Personal information | |
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Native name | 陈芊秀 |
Full name | Adele Tan Qian Xiu |
National team | Singapore Shooting Association |
Born | Singapore | 31 March 1999
Education | National University of Singapore |
Occupation | Shooter |
Years active | 14 |
Sport | |
Sport | Sports shooting |
Adele Tan | |||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 陈芊秀 | ||||||||
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Adele Tan Qian Xiu OLY (born 31 March 1999) is a Singaporean Olympic shooter. [1] She competed in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2]
Tan started practicing shooting at the age of 12 and was selected by the Singapore Sports School after she won a shooting competition. [3]
In 2017,she finished fifth in the women's 10m air rifle at the Asian Shooting Championships in Wako,Japan. At the 2020 H&N Cup in Munich,she won a gold medal in women's 10m air rifle event scoring of 252.7 points and setting a new national record in the process. [4] [5]
In May 2021,the Singapore Shooting Federation announced that Tan would represent Singapore at the women's 10m air rifle at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after an 18-month long Olympic Selection Trial where she emerged First. During the competition which was held on 24 July 2021 at the Asaka Shooting Range,she attained 21st position with a score of 625.3,making history by achieving Singapore’s best finish in the Olympic Games. [6]
In 2023,she graduated from the National University of Singapore. [7]
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