Gary Tan Lee Yu (born 21 April 1982) is a Singaporean and former national swimmer. He is currently the Singapore national team's swimming coach. He had previously held several national swimming records in Singapore.
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| Full name | Gary Tan Lee Yu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 21, 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Swimming career
editOn 18 June 2001 at the SEA Games Time Trials in the 200 Meters Backstroke he came in at 2:05.07 which is a record in Singapore.
On 7 December 2003 at the 22nd SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, Gary won the bronze medal in the Men 200 Meters Medley with the time of 2:05.94 which is a record in Singapore.
On 24 June 2005 at the 1st Singapore National Swimming Championship, he won the Men 200 Meters Butterfly with the time of 2:04.00 which is a record in Singapore.
Coaching
editTan formerly worked at Swimfast Aquatic Club as a coach[1] and also a director at Swimlab. He was also the head coach of the Phoenix Swim Team, which represents UWCSEA (United World College of South East Asia) Dover.[citation needed]
In 2011, Tan was suspended for a year for consideration for national coach accreditation after assisting a swimmer, Jeffrey Su, from Swimfast Aquatic Club to be absent without official leave when Su was supposed to be at Singapore Sports Council's physiotherapy and recovery sessions.[2][3]
In 2014, he was named as assistant coach to Singapore's national swimming team[4] and appointed to be the national coach in 2016 after the former national coach, Sergio Lopez, left after the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro.[5][6]
He was named Coach of the Year at the 2018 Singapore Sports Awards, at that time the fourth year in a row that a swimming coach had taken the award.[7]
Education
editTan attended Brigham Young University where he was on the swim team.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ "So young but already so fast". www.asiaone.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "TODAYonline | Sports | Errant swimmer, coach and club sanctioned". 1 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ reader, Red Sports. "Singapore Swimming Association statement on Jeffrey Su". RED SPORTS. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Former local swim star named S'pore assistant coach". AsiaOne. 11 December 2014. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ hermes (21 September 2016). "Gary Tan to take over Singapore swim team". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ hermesauto (4 November 2016). "Swimming: Ex-Olympian Gary Tan unveiled as head coach of national training centre". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Sports Awards". Singapore National Olympic Council. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "BYU Cougars profile for Tan". Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ Lim, Say Heng. "Rainer heads for Brigham Young". www.asiaone.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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