Jessica Tan (badminton)

Jessica Tan Wei Han
陳薇涵
Personal information
Birth nameJessica Tan Wei Han
CountrySingapore
Born (1993-07-16) 16 July 1993 (age 31)
Singapore
ResidenceSingapore
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking93 (WD with Dellis Yuliana 4 December 2014)
40 (XD with Danny Bawa Chrisnanta 3 September 2019)
13 (XD with Terry Hee 3 January 2023)
Current ranking17 (XD with Terry Hee 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Mixed team
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Cambodia Women's team
BWF profile

Jessica Tan Wei Han (simplified Chinese: 陈薇涵; traditional Chinese: 陳薇涵; born 16 July 1993) is a Singaporean badminton player.[1] Together with Terry Hee, they won their first BWF World Tour title as a duo at the 2022 India Open.[2] Tan along with Hee also won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a first for Singapore in that discipline at the Games. Jessica Tan and her husband Terry Hee were nominated for the Straits Times Singaporean of the Year Award 2022.[3] Terry Hee and Jessica Tan are Singapore's first local-born mixed doubles duo to qualify for the Olympics, and will make their debut at the Paris Olympics 2024.[4]

  1. ^ "Players: Wei Han Tan". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. ^ Lee, David (16 January 2022). "Badminton: S'pore's Terry Hee and Tan Wei Han upset odds to win India Open title". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ^ "ST Singaporean of the Year nominee: Hee and Tan sacrifice and soar as married mixed doubles duo". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 2023-12-27. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  4. ^ "Singapore's badminton mixed doubles pair Terry Hee and Jessica Tan get their spot in Paris Olympics". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-27.