Nicholas Tan Explained

Nicholas Tan
Nationality:Singaporean
Height:1.850NaN0
Weight:730NaN0
Strokes:Freestyle, Butterfly
Club:Swimfast Aquatic Club
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Nicholas Tan is a Singaporean former national swimmer and model.[1] Tan has represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), the Asian Games, World Championship and FINA Swimming World Cup.[2] He is the gold medallist in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in the 2007 Southeast Asian Games. He holds a number of national records in the 100 butterfly, 50 butterfly and 400 free relay.[1]

Early life and education

Tan was born and raised in Singapore. His early years of education were spent at the Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College where he learned swimming and started competing at the age of 13.[1] He later joined the Swimfast Aquatic Club, where he was trained and went to represent Singapore at his first international competition at the age of 15.[1]

While in high school, Tan was also involved in biomedical research and presented one of his research papers on stem cells at the 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing at the age of 18.[3] [4] He was nominated for Best Paper Award at the World Congress on Engineering 2007.[4]

Tan went to Harvard University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology.[2] While at Harvard, Tan participated in three NCAA Division I Swimming Championships. He won 200 butterfly in 1:51.27 in the first collegiate meet against Cornell and Dartmouth at the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. His other titles came from the 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle with a time of 47.06.[5]

Career

Tan first joined the Singapore National Team when he was 15. At the age of 18, Tan broke the open national record of Ang Peng Siong in the 100 butterfly and 50m butterfly. He competed in the Singapore National Championships in 2007 and won 3 titles in 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly.[6]

Tan's major breakthrough came during the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, where he won a gold medal for Singapore in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 54.79 sec[2] and a bronze in the 50m freestyle.[7] In that year, he also competed at the World Aquatics Championships and 2007 FINA Swimming World Cup.

In 2010, Tan participated in the Asian Games and took part in four events including 100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, 50 metre butterfly and stood 4th position in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay together with Lionel Khoo, Rainer Ng and Clement Lim.

Recent life and work

In 2014, Tan started modeling after being selected by European brand Dolce & Gabbana for its international advertising campaign.[8] [9] [10] [11] He also appeared in various magazines including Esquire, GQ, Men's Folio and August Man.[12] [13]

Tan was also a founding team member of Garena(Shopee), an e-commerce platform based in Singapore which later became Sea Ltd and IPOed for $1 billion USD.[14] [15]

In 2015, he co-founded East Ocean Capital, an investment holding and business incubator firm.[16] [17]

In 2016, Tan worked on a shopping mall project in South Africa called Home Africa.[18] [19]

In April 2021, Tan became the Chief Financial Officer of Ace Global Business Acquisition Limited, a NASDAQ listed SPAC.[20] [21] [22]

Tan was included in Forbes China's list of 30 under 30 in 2019.[23] [24]

Research works

Notes and References

  1. News: National swimmer Nick Tan says durians are 'healthy' to him . 23 July 2018 . AsiaOne . 5 January 2014.
  2. News: National swimmer Nicholas Tan selected to model for D&G's worldwide ad campaign . 23 July 2018 . The Straits Times . 26 January 2014 . en.
  3. Book: Xue Wei Tan . Nicholas . Soo Lee Ng . Felicia . Towards A Serum-Free Medium: Growth Receptors And Signaling Pathways That Regulate Multipotency In Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells - Semantic Scholar . 2007 . World Congress on Engineering . 446932 .
  4. News: 18-year-old Singaporean student to present stem cell research paper at conferences in US and UK . 23 July 2018 . 22 June 2007.
  5. Web site: Nicholas Tan . 23 July 2018 . Harvard . en.
  6. Web site: Singapore National Championships - Results - . Swimming World . 23 July 2018.
  7. News: Young Liew shines again . 23 July 2018 . 2 September 2007.
  8. News: Ong . Justin . 3 February 2014 . 'Classically handsome' swimmer is first Singaporean to model for top fashion brand . en-SG . Yahoo News . 23 July 2018.
  9. News: 2 May 2014 . LOOK D&G picks up Singaporean swimmer for campaign . 23 July 2018.
  10. 9 June 2014 . Instagram Me: Fashion model Nick Tan . Lifestyle Asia . 23 July 2018.
  11. News: 11 March 2014 . Nick Tan Talks About His Modeling Debut for D&G Jakarta Globe . Jakarta Globe . 23 July 2018.
  12. News: 10 April 2014 . MEN'S FOLIO releases a refined April issue featuring Singaporean swimmer turned model, Nick Tan in his first-ever solo men's magazine cover, shot by Cher Him . www.heart-media.com . 23 July 2018.
  13. 8 July 2014 . In Conversation: Swimmer/Model Nick Tan . Men's Folio . 23 July 2018.
  14. News: 24 September 2017 . Southeast Asia games firm Sea, formerly Garena, files for $1 billion US IPO . 29 August 2018.
  15. Web site: 范冰冰现身站台 前国家泳手陈雪伟喜上热搜 早报 . 16 January 2023 . www.zaobao.com.sg . zh-Hans.
  16. Web site: 9 February 2021 . Asia-focused SPAC Ace Global Business Acquisition files for a $40 million IPO . NASDAQ.
  17. News: Southeast Asia games firm Sea, formerly Garena, files for $1 billion US IPO . 29 August 2018 . 24 September 2017.
  18. News: 25 October 2016 . ENTREPRENEURS Job creation by young entrepreneurs . en . www.leadershiponline.co.za . 29 August 2018.
  19. News: 9 November 2016 . Home and décor speciality mall set for Johannesburg . 29 August 2018.
  20. Web site: Ace Global Business Acquisition Limited与LE Worldwide Limited签订合并协议 . 16 January 2023 . www.jfinfo.com.
  21. Web site: Ace Global Business Acquisition Limited Announces Proposed Merger Agreement with LE Worldwide Limited . 16 January 2023 . WSJ . en-US.
  22. Web site: Ace Global Business Acquisition to merge with LE Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACBA) Seeking Alpha . 16 January 2023 . seekingalpha.com . 23 December 2022 . en.
  23. Web site: U30 List: Chen Wei Medical and Health . Forbes China.
  24. Web site: 出国创业必修 当地语言与经商文化 早报 . 10 January 2023 . www.zaobao.com.sg . zh-Hans.

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