Kai Wen "Kevin" Tan (; born September 24, 1981) is an
American artistic gymnast.
Early life
Tan was born in 1981 in
Fremont,
California
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. He graduated from
Mission San Jose High School, Class of 2000.
Career
At
Penn State, Tan was a six time
All-American. He won the
NCAA team championship as a senior in 2004 and also won the individual titles in still rings in 2003 and 2004, thus becoming Penn State's first back-to-back NCAA champion on the still rings. He also earned All-American honors on the parallel bars (2002) and high bar (2003) during his career.
Following his graduation, he began working as an assistant coach of the Penn State men's gymnastics team.
Tan was a member of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 U.S. teams to the
World Gymnastics Championships
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and is a 3-time U.S. national champion on the
still rings
The rings, also known as still rings (in contrast to flying rings), is an artistic gymnastics apparatus and the event that uses it. It is traditionally used only by male gymnasts, due to its extreme upper body strength requirements. Gymnasts oft ...
, his specialty.
Tan was named to the
2008 Olympic team and was selected as captain of the team.
Tan did not qualify for the event final for his signature event
the rings.
During the
finals
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on the last event the
pommel horse
The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal body covered with foam rubber and ...
, Tan scored 12.755. Fellow team member and original alternate
Alexander Artemev
Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Artemev (russian: Александр Владимирович "Саша" Артемьев, be, Аляксандр Уладзіміравіч Арцем'еў; born August 29, 1985) is a retired American artistic g ...
secured the bronze medal with a score 15.350.
See also
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List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians
The List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Penn State students (129) and coaches/faculty members (12) that have made an appearance as athletes or medaled at the Olympic Games, plus one athlete for the boycott ...
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1981 births
Living people
American male artistic gymnasts
American sportspeople of Taiwanese descent
American people of Chinese descent
Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in gymnastics
Pennsylvania State University alumni
Sportspeople from Fremont, California
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Penn State Nittany Lions men's gymnasts
Penn State Nittany Lions men's gymnastics coaches
Mission San Jose High School alumni
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