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Hamkah bin Mohamed Afik is a former Singapore sprinter who competed in the Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games. He made his international debut at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia at the age of 17. In the 1993 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, he won the silver medal in the 200m. He was also part of the team that won bronze in the men's 4x100m relay team in the same games, repeating the feat at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia. In the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, he was part of the men's 4x100m relay team that won silver.
After hanging up his spikes, Hamkah took on coaching. He was national relay coach for Singapore from 2006 to 2010, a role he assumed again between 2017 and 2019; the 2009 men's 4x100m team took silver at the Southeast Asian Games, becoming the first Singapore team to clock below 40s. He is coach of Mark Lee, who at the 2022 National Schools Track & Field Championships broke the A Division records for the 200m and 100m.
Hamkah's daughter, Haanee Afik, participated in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Manila as part of the women's 4x100m relay team.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Hamkah Afik
- Afik (disambiguation)
- Mark Lee (runner)
- Athletics at the 1993 SEA Games
- Index of Singapore-related articles
- Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres
- U. K. Shyam
- Athletics at the 2003 SEA Games
- Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres
