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.[1]
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.[2] Tan did not qualify for the event final for his signature event the rings.[3] 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.[4]
kevin, this, chinese, name, family, name, kevin, simplified, chinese, 谭凯文, traditional, chinese, 譚凱文, pinyin, tán, kǎiwén, born, september, 1981, american, artistic, gymnast, personal, informationfull, namekai, tanalternative, name, country, represented, unite. In this Chinese name the family name is Tan Kai Wen Kevin Tan simplified Chinese 谭凯文 traditional Chinese 譚凱文 pinyin Tan Kǎiwen born September 24 1981 is an American artistic gymnast Kevin TanPersonal informationFull nameKai Wen TanAlternative name s Kevin TanCountry represented United StatesBorn 1981 09 24 September 24 1981 age 42 Fremont CaliforniaHeight5 ft 5 in 1 65 m DisciplineMen s artistic gymnasticsLevelSeniorClubTeam ChevronHead coach es Randy JepsonAssistant coach es Slava BoikoMedal record Men s gymnasticsRepresenting the United StatesSummer Olympics2008 Beijing TeamVISA Championships2006 St Paul Still rings2007 San Jose Still rings2008 Houston Still rings2004 Nashville Still rings2005 Indianapolis Still rings2010 Hartford Still ringsChinese nameTraditional Chinese譚凱文Simplified Chinese谭凯文TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinTan Kǎiwen Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editTan was born in 1981 in Fremont California He graduated from Mission San Jose High School Class of 2000 Career editAt 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 1 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 2 Tan did not qualify for the event final for his signature event the rings 3 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 4 See also editList of Pennsylvania State University OlympiansReferences edit Kevin Tan to represent the U S at the 2008 Olympics Archived from the original on 2008 09 16 Retrieved 2008 07 09 Macur Juliet 2008 06 22 Paul Hamm Among Two to Win Olympic Berths The New York Times Retrieved 2008 08 12 Gymnastics Men s Artistic Rings Qualification Official Olympics 2008 Website Archived from the original on 2008 08 12 Retrieved 2008 08 12 Lloyd Janice 2008 08 12 No Hamms No Problem American men take Bronze USA Today Retrieved 2008 08 12 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kevin Tan Kevin Tan at the International Gymnastics Federation licence nbsp Kevin Tan at the International Gymnastics Federation biography nbsp Kevin Tan at USA Gymnastics nbsp Kevin Tan at Olympics com nbsp Kevin Tan at Olympedia nbsp Kevin Tan at the U S Olympic amp Paralympic Committee archived nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kevin Tan amp oldid 1182155727, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
