Tan Howe Liang

Tan Howe Liang
At the opening of the YOG Learning Centre, 30 October 2008
Personal information
Born (1933-05-05) 5 May 1933 (age 91)
Shantou, Guangdong, China
Sport
Country Singapore
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsSilver medallist, (weightlifting, in the class to 67.5 kg)
1960 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Weightlifting
Representing  Singapore
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Lightweight
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff Lightweight
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth Middleweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Tokyo Lightweight
Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Gold medal – first place 1959 Bangkok Lightweight

Tan Howe Liang, PJG (simplified Chinese: 陈浩亮; traditional Chinese: 陳浩亮; pinyin: Chén Hàoliàng; born 5 May 1933 in Shantou, Guangdong, China) is a Singaporean weightlifter who was the first Singaporean to win an Olympic Games medal. He did this in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he won the silver medal in the lightweight category. Tan also broke the oldest-standing world record in the lightweight category in the clean and jerk in 1958. He was the only Singaporean Olympic medalist until the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tiger Tan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Full name: Howe Liang "Tiger" Tan