Neo Chwee Kok, John Paul (; 31 May 1931 – 23 January 1987) was a Singaporean swimmer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was ranked third in a list of Singapore's 50 Greatest Athletes of the Century by The Straits Times in 1999. Neo was born the fifth child in a family of eight in Singapore but grew up on Pulau Sambu, Riau, Indonesia. On 23 January 1987, Neo died of cancer at the age of 55. References External links 1931 births 1987 deaths Singaporean male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Singapore Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1951 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1954 Asian Games Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games People from the Riau Islands 20th-century Singaporean people