SINGAPORE - Eight years after his stunning success at the Rio Olympics, Singapore’s greatest athlete Joseph Schooling has called time on his career. The 28-year-old swimmer, whose last major medal came at the 2021 SEA Games, told The Straits Times that he is going to play golf and work in the venture capital space with two partners in the sectors..
Olympic gold medalist Joseph Schooling has retired from competitive swimming.SINGAPORE - Eight years after his stunning success at the Rio Olympics, Singapore’s greatest athlete Joseph Schooling has called time on his career.
The highly competitive son of Colin and May Schooling said he was both lucky and thankful for his parents, his coaches and his support team. For an athlete who considers himself a role model for young people, it was a situation both “embarrassing and humiliating”.His career started to flatten out after two gold medals in the 50m and 100m butterfly at the 2018 Asian Games.Swimmer Joseph Schooling after winning gold in the men's 100m butterfly final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Photo: The Straits Times file
But Schooling, after gruelling years in pursuit of his Olympic dream, was also tired and believes he should have stepped away for a while and returned renewed. “If you want to be the best,” explained Schooling, “you’ve got to be surrounded by the best. You’re a by-product of your atmosphere.” In Rio 2016, apart from nerves on the bus ride to the stadium, Schooling believed it was his race to lose.“And once I felt like I had my foot down, there was no way I was gonna let up.”
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