tao, Yeo and Koh were disqualified in the heats of the 4 × 100-metre medley relay.

Amanda Lim (born Lim Xiang Qi on 8 January 1993) is a Singaporean freestyle swimmer.

In the relays, Lim teamed up with Quah, Koh Hui Yu and Lynette Lim to win gold in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle in a new national record time of 3:46.91, eclipsing the mark set at the 2006 Asian Games by over six seconds and in 4 × 100-metre medley relay, Lim with Quah, Lynette Lim and Roanne Ho won bronze in a time of 4:13.34.

Lim first competed for Singapore at the 2007 Hong Kong International Open, where, aged just 14, she finished 7th in the heats of the 50-metre freestyle in 27.94, 7th in the heats of the 100-metre freestyle in 1:00.17, 7th in the heats of the 200-metre freestyle in 2:12.35 and withdrew from the 400-metre freestyle.

She was denied a place in the final in these events as the rules for the meet stipulated that the maximum number of the competitors from each country was limited to two.

Lim also swam in the heats of the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay with Mylene Ong, Ruth Ho and Lynette Lim, setting the fastest qualifying time of 4:06.03.

In the final, Lim and Lynette were replaced with Quah Ting Wen and Tao Li who won gold in a new championship record time of 3:56.58.

At the Singaporean leg of the 2007 FINA Swimming World Cup, Lim finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:23.10, 7th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:04.89, 12th in the 50-metre freestyle in 26.95 and 13th in the 100-metre freestyle in 58.31.

At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Lim won silver in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay alongside Lynette Lim, Mylene Ong and Quah Ting Wen in a national record time of 8:26.23.

Both teams swam under the meet record of 3:56.58, set by the Singaporean quartet of Ruth Ho, Quah, Tao and Ong at the 2007 Open.

In the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Quah, Lynette Lim and Mylene Ong won gold in 8:11.75, smashing the Games record set by Thailand in 2007 by over nine seconds and in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, the same foursome won gold in 3:45.73, breaking the meet and national records by 4.13 and 1.18 seconds, respectively.

Lim said of her results: "I am very happy, relieved and honoured. This is my first individual SEA Games gold medal. A lot of people have been very supportive of me."

At the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, Lim finished equal 23rd in the 50-metre freestyle in 27.18, 24th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:30.28, 28th in the 800-metre freestyle in 9:17.37, 31st in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:07.63, 32nd in the 100-metre freestyle in 59.70 and in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay, Lim with Shana Lim, Ru'en Ho and Koh Ting Ting finished 11th in 4:26.56.

At the Singaporean leg of the 2008 FINA Swimming World Cup, Lim finished 4th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:18.05, 5th in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:59.49, 9th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:03.87, 10th in the 50-metre freestyle in 26.33 and 12th in the 100-metre freestyle in 57.77.

In July 2009 at the inaugural Asian Youth Games held in Singapore, Lim won a four medals – a gold, two silver and a bronze.

In the 50-metre freestyle, Lim set a new national record of 25.38 in the semi-finals, breaking the Quah Ting Wen's mark of 25.65, set at the National Championships a month prior.

Lim's time also bettered Quah's championship record which was set in the heats.

In the final, Lim won the silver behind Quah but retained the national and meet record, with Quah's winning time 0.16 seconds slower than Lim's semi-final time.

In the 100-metre freestyle, Lim again won silver finishing behind Quah who won the event in a new national record time.

One month later at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Lim finished equal 30th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.70, 59th in the 100-metre freestyle in 56.95 and 45th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:03.89.

At the 2009 Hong Kong International Open, Lim won three gold medals and a silver.

She took out the 50-metre freestyle in a new meet record time of 26.14, the 100-metre freestyle in 57.33, another new meet record and the 800-metre freestyle where she tied with Hong Kong's Natasha Tang with both posting a time of 9:04.03.

In the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay Lim, Mylene Ong and Koh Ting Ting gave Samantha Yeo a lead of over 2 seconds in the final changeover but the South China Athletic Association team's anchor Jennifer Town swam down Yeo to win the relay by 0.46 seconds.

At the second leg of the 2009 FINA Swimming World Cup in Moscow, Lim finished 11th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.38, 12th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:00.53 and 19th in the 100-metre freestyle in 55.88.

Lim closed out the year by winning three gold medals and a bronze at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos.

In the 50-metre freestyle, Lim won gold in a new Games record time of 25.82.

At the fifth and final leg in Singapore, Lim finished 7th in 100-metre freestyle in 55.67, 7th in 200-metre freestyle in 2:03.02 and was disqualified in 50-metre freestyle.

In her other individual events, Lim won bronze the 100-metre freestyle in 56.60 and finished 5th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:04.09.

At the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore, Lim finished 6th in the 50-metre freestyle in a season best time of 26.05, 11th in the 100-metre freestyle in 57.99, 13th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:04.68 and 16th in the 50-metre butterfly in 29.34.

In the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, Lim with Adeline Winata, Chriselle Koh and Cheryl Lim finished 8th in 4:00.43 and in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay, the same quartet finished 10th in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay in 4:28.56.

In the mixed 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, first ever mixed-gender relay for Olympic-level swimming, Lim with Winata, Clement Lim and Arren Quek finished 12th in 3:42.88.

At the 2010 Hong Kong International Open, Lim won three silver and one bronze medal.

Lim was runner-up in the 50-metre freestyle in 26.42 and in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:05.05.

In the relays, Lim with Quah Ting Wen, Lynette Lim and Mylene Ong finished 19th in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle in 3:47.54 and in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle the same quartet finished 16th in 8:09.91, smashing the national record they set 20 months earlier by over 16 seconds.