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Singaporean sprinter
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)
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.

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. 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.

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. 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. She lowered this to 11.81s at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships. 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
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