Tan Mui Buay
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| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Taijiquan, Taijijian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Singapore Wushu Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tan Mui Buay (Chinese: 陈美郿; pinyin: Chénměiméi) is a retired competitive wushu taolu athlete and taijiquan practitioner and teacher from Singapore.
Career
[edit]Having started taijiquan around 1986 due to natural curiosity, Tan made her international debut at the 1989 Asian Wushu Championships where she competed in taijiquan.[1] Two years later, Tan competed at the 1991 SEA Games and won the silver medal in taijiquan.[2] Two years later, she competed in the 1993 SEA Games and won the gold medal in taijiquan.[3] The following year, Tan appeared at the 1994 Asian Games and won the bronze medal in women's taijiquan, one of the first medals for Singapore in wushu at the Asian Games.[4][5][6] Two years later, she won two bronze medals in taijiquan and taijijian at the 1996 Asian Wushu Championships.[7][8] A year later, she won another bronze medal in taijiquan at the 1997 SEA Games.[9] Her last international competition was at the 1998 Asian Games where she finished 7th in women's taijiquan.[10][11]
During her competitive career Tan worked as a computer technician at Nanyang Polytechnic, and after her competitive wushu career began to teach taijiquan.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Six to represent S'pore in martial arts meet". The New Paper. 1989-11-12. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ "results at southeast asian games". Xinhua General News Service. Manila. 1991-11-30. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ Sung, Grace (1993-06-14). "Singapore's four out of five in wushu". The Straits Times. National Library Board. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Asiad results of Wushu, Women's Taijiquan -3-". Kyodo News. Hiroshima. Japan Economic Newswire. 1994-10-14. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "第12回広島アジア競技大会《武術太極拳》競技成績一覧" [12th Hiroshima Asian Games "Wushu Taijiken" Competition Results List] (PDF). Japan Wushu Federation (in Japanese). 1994. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ Ho-Pareira, Shrilynn (1994-10-15). "Wushu adds two bronze medals". The Straits Times. Hiroshima. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ "'pore bags one gold, four bronzes". The Straits Times. National Library Board. 1996-11-18. p. 32. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- ^ "Swordplay first". The New Paper. National Library Board. 1996-10-30. p. 46. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "1997 SEA Games Results". Jakarta Post. 1997-10-24. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "china takes women's taijiquan title". Bangkok. Xinhua News Agency. 1998-12-18. 1218381. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ "第13回バンコクアジア競技大会《武術太極拳》競技成績一覧" [13th Bangkok Asian Games "Wushu Taijiken" Competition Results List] (PDF). Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation (in Japanese). 1998. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ "Our Founder". Xin Ying Wushu Training Centre. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Singaporean wushu practitioners
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- Wushu practitioners at the 1990 Asian Games
- Wushu practitioners at the 1994 Asian Games
- Wushu practitioners at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in wushu
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Competitors at the 1991 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 1993 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 1997 SEA Games
- SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games medalists in wushu