Personal Life
Alex's younger sisters Aaliyah Yoong (born 16 July 2003) and Philippa Yoong are both water skiers. Aaliyah became the youngest ever gold medallist in the history of the SEA Games since its inception in 1959, when she won gold medal in water skiing at the 2011 SEA Games with a record of 2,960 points to finish ahead of Promsunitsit Sareeya of Thailand, who managed 2,570 points. Philippa Yoong claimed the bronze for Malaysia with 1,860 points.
Yoong married former Miss Malaysia Arriana Teoh in 2002 and has a son named Alister who was born on 10 January 2003 weighing in at 3.1 kg and 52.5 cm tall.
Philippa also won the gold medal in the women's slalom event, 14 years after her initial triumph in Jakarta in 1997. It is her second SEA Games gold medal. He has remained an enthusiastic promoter of motorsports in his home country however, and has been seen doing media and Formula One commentating work for Malaysian television and ESPN-Star. He also co-presented Formula One live coverage at 8TV.
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