Tan Cheong Min Explained

Tan Cheong Min
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:20 August 1998
Birth Place:Cheng Township, Malacca, Malaysia
Occupation:Martial artist, athlete
Sport:Wushu
Event:Nanquan, Nandao, Nangun
Team:Malaysia Wushu Team
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Tan Cheong Min (; born 20 August 1998) is a wushu taolu athlete from Malaysia.

Career

Tan made her international debut at the 2017 World Wushu Championships where she won a gold medal in duilian and the bronze medal in nangun.[1] She then competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade where she won the silver medal in women's nanquan + nandao combined.[2] A year later, she competed in the 2018 Asian Games and finished fourth in women's nanquan. She then competed at the 2019 World Wushu Championships where she became the world champion in nandao and won silver medals in nanquan and duilian.[3]

At the 2023 SEA Games, Tan was a double gold medalist in nanquan and nandao + nangun combined.[4] A few months later, she won the silver medal in women's nanquan at the 2022 Asian Games.[5] [6] Around a month later, she won the gold medal in women's nanquan + nandao combined at the 2023 World Combat Games.[7] Shortly after, she won the bronze medal in nangun at the 2023 World Wushu Championships despite having a flu.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lim . Tiek Huat . 2017-10-03 . Cheong Min wins silver at Wushu championships . . 2023-12-03.
  2. Web site: 2017-08-29 . Event Overview - Women's Taolu - Nanquan & Nandao . 2023-12-02 . FISU.
  3. News: 2023-05-09 . Wushu exponent Cheong Min feeling no pressure as world champion . . 2023-12-02.
  4. Web site: 2023-05-12 . Tan Cheong Min – The Double Gold Medalist Of The Malaysian Contingent . 2023-12-02 . Olympic Council of Malaysia.
  5. News: Aznan . Syafiq . 2023-09-26 . Tears of joy as Cheong Min wins Asian Games silver . . 2023-12-02.
  6. News: Lim . Tiek Huat . 2023-09-26 . Wushu exponent Cheong Min wins first silver at Asiad . . 2023-12-02.
  7. News: 2023-10-22 . Cheong Min bags gold at World Combat Games, Saudi Arabia . . 2023-12-02.
  8. News: Rajan . K. . 2023-11-18 . Cheong Min fails to defend world crown in Fort Worth . . 2023-12-03.