Tan Howe Liang Athlete

Tan Howe Liang is a weightlifter from Singapore who earned himself a place in history as the first Singaporean to win an Olympic Games medal. He did this in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he won the silver medal in the lightweight category. Tan also broke the oldest-standing world record in the lightweight category in the clean and jerk in 1958.

Personal facts

Tan Howe Liang
Birth dateMay 05, 1933
Birth place
Taiwan , Guangdong , Shantou , Republic of China (1912–49)

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Tan Howe Liang on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_635_2005-01-10.html
  2. http://www.singaporeolympics.com/athletes/athletes-t-to-u/tan-howe-liang
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070313143134/http:/www.ssc.gov.sg/museum/ssm_heros_profile.jsp?type=6&artid=194&root=28&cat=29
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20130202201422/http:/www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/howe-liang-tan-1.html