Meas Kheng, Date of Birth

    

Meas Kheng

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1946

Profession: sprinter

Nationality: Cambodia

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Meas Kheng

  • Meas Kheng (born 28 March 1946) is a Cambodian sprinter.
  • She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.She was dubbed as the "sprint queen" of Southeast Asia in the early seventies.At seventeen, Kheng was a finalist in the 400 metres at the 1963 GANEFO in Jakarta.
  • Her time of 62.1 seconds still stands as the Cambodian junior record.On July 19, 1968 in Phnom Penh, Meas Kheng clocked 12.0 seconds to set the current Cambodian 100-metre hand-timed record.At the 1971 SEAP Games, Kheng breasted the tape in 12.3 seconds in the 100 metres and in a national record of 25.05 seconds in the 200 metres to clinch the gold medal in both events.
  • Her time of 25.1 seconds slashed 0.3 seconds off the previous championship record.
  • She was beaten into second place by Malaysia's Junaidah Aman in the 400 metres, clocking 58.1 seconds.Confusion exists about Kheng's best times, and little news of her would emerge.
  • But on the eve of the Games debut, the Khmer team's chef de mission emphasised his athletes' unpreparedness as a result of the ongoing civil war, and claimed Kheng's season bests were 12.6 for the 100 metres, 25.1 seconds for the 200 metres, and 57.6 seconds for the 400 metres.
  • Said Kheng: "I am very bad this time.
  • No time for training.
  • I fight in war". Still, coming as the clear favourite into the 1973 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, Kheng was tipped for a gold treble.
  • However, she pulled a muscle in the 100-metre final and withdrew from the competition.

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