Tan Eng Yoon
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Born | 9 January 1928 |
| Died | 30 January 2010 (aged 82) Singapore |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprinting |
| Club | Swift Athletes |
Tan Eng Yoon (9 January 1928 – 30 January 2010) was a Singaporean sprinter who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Tan Eng Yoon finished second behind Ken Wilmshurst in the triple jump event at the British 1956 AAA Championships.[2][3][4][5]
Later that year he represented Malaysia at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where he competed in the men's 100 metres.[6]
In the triple jump event at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, he set a Singaporean record that lasted for 32 years.[7] He later became the coach of the national team, and was the first President of the Singapore Olympians Association.[7]
Tan died on 30 January 2010 after being hit by a motorist.[8][9]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:External_links at line 369: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1928 births
- 2010 deaths
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Singaporean men sprinters
- Singaporean men triple jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Singapore
- SEA Games medalists in athletics
- SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Competitors at the 1959 SEAP Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore
- Road incident deaths in Singapore
- Pedestrian road incident deaths
- 20th-century Singaporean sportsmen
- Asian sport of athletics biography stubs
- Singaporean sportspeople stubs