In 2021, Tan won the World Boccia Asia-Oceania Regional Championship and another two World Boccia Cup titles in 2023.[4] In 2024, Tan successfully defended her World Boccia Cup title in Montreal, Canada.[4] However, Tan was eliminated in the quarter-finals at the World Boccia Cup in Portugal in July.[4]
Early life and education
Tan studied at the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore (CPAS) School when she was eight and picked up boccia as a co-curricular activity in 2002.[5] In 2003, she participated in the National Disability Games.[5]
Boccia career
2008 ASEAN Para Games
In 2008, Tan competed in the 4th ASEAN Para Games in Thailand and won the bronze medal in the individual BC2 category.[5]
Despite the small success, Tan struggled in the category and kept losing in competition.[5] In 2015, she was reclassified as BC1, where the athlete compete with an assistant.[5] In 2016, Yurnita Omar, who was originally the ramp assistant for former Paralympian Toh Sze Ning, who competed in the BC3 category,[4] was transferred to the BC1 category and started working with Tan.[4]
2017 ASEAN Para Games
In 2017, Tan competed in the 9th ASEAN Para Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, earning a bronze medal in the Mixed Team BC1/BC2 event.[6]
In 2023, Tan competed in the 12th ASEAN Para Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, earning a silver medal in the Women's individual BC1 event.[8]
2024 Summer Paralympics
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Tan won the silver medal at the individual BC1 event, ranking second in the world and first in Asia.[9] For her medal, Tan was awards S$300,000 at the Singapore National Paralympic Council’s Athletes Achievement Awards on 15 October.[10] By November 2024, Tan was ranked first in the women’s BC1 category.[10]
2025 ASEAN Para Games
In 2025, Tan competed in the 13th ASEAN Para Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, earning a bronze medal in the Women's individual BC1 event.[11]
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