Birthdate:
9/24/1981
Program:
Men's Artistic
Level:
Senior
Current Residence:
Fremont, CA
Head Coach:
Randy Jepson
Other Coaches:
Slava Boiko
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Kevin Tan
Tan helped the U.S. men win the team bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He claimed his third consecutive U.S. still rings title at the 2008 Visa Championships. He has represented the United States at the World Gymnastics Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2007, he helped the team to its fourth-place finish and was fourth on the still rings. A member of Penn State's 2004 NCAA championship team, Tan was the Nittany Lions' first back-to-back NCAA champion on the still rings, earning titles in 2003 and 2004. A six-time All-American, Tan was a finalist for the Nissen-Emery Award his senior year. He was an all-conference selection, winning both the still rings and parallel bars crowns at the 2004 Big Ten Championships. His still rings title was his third-consecutive conference championship in the event. During his collegiate career, Tan never finished lower than third place on the rings at a Big Ten Championship. He graduated from Penn State in 2004 with a major in finance and a minor in economics.
- Nickname: Kevin
- Hometown: Fremont, CA
- Name of College: Pennsylvania State University
- College Graduation Year: 2005
- Degree/Major: Finance
- Year you began gymnastics: 1988
- How did you get involved in gymnastics: I was a hyper active child. It was a way to get me out of the house and into something productive.
- Names of parents/guardians/spouse: Peter Tan (father)
- Names of sibling(s): I have an older brother, Kai Yuan Tan
- 2010
Visa Championships, Hartford, Conn. -
3rd-SR
- 2010
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
6th-HB(T); 7th-SR
- 2008
U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics, Philadelphia, Pa. -
1st-SR; 7th-PB; 8th-PH (T), HB
- 2008
Visa Championships, Houston, Texas -
1st-SR; 4th-PB; 6th-PH
- 2008
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
1st-SR; 3rd-HB
- 2007
Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif. -
1st-SR; 4th-HB(T)
- 2007
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
1st-SR
- 2006
Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn. -
1st-SR; 4th-PB
- 2006
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
1st-SR
- 2005
Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. -
2nd-SR
- 2005
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
2nd-SR
- 2004
Visa Championships, Nashville, Tenn. -
2nd-SR
- 2004
NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Champaign, Ill. -
1st-Team, SR
- 2004
Winter Cup, Las Vegas, Nev. -
1st-SR
- 2003
National Championships, Milwaukee, Wis. -
4th-SR
- 2003
NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Philadelphia, Pa. -
1st-SR; 3rd-Team
- 2003
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
1st-SR
- 2002
U.S. Championships, Cleveland, Ohio -
- 2002
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
3rd-SR
- 2008
Olympic Games, Beijing, China -
3rd-Team
- 2008
USA vs Canada, Calgary, Albera, Canada -
1st-Team, PH, SR, PB; 3rd-HB; 4th-VT
- 2007
World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany -
4th-Team, SR
- 2007
Internationaux de France - World Cup, Paris, France -
1st-SR
- 2006
World Cup, Stuttgart, Germany -
3rd-SR
- 2006
World Championships, Aarhus, Denmark -
Team
- 2006
World Cup, Lyon, France -
4th-SR
- 2005
World Championships, Melbourne, Australia -
- Women: AA = All Around | VT = Vault | UB = Uneven Bars | BB = Balance Beam | FX = Floor Exercise | (T) = Tie
- Men: AA = All Around | FX = Floor Exercise | PH = Pommel Horse | SR = Still Rings | VT = Vault | PB = Parallel Bars | HB = Horizontal Bars | (T) = Tie
- Rhythmic AA = All Around | RP = Rope | HP = Hoop | BA = Ball | CL = Clubs | RB = Ribbon | (T) = Tie
- Acrobatic: DY = Dynamic | BL = Balance | AA = All Around | CB = Combined
- T&T: TR = Trampoline | TU = Tumbling | DM = Double Mini | SY = Synchronized Trampoline
- Parkour: FS - Freestyle | SP = Speed
