Jonathan Tan (swimmer)

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Jonathan Tan
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Tan Eu Jin
NicknameJohnny
Born (2002-03-11) 11 March 2002 (age 22)
Singapore
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes freestyle, medley
Coach Gary Tan
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Event1st2nd3rd
Asian Games 002
Southeast Asian Games 831
Commonwealth Youth Games 101
Total934
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta 4×200 m freestyle
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Philippines 50 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Philippines4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Philippines4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Vietnam 4×100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Cambodia 50 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Cambodia100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Cambodia4×100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Cambodia4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Vietnam50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Vietnam100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Cambodia4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Vietnam4×200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Nassau 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 Nassau 100 m freestyle

Jonathan Tan Eu Jin (born 11 March 2002) [1] is a Singaporean swimmer. He represented Singapore at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea and he finished in 34th place in the heats in the men's 50 metre freestyle event. [2]

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He qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics after meeting the Olympics 'A' cut of 21.96 s for 50 m freestyle, clocking 21.91 s in the heats at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games. [3]

Swimming career

In 2018, Tan represented Singapore at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia and he competed in one individual event and two relays events. [4] He finished in 14th place in the heats in the men's 200 metre freestyle event. [4] He won the bronze medal both in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay events. [4]

During the 16th Singapore National Swimming Championships Invitationals in 2021, Tan broke his own national record for the men’s 50m freestyle with 22.12 seconds [5] and qualified for the 2021 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). [6] However, it was 0.1 second slower than the required 22.02 seconds to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Japan. [5] Tan would also qualify for both 50m and 100m freestyle events for the 2021 SEA Games. [6] Tan won the men's 200m freestyle event with 1 min 50.17 seconds but failed to qualify for both 2021 SEA Games and the 2020 Summer Olympics. [6]

Tan competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle and men's 100 metre freestyle events at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.

Education

Tan studied at Anglo-Chinese School from primary school to junior college. He graduated from Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) with an International Baccalaureate diploma. In 2022, Tan enrolled at Stanford University on a partial scholarship. [7]

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References

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  2. "Men's 50 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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