Along with Joseph Schooling, Quah Zheng Wen and Darren Lim combined to bag a bronze in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay at the Games, setting a new national record.

[2][3] Darren made his Southeast Asian Games debut in 2019 and bagged five golds - two in individual events and three in relays and a silver.

Darren claimed his first individual title at the SEA Games, clinching the gold medal in the men’s 200m freestyle on December 7 at the New Clark City Aquatics Center.

[6][7] Schooling’s timing of 49.64 at the New Clark City Aquatic Complex meant that he was 0.05s behind Chua (49.59), who claimed gold.

Darren attended Temasek Polytechnic School of Applied Science in the Diploma in Veterinary Technology.