Jonathan Tan (born 11 March 2002) is a

Singaporean Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Ind ...

swimmer. He represented Singapore at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

held in Gwangju, South Korea and he finished in 34th place in the heats in the men's 50 metre freestyle event. He qualified for the

2024 Summer Olympics ) , nations = TBA , athletes = 10,500 ''(quota limit)'' , events = 329 in 32 sports (48 disciplines) , opening = 26 July 2024 , closing = 11 August 2024 , opened_by = , stadium = Stade de France Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine , summe ...

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.

Swimming career

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

2021 Southeast Asian Games ) , caption = , host city = Hanoi, Vietnam , nations participating = 11 , athletes participating = 5,467 , events = 526 in 40 sports , opening ceremony = 12 May 2022 , closing ceremony ...

(SEA Games). However, it was 0.1 second slower than the required 22.02 seconds to qualify for the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

held in Japan. Tan would also qualify for both 50m and 100m freestyle events for the 2021 SEA Games. 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.

Education

In 2022, Tan enrolled at Stanford University on a partial scholarship.

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* Living people 2002 births Place of birth missing (living people) Singaporean male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in swimming 21st-century Singaporean people {{Singapore-swimming-bio-stub