Lloyd Valberg

Lloyd Oscar Valberg (14 April 1922 – 26 March 1997) was a Singaporean track and field athlete and the first from Singapore to compete at the Olympic Games when he joined the 1948 edition that was held in London, United Kingdom.

Early years
Born in Singapore, he took up the high jump when he was 17, and in 1947 he broke the Singapore record with a jump of 1.87m.

Athlete career
He qualified for the high jump final at the 1948 Summer Olympics where he finished 14th.

Valberg finished seventh in the 1950 British Empire Games 120 yards hurdles and eleventh in the high jump. He finished third in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1951 Asian Games, while representing Singapore, and was also the country's flag bearer.

Personal life and family
Valberg served in the Singapore Fire Brigade – today the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) – from 1937 to the end of World War II and Port Authority where he became Chief Fire Officer until 1972. He was a grand-uncle to Singapore's first Olympic gold medalist, Joseph Schooling, who beat Michael Phelps in the 100m Butterfly in the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was Lloyd who inspired Schooling to compete in the Olympics. Valberg died in Perth in 1997.