Education
University of Georgia.
University of Georgia.
A two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), he currently holds Surinamese records in a backstroke double (both 100-metre and 200-metre), still standing for more than a decade. While studying at the University of Georgia in the United States, Fung-A-Wing swam for the Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving team under head coach Jack Bauerle. Fung-A-Wing"s Olympic debut came as a seventeen-year-old teen for Suriname at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Fung-A-Wing competed again in the 100 m backstroke.
He set a Surinamese record and a FINA B-cut of 58.31 from the Texas Senior Circuit Championships in College Station, Texas. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including South of Korea"s 17-year-old Sung Minister
Fung-A-Wing picked up a sixth seed on the final lap in 59.06, finishing outside his entry standard, and a 1.71-second deficit from leader Sung. Fung-A-Wing failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-eighth overall in the prelims.
After his sporting career ended in the early 2000s, Fung-A-Wing currently works for Toshiba Business Solutions, and as a chairman club"s member for Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce.