Elizabeth-Ann Tan

Elizabeth-Ann Tan
Tan (no 493) competing in the 200 metres at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games
Personal information
Born (2003-09-23) 23 September 2003 (age 21)[1]
Singapore
Sport
CountrySingapore
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay

Elizabeth-Ann Tan Shee Ru (born 23 September 2003) is a Singapore athlete who specialises in the 100m, 200m, and 4 × 100 m relay.

Running career

As a schoolgirl at Nanyang Girls' High School and subsequently Hwa Chong Institution, Tan won 13 gold medals at the National School Games and set four records.[2][3][4]

At the regional youth level, Tan was part of the quartet that won bronze for the 4 × 100 m at the 2017 ASEAN Schools Games.[5] She was then part of the quartet that set the national junior record for 4 × 100 m with a time of 46.68s in 2019.[6]

In the 2023 Southeast Asian Games held in Phnom Penh, Tan qualified for the 200m final, running a personal best of 24.03s in that race.[7] In the 4 × 100 m, her team came in fourth with a time of 45.16s. In the same month, she ran a personal best of 11.87s in the 100m at the Taiwan Open.[8] She lowered this to 11.81s at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships.[9] At the Asian Games, she clocked 12.00s.

References

  1. ^ "Elizabeth-Ann Shee Ru TAN | Profile | World Athletics".
  2. ^ "NSG 13-time Gold medallist Elizabeth-Ann Tan : NSG has certainly helped to cultivate the values of hard work, perseverance and self-discipline in me".
  3. ^ "B Div 100m & 100m Hurdles: Nanyang Girls' Elizabeth-Ann Tan lights up National Stadium with two meet records in two days; becomes 2nd-fastest all-time U17 Singaporean girl in both events".
  4. ^ "C Div 100m: Nanyang Girls' Elizabeth-Ann Tan shatters 24-year record".
  5. ^ "Asean Schools Games: Five meet records fall on day two of athletics | the Straits Times". 16 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Singapore's young 4x100m team deliver surprise by breaking record". 30 October 2019.
  7. ^ "'I was just super pumped': Singapore's Shanti Pereira blazes to SEA Games gold as records fall".
  8. ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/after-sea-games-success-singapore-s-shanti-pereira-breaks-100m-record-twice-in-germany
  9. ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/shanti-pereira-clocks-1150sec-to-reach-semis-of-asian-athletics-championships