- Name: Kevin Tan (NOTE: Kai Wen is his first name in Chinese)
- Hometown: Fremont, Calif.
- Residence: State College, Pa.
- Birth date: Sept. 25, 1981
- Club: Team Chevron
- Trains: Pennsylvania State University
- Coach: Randy Jepson
- School: Penn State University (2004)
- Year began gymnastics: 1988
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Personal info
Tan is competing in his first Olympic Games. He claimed his third consecutive U.S. still rings title at the 2008 Visa
Championships. He has represented the United States at the World Gymnastics Championships in 2005, 2006 and
2007. In 2007, he helped the team to its fourth-place finish and was fourth on the still rings. A member of Penn
State's 2004 NCAA championship team, Tan was the Nittany Lions' first back-to-back NCAA champion on the still
rings, earning titles in 2003 and 2004. A six-time All-American, Tan is an assistant on Penn State head coach
Randy Jepson's staff. During his senior year in 2004, Tan was a finalist for the Nissen-Emery Award. He was an allconference
selection, winning both the still rings and parallel bars crowns at the 2004 Big Ten Championships. His
still rings title was his third-consecutive conference championship in the event. During his collegiate career, Tan
never finished lower than third place on the rings at a Big Ten Championship. He graduated from Penn State in
2004 with a major in finance and a minor in economics. Tan, who is of Chinese descent, is the son of Peter and the
late Vicky Tan. His older brother Kai Yuan, is a chef.
How did you get involved?: I was a hyperactive child. It was a way to get me out of the house and into something
productive.
Favorite event: Still rings
Other sports involvement: Golf
Favorite music: Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton
Favorite book: Catcher in the Rye
Favorite food: My father makes a mean Chinese beef noodle soup.
Past Results
2008 - U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics*, Philadelphia, Pa.: 1, SR; 7, PB; T8, PH; 8, HB
2008 - Visa Championships, Houston, Texas: 1, SR; 4, PB; 6, PH
2008 - World Cup, Cottbus, Germany: 2, SR; 8, PB
2008 - USA vs. Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: 1, team, PH, SR, PB; 3, HB; 4, VT
2008 - Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 1, SR; 3, HB
2007 - World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany: 4th-Team, SR
2007 - Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif.: 1, SR; T4, HB; 8, PH; T8, PB
2007 - USA-Russia-Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine: 3, team
2007 - Internationaux de France- World Cup, Paris, France: 1, SR
2007 - Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 1, SR
2006 - World Championships, Aarhus, Denmark:
2006 - Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn.: 1, SR; 4, PB
2006 - Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 1, SR
2006 - 15th Internationaux de France- World Cup, Lyon, France: 4, SR
2005 - World Championships (Ind. Event), Melbourne, Australia
2005 - Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.: 2, SR
2005 - Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 2, SR
2004 - Visa Championships, Nashville, Tenn.: 2, SR
2004 - Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 1, SR
2003 - U.S. Championships, Milwaukee, Wis.: 4, SR
2003 - Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 1, SR
2002 - U.S. Championships, Cleveland, Ohio
2002 - Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 3, SR
Legend: AA=all-around; FX=floor exercise; PH=pommel horse; SR=still rings; VT=vault; PB=parallel bars; HB=horizontal bar
*2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics results represent weighted scores from Visa Championships and U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
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