Tan Thuan Heng (born 14 July 1948) is a Malaysian and Singaporean former

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player. He competed in four swimming events at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

for

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. Later, he competed in the

1966 Asian Games The 1966 Asian Games (), also known as the V Asiad, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 9 to 20 December 1966, in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 142 events in 16 sports were contested by athletes during the games. Taiwan and Isr ...

and

1970 Asian Games The 6th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand.- - Seoul, South Korea, had been selected to host the 6th Games but it declined due to both financial reasons and security threats from neighboring North Korea. (T ...

for

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

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* 1948 births Living people Singaporean male water polo players Singaporean male freestyle swimmers Malaysian male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Malaysia Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 1966 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1966 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Swimmers at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in swimming SEA Games medalists in swimming SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 1971 SEAP Games Competitors at the 1975 SEAP Games {{Singapore-waterpolo-bio-stub