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Adele Tan
Singaporean sports shooter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adele Tan Qian Xiu OLY (born 31 March 1999) is a Singaporean Olympic shooter.[1] She competed in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
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Sports career
Tan started practicing shooting at the age of 12 and was selected by the Singapore Sports School after she won a shooting competition.[3]
In 2017, she finished fifth in the women's 10m air rifle at the Asian Shooting Championships in Wako, Japan. At the 2020 H&N Cup in Munich, she won a gold medal in women's 10m air rifle event scoring of 252.7 points and setting a new national record in the process.[4][5]
In May 2021, the Singapore Shooting Federation announced that Tan would represent Singapore at the women's 10m air rifle at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after an 18-month long Olympic Selection Trial where she emerged First. During the competition which was held on 24 July 2021 at the Asaka Shooting Range, she attained 21st position with a score of 625.3, making history by achieving Singapore's best finish in the Olympic Games.[6]
In 2023, she graduated from the National University of Singapore.[7]
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