By Lim Say Heng and Melissa Heng

Singapore's only Olympic champion Joseph Schooling has announced that he has turned professional, after the conclusion of his final National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday night (March 24).

"Looking back, I would say I can be proud of my amateur career in general," said the 22-year-old, who won the 100m butterfly in a Games record of 50.39 seconds at the Rio 2016 Olympics, in a press statement yesterday.

"No doubt, as with every journey, I have had to endure some lows as well as some highs; but every experience has helped me become the person I am today."

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Click on the photos beow to see Joseph Schooling's photo shoot with Hugo Boss&nbsp;(Photos: Hugo Boss).

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Singapore's only Olympic champion Joseph Schooling has announced that he has turned professional.

German luxury fashion brand Hugo Boss has come on board as the University of Texas (UT) senior's first commercial partner. Schooling is the brand's first Singaporean ambassador.

The fashion label's past ambassadors include Australian actor Chris Hemsworth and Swedish professional golfer Henrik Stenson.

Hugo Boss will release a series of short video clips starring the butterfly specialist, with the full video to be revealed at the reopening of its store at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands on May 25. 

The unisex brand has developed a capsule collection in collaboration with Schooling, to be available on the same day as well.

Product endorsements are not new to local athletes. Other Singaporean athletes who have been brand ambassadors include former footballer Fandi Ahmad, who has endorsed products from Royal Sporting House and Uncle Tobys, and swimmers Tao Li and Amanda Lim, who were ambassadors for a campaign by swimwear label Speedo.

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By Lim Say Heng and Melissa Heng Singapore's only Olympic champion Joseph Schooling has announced that he has turned professional, after the conclusion of his final National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday night (March 24). "Looking back, I would say I can be proud of my amateur career in general," said the 22-year-old,...

Joseph Schooling named Hugo Boss ambassador