A NEW BOOK FROM Straits Times Press SCHOOLING JOSEPH

Joseph Schooling knew that he wanted to be an Olympic gold medallist – at the age of two. And in 2016, he did it. The 21-year-old swimmer became ’s first Olympic gold medallist – and national hero – with his win in the 100m butterfly. He not only beat world-class competition including arguably the greatest Olympian, American swimmer , but also smashed the Olympic record with his time of 50.39 seconds. This book chronicles his swim to superstardom – from its start in Singapore when he was a child, to his sojourn in the United States for training when he was a teenager, and finally culminating in the glory of gold in the 2016 Rio .

ISBN 978-981-4642-75-0 Based on interviews and photographs with Schooling and his Size: 210 x 250 mm (portrait) family and friends by Singapore’s national English newspaper, 148pp, limp cover with flaps The Straits Times, over the years, the story is a study of the Estimated weight: 680 grams swimmer’s secret to success, including the sacrifices made and S$26 (excluding GST), S$27.82 (including GST) the support given by his family. Available at all leading bookstores from November 2016 This official biography of Joseph Schooling carries his signature, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: as well as a motivational message from him to readers. ILANGOH THANABALAN Marketing Manager Tel: (65) 6319 8346 Email: [email protected] ROHIT BRIJNATH & CHAN U-GENE | AUTHORS

NIGEL TAN Sales Manager Rohit Brijnath, 53, known for his popular sports columns, is Tel: (65) 6319 8340 Email: [email protected] a senior correspondent with The Straits Times, Singapore’s national English newspaper which he joined in 2007. In nearly 30 years of sports writing, he has covered the Olympics, , Cricket World Cups, tennis Grand Slams and written for newspapers in India and Australia and also for the BBC South- Straits Times Press Asia website. He has co-authored a book, A Shot At History : My A MEMBER OF THE Obsessive Journey To Olympic Gold, with Olympic gold medallist ENGLISH/MALAY/TAMIL MEDIA GROUP Abhinav Bindra and is happiest when visiting bookshops. He also runs very slowly in his spare time. Mezzanine Floor, Information Resource Centre Level 3, Podium Block Singapore Press Holdings As a sports journalist with The Straits Times for about five 1000 Toa Payoh North years, Chan U-Gene, 32, reported on the rise of Singapore’s first News Centre Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling when the swimmer Singapore 318994 began making waves in the United States, where he was Tel: (65) 6319 6319, Fax: (65) 6319 8258 training. In 2013, Chan clinched the Most Inspiring Sports Story Email: [email protected] of The Year at the Singapore Sports Awards with his feature in Website: http://www.stpressbooks.com.sg the newspaper on a recreational athlete who bounced back from adversity, going from accident victim to marathon finisher in less than a year. The awards were organised by the Singapore National Olympic Council and the Singapore Sports Council, which is now known as Sport Singapore.