Jump to content

Nicholas Tan

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nicholas Tan
Personal information
NationalitySingaporean
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight73 kg (161 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Butterfly
ClubSwimfast Aquatic Club
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Singapore 4×100 m freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Singapore 50m freestyle
Singapore National Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Singapore Men 100 LC m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Singapore Men 100 LC m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Singapore Men 200 LC m freestyle

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f "National swimmer Nick Tan says durians are 'healthy' to him". AsiaOne. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "National swimmer Nicholas Tan selected to model for D&G's worldwide ad campaign". The Straits Times. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. ^ Xue Wei Tan, Nicholas; Soo Lee Ng, Felicia (2007). Towards A Serum-Free Medium: Growth Receptors And Signaling Pathways That Regulate Multipotency In Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells - Semantic Scholar. World Congress on Engineering. S2CID 446932.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b "18-year-old Singaporean student to present stem cell research paper at conferences in US and UK". 22 June 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Nicholas Tan". Harvard. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Singapore National Championships - Results -". Swimming World. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Young Liew shines again". 2 September 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  8. ^ Ong, Justin (3 February 2014). "'Classically handsome' swimmer is first Singaporean to model for top fashion brand". Yahoo News. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  9. ^ "LOOK D&G picks up Singaporean swimmer for campaign". 2 May 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Instagram Me: Fashion model Nick Tan". Lifestyle Asia. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Nick Tan Talks About His Modeling Debut for D&G | Jakarta Globe". Jakarta Globe. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  12. ^ "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. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  13. ^ "In Conversation: Swimmer/Model Nick Tan". Men's Folio. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Southeast Asia games firm Sea, formerly Garena, files for $1 billion US IPO". 24 September 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  15. ^ "范冰冰现身站台 前国家泳手陈雪伟喜上热搜 | 早报". www.zaobao.com.sg (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Asia-focused SPAC Ace Global Business Acquisition files for a $40 million IPO". NASDAQ. 9 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Southeast Asia games firm Sea, formerly Garena, files for $1 billion US IPO". 24 September 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  18. ^ "ENTREPRENEURS Job creation by young entrepreneurs". www.leadershiponline.co.za. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  19. ^ "Home and décor speciality mall set for Johannesburg". 9 November 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  20. ^ "Ace Global Business Acquisition Limited与LE Worldwide Limited签订合并协议". www.jfinfo.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Ace Global Business Acquisition Limited Announces Proposed Merger Agreement with LE Worldwide Limited". WSJ. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  22. ^ "Ace Global Business Acquisition to merge with LE Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACBA) | Seeking Alpha". seekingalpha.com. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  23. ^ "U30 List: Chen Wei | Medical and Health". Forbes China.
  24. ^ "出国创业必修 当地语言与经商文化 | 早报". www.zaobao.com.sg (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Tan&oldid=1246986324"