Career
He is a national record-holder in the 200- and 400-meter individual medley. He twice competed in the Asian Games – in Doha in 2006 and Guangzhou in 2010 – but had to settle for fourth in Doha and fifth in Guangzhou in his favorite 400m IM. He also competed in two Olympics, 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing, but could not advance past the qualifying races.