Kevin Tan
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| Full name | Kai Wen Tan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Kevin Tan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States |
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| Born | September 24, 1981 Fremont, California |
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| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Team Chevron | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Randy Jepson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Slava Boiko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kai Wen "Kevin" Tan (simplified Chinese: 谭凯文; traditional Chinese: 譚凱文; pinyin: Tán Kǎiwén; born September 24, 1981) is an American artistic gymnast.
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Early life
Tan was born in Fremont, California in 1981 to immigrants from Taiwan. He graduated from Mission San Jose High School, Class of 2000.
He is of Chinese descent.[1] His Chinese and legal name is Kai Wen and that is the name he uses in international competition. He uses his English language name Kevin in domestic events and in his coaching at Penn State.
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.[2]
Tan was a member of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 U.S. teams to the World Gymnastics Championships and is a 3-time U.S. national champion on the still rings, his specialty.
Tan was named to the 2008 Olympic team and was selected as captain of the team.[3] Tan did not qualify for the event final for his signature event the rings.[4] During the finals on the last event the pommel horse, Tan scored 12.755. Fellow team member and original alternate Alexander Artemev secured the bronze medal with a score 15.350.[5]
References
- ↑ http://gymnastics.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/606
- ↑ Kevin Tan to represent the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics
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External links
- Kevin Tan at the United States Olympic Committee
- Kevin Tan at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
- Kevin Tan at USA Gymnastics
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