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class='container'> <ol class='breadcrumb'> <li> <a href='/'>Home</a> </li> <li><a href="/athletes">Athletes</a></li><li class="active">Tiger Tan</li> </ol> <div class='athlete_header'> <div> <h1> Tiger Tan </h1> <form action='/athlete_merges/56344/edit' class='form-inline' method='get'> </form> </div> </div> <div class='athlete_bio'> <div class='athlete_photo_bio'> <a href='https://d2a3o6pzho379u.cloudfront.net/56344.jpg' rel='lightbox' title='Photo of Tiger Tan'> <img class='photo' src='https://d2a3o6pzho379u.cloudfront.net/56344.jpg'> </a> <div> <h2> Biographical information </h2> <table class='biodata'> <tr><th>Roles</th><td>Competed in Olympic Games</td></tr> <tr><th>Sex</th><td>Male</td></tr> <tr><th>Full name</th><td>Howe Liang "Tiger"•Tan</td></tr> <tr><th>Used name</th><td>Tiger•Tan</td></tr> <tr><th>Original name</th><td>浩亮•陈</td></tr> <tr><th>Born</th><td>5 May 1933 in <a href="/place_names/2991">Shantou, Guangdong (CHN)</a></td></tr> <tr><th>Measurements</th><td>160 cm / 65-74 kg</td></tr> <tr><th>Affiliations</th><td><a href="/affiliations/14477">Evergreen Club, Singapore (SGP)</a></td></tr> <tr><th>NOC</th><td><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/MAS.png" /> <a href="/countries/MAS">Malaysia</a> <img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/SGP.png" /> <a href="/countries/SGP">Singapore</a></td></tr> </table> </div> </div> <table class='athlete_sidebar'> <tbody> <tr> <td> <b>Medals</b> </td> <td>OG</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Gold">Gold</span></td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Silver">Silver</span></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Bronze">Bronze</span></td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='border-top'>Total</td> <td class='border-top'>1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <h2> Biography </h2> <div class='description'> <p>Tiger Tan did not take up weightlifting until he was in his late teens, but he won his first senior national championship as a lightweight in 1953. He first represented Singapore at the Olympics in 1956 in Melbourne, where he placed ninth overall. He had much more success in 1958, however, taking gold at both the Asian and British Empire and Commonwealth Games. At the latter, he also set a world record in the jerk portion of the competition. Thus, by the time of the 1960 Rome Games, he was considered a contender for the gold medal. Despite pain in his legs that nearly caused him to exit the tournament, he managed to capture silver, Singapore’s first Olympic medal.</p> <p>Tan changed divisions to middleweight after his victory and won another gold medal at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1962. He also represented Malaysia at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, but placed 11th and retired shortly thereafter. During his competitive days he had worked as a mechanic, but afterwards he had a short-lived restaurant business before taking up coaching. Among his many honors, he was chosen to be among the inaugural bearers of the Olympic flag at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, which were held in Singapore.</p> </div> <h2>Results</h2> <table class='table'> <thead> <tr> <th>Games</th> <th>Discipline (Sport) / Event</th> <th>NOC / Team</th> <th>Pos</th> <th>Medal</th> <th>As</th> <th></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/14">1956 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/WLF">Weightlifting</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/SGP"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/SGP.png" />SGP</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Tiger Tan</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/29115">Lightweight, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/15">1960 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/WLF">Weightlifting</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/SGP"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/SGP.png" />SGP</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Tiger Tan</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/29214">Lightweight, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td><span class="Silver">Silver</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/16">1964 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/WLF">Weightlifting</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/MAS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/MAS.png" />MAS</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Tiger Tan</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/29327">Middleweight, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>11</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Special Notes</h2> <ul> <li>Bearer of the <a href="/ceremonies/olympic_flag_bearers">Olympic Flag</a> at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics</li> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/6/manual">Olympians Who Won a Medal at the British Empire/Commonwealth Games</a> (2–0–0 1958 Cardiff WLT gold: lightweight -67.5 kg (competed for Singapore); 1962 Perth WLT gold: middleweight -75 kg (competed for Singapore)) </li> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/114/manual">Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games</a> (1–0–0 1958 Tokyo WLF gold: lightweight -67.5 kg (competed for Singapore)) </li> </ul> <h2>Errata</h2> <p>Date of birth is uncertain. Commonwealth Games data also has a DOB of 23 May 1933, but multiple sources confirm the DOB listed above.</p> </div> </body> <footer class='footer'> <br> <div class='panel panel-info'> <div class='panel-heading'> <h3 class='panel-title'> <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign'></span> Did you know? </h3> </div> <div class='panel-body'> <p>Four-time Olympian <a href="/athletes/61365">Birabongse, Prince Bhanubandh</a> competed as “B. Bira“ in 19 Formula One races and scored 8 points.</p> </div> </div> <div class='container'> <p> <a href="/users/sign_in">Login</a> | <a href="/statistics/olympedia">Statistics</a> | <a href="/static/about">About</a> | <a href="/static/faq">FAQ</a> | <a href="/feedbacks/new">Feedback</a> </p> <p> © <a href="/static/about">OlyMADMen</a> 2006 — 2023 </p> </div> </footer> <script src="/assets/lightbox.min-40fdcc195c5982250c8901f2c160e15342941a311faf6372c04117c0d9c44bc7.js"></script> <script> $('.footnote').tooltip(); </script> </html>