fullname death_date death_place birth_place birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
neo chwee kok , john paul 23 january 1987 singapore singapore 31 may 1931 neo chwee kok
 freestyle neo chwee kok '' flying fish ''
neo chwee kok

neo chwee kok , john paul -lrb- ; 31 may 1931 -- 23 january 1987 -rrb- 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 .
