The real name is Alexander Charles Yoong Loong. Alex Yoong is a Malaysian – Chinese who was born on 20th July of 1976 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His mother, Joanna Bean, was a British expatriate, and his father Hanifah Yoong was a Malaysian of Chinese descent who had raced sedans in the 1970s. He is interested with speed and racing at the age of 4 and is a fan of Formula One at that time. After getting Kawasaki 50cc motocross on his 8th birthday, he started developing the ability to race successfully.

Before he joined motor sports, he was involved with water skiing. Along with younger sister Phillippa Yoong, they manage to broke the national competition records and were soon climbing the ranks not only in Malaysia but throughout Asia as a whole.

By the time he gave it up, he was among the top five water skiers in Asia, and even as late as 1997, when he was well ensconced in forging his motor racing career in Europe, he won a silver medal at the South East Asian Games.

After he retired from the water skiing sports, his sisters, Philippa and Aaliyah Yoong still continue in the water skiing arena.

The real name is Alexander Charles Yoong Loong. Alex Yoong is a Malaysian – Chinese who was born on 20th July of 1976 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His mother, Joanna Bean, was a British expatriate, and his father Hanifah Yoong was a Malaysian of Chinese descent who had raced sedans in the 1970s. He is interested with speed and racing at the age of 4 and is a fan of Formula One at that time. After getting Kawasaki 50cc motocross on his 8th birthday, he started developing the ability to race successfully.

Before he joined motor sports, he was involved with water skiing. Along with younger sister Phillippa Yoong, they manage to broke the national competition records and were soon climbing the ranks not only in Malaysia but throughout Asia as a whole.

By the time he gave it up, he was among the top five water skiers in Asia, and even as late as 1997, when he was well ensconced in forging his motor racing career in Europe, he won a silver medal at the South East Asian Games.

After he retired from the water skiing sports, his sisters, Philippa and Aaliyah Yoong still continue in the water skiing arena.