Background
Tan was born in 1981 in Fremont, California, to immigrants from Taiwan.
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Kevin Tan
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Education
He graduated from Mission San Jose High School, Class of 2000.
Career
He is of Chinese descent. His Chinese and legal name is Kai Wen and that is the name he uses in international competition. He uses his English language name Kevin in domestic events and in his coaching at Penn State.
At Penn State, Tan was a six time All-American.
He also earned All-American honors on the parallel bars (2002) and high bar (2003) during his career. Following his graduation, he began working as an assistant coach of the Penn State men"s gymnastics team
Tan was named to the 2008 Olympic team and was selected as captain of the team Tan did not qualify for the event final for his signature event the rings.
During the finals on the last event the pommel horse, Tan scored 12.755.
Fellow team member and original alternate Alexander Artemev secured the bronze medal with a score 15.350.
Achievements
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He won the National Collegiate Athletic Association team championship as a senior in 2004 and also won the individual titles in still rings in 2003 and 2004, thus becoming Penn State"s first back-to-back National Collegiate Athletic Association champion on the still rings. Tan was a member of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 United States. teams to the World Gymnastics Championships and is a 3-time United States. national champion on the still rings, his specialty.
