Jonathan Chan
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Full name | Jonathan Chan Fan Keng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Singaporean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Singapore | 10 May 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10m, 10m synchro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Singapore University of Technology and Design | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Li Peng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jonathan Chan Fan Keng (born 10 May 1997) is a Singaporean diver. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics after his qualification through a victory in the 2019 Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 8 September 2019.[1] He is the first Singaporean diver to have qualified for the Olympic Games. Due to his Olympic qualification, Chan was nominated for the Straits Times Athlete of the Year award in 2020.[2]
Biography[]
Chan, a local born Singaporean, has been doing gymnastics since five years old and has cited local gymnast as his inspiration. He switched over to diving, following after his older sister, Kimberly Chan, who was scouted as a prospective diver, since there was only a year left to train in the lead up to the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics that was held in Singapore.[3]
Chan is a former student at the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and is currently a final year architecture student at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and has had to juggle his studies while diving competitively since 2013.[4]
Major competition results[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Diving: Jonathan Chan is first Singaporean diver to qualify for the Olympics". 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Diving: Jonathan Chan plunges into uncharted territory with Olympic milestone". 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Jonathan Chan: Singapore's Golden Boy in Diving". 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "National diver and ASD student, Jonathan Chan, is a nominee for The Straits Times Athlete of the Year". 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ a b "Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games Official Results Book" (PDF). 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Singapore 2015 SEA Games Official Results Publication Aquatics (Diving)" (PDF). 28th Southeast Asian Games 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "San Juan 2017 FINA Diving Grand Prix Leg 3 10m Platform Results". 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "San Juan 2017 FINA Diving Grand Prix Leg 3 10m Mixed Synchro Results". 2017-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Hungary 2017 World Aquatics Championships Preliminary 10m Platform Round Results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Hungary 2017 World Aquatics Championships 10m Team Final Results". Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Hungary 2017 World Aquatics Championships 10m Mixed Synchro Final Results". Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Wuhan 2018 FINA Diving World Cup 10 m Platform Preliminary Results". 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Jakarta 2018 Asian Games Diving 10 m Synchro Results". 2018-08-29. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Kuala Lumpur 2018 FINA Diving Grand Prix Leg 5 Results". 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Singapore 2018 FINA Diving Grand Prix Leg 7 Results". 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Calgary 2019 FINA Diving Grand Prix Leg 2 Results". 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Napoli 2019 30th Summer Universiade Diving Results Book" (PDF). 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Gwangju 2019 World Aquatics Championships Preliminary 10m Platform Round Results" (PDF). 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Diving: Jonathan Chan wins Asian Diving Cup to clinch historic Olympic spot". 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Singapore 2019 FINA Diving Grand Prix Leg 9 Semi Final A Results". 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2021 FINA Diving World Cup Results". 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Men's 10m Platform" (PDF). Olympics.com. 6 August 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
External links[]
- Jonathan Chan at Institute for Applied Training Science (IAT) (in German)
- Jonathan Chan at Olympics.com
- Jonathan Chan at Olympedia
- Singaporean divers
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Divers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games
- Divers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- Olympic divers of Singapore
- Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics