Stanley Tan
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Stanley Tan Kheng Siong |
| Nationality |  Singapore |
| Born | 4 November 1974 Singapore, Singapore |
| Height | 1.49 m (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Dinghy |
| Club | Singapore Armed Forces |
Stanley Tan Kheng Siong (born November 4, 1974 in Singapore[1]) is a retired Singaporean sailor, who specialized in the Laser class, and was Singapore's third double-Olympic sailor.[2] He represented his nation Singapore in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).[3]
Career
Before qualifying for his first Olympics in 2000, he had already won three Southeast Asian Games silver medals.[1]
Tan made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed close to last (thirty-eighth) in the Laser class with a net grade of 275, finishing closer behind Malta's Mario Aquilina by a three-point deficit.[4][5]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Tan qualified for his second Singaporean team, as a 29-year-old, in the Laser class by placing again, close to last, at seventy-seventh and obtaining a berth from the World Championships in Bodrum, Turkey. Unlike his previous Olympics, Tan posted a net grade of 322 points to upgrade his position to thirty-seventh in a fleet of forty-two sailors.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Stanley Tan". Singapore National Olympic Council. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stanley Tan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ Dibb, Colin (23 July 2002). "Stanley Tan's Asian Games campaign update". Western Australia Laser Association. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Sailing – Men's Laser Class" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 131. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ Chettiar, Kamalarajan (1 April 2001). "Legal Practice and Laser Sailing". Singapore Law Gazette. Archived from the original on 1 January 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Sailing: Mixed Laser Class". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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