Lance Tan Wei Sheng

Lance Tan

Lance Tan at the 2015 South East Asian Games
Personal information
Full name	Tan Wei Sheng Lance
Nationality	Singaporean
Born	(1987-05-14) 14 May 1987 Singapore
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Medal record Athletics (sport) Representing  Singapore Southeast Asian Games 2011 Palembang 4 x 400 m relay ASEAN University Games 2010 Chang Mai 4 x 100 m relay

Lance Tan Wei Sheng (born May 14, 1987) is a track cyclist^[1] and former track and field athlete who competes internationally for The Republic of Singapore.^[2] Tan won the bronze medal at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.^[3] He has a quarter mile personal best of 49.44s ET set in 2009 in Taipei.^[4][5] Tan also has a decathlon score of 4922 points set at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.^[6][7]

In his junior years, Tan competed in the 100m event at the Commonwealth Youth Games held in Bendigo, Australia. He finished 6th in his heat and did not advance to the next round.^[8]

In 2006, Tan represented Singapore at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics, held in Beijing, China.^[9][10]

Tan, together with Elfi Mustapa, Gary Yeo and Amirudin Jamal won bronze in the 4x100m relay at the 15th ASEAN University Games in 2010, held in Changmai, Thailand. The team finished behind Indonesia and Thailand with a time of 40.62s.^[11][12]

At the 2011 SEA Games held in Palembang, Indonesia, Tan anchored the Singapore team to the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.^{[3] [13][14][15]}

It is the first time in 36 years- since the 1975 Southeast Asian Peninsular(SEAP) Games, and the first time since the formation of the South East Asian Federation in 1977, that Singapore men have finished in the medal placings for the 4 × 400 m relay event at any major Games.^[16]

Singapore Men's 4 × 400 m team after their race at the 2011 SEA Games.(L-R)Md Zaki Sapari, Ng Chin Hui, Lance Tan and Kenneth Khoo

At the inaugural 2012 Singapore National Games, Tan competed and won the gold medal in the 400m event.^[17][18] Tan clinch the silver medal in the 400m Open category at the 2012 National Championships, a feat he repeated in the 2013 edition.^[19] He is also part of the quartet that holds the current National Junior 4 × 100 m record with a time of 41.28s, set in 2005 at the ASEAN Schools Track and Field Championships.^[20][21]

Tan represented Singapore in the decathlon at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, finishing 8th with a new personal best.^[22][23]

In 2016, he switched sport to track cycling, representing Singapore in the sprint and team sprint at the Asian Cycling Confederation Track Asia Cup, finishing 10th and 4th respectively.^[24] Lance also won the yellow jersey in the 2016 OCBC Cycle Road Series, accumulating the most number of points over 4 races in the Men's Sports category.^{[25] [26]}

He is currently working as a research engineer at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research.^[27]

ACC Track ASIA Cup 2016 - Team Sprint- Singapore - Lance Tan

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