Alfonso Tan
Name: Alfonso Tan
Date of birth: 08-07-2008
Height: 170 cm
Current School: Singapore Sports School
Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: I started at the age of 6, I started as I was looking for a sport to do and my sister was already in this sport gymnastics.
First Club: Win Win Gymnastics
First Coach: Mr Fu Yong Kwan
Current Club: National Training Centre
Current Coach: Coach Park
Favourite apparatus: Pommel Horse
Favourite skill: Stutz
Most difficult skill to learn so far: Magyar Sivado
Personal Best Recorded and the Event in which it was recorded: Getting 3rd for vault and sticking both vaults.
Major Sporting Achievements:
- 2024 National Championships – 3rd for the Vault
Most admired sports person: Nathanael Pek
Who is your favourite gymnast and why? Samuel Loh, he is very friendly and always end training late with me.
Favourite music: Pop songs
Favourite movie: Extraction
My favourite dish: My favourite dish is Japanese curry. It is very nice to eat.
My main support group: My parents, siblings, and the other gym ppl
If I was not an athlete, I would like to be... A scholar.
Top 3 things on my bucket list:
- Competing for Major Games such as World Championships.
- Able to succeed an E-skill.
- To gain the strength to do anything that I wish to do.
I love to hang out at... because... I love to hang at Junction 8 as I always eat with my teammates there.
What is the greatest challenge you have faced in your sporting career? How did you overcome that?
Returning back to gymnastics after 2 and a half years of not training. I was able to pull through thanks to the support from my friends and family.
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