Jeralyn Tan
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| Native name | Jeralyn Tan Yee Ting | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 February 1989 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Singapore | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boccia | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jeralyn Tan Yee Ting (born 1 February 1989) is a Singaporean boccia player.[1] She competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, reaching the finals of the women's individual BC1 event.[2][3]
Early life and education
Tan studied at the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore (CPAS) School when she was eight and picked up boccia as a co-curricular activity in 2002.[4] In 2003, she participated in the National Disability Games.[4]
Sports career
Tan initially competed in the BC2 category, competing independently.[4] In 2008, Tan competed in the ASEAN Para Games in Thailand and won the bronze medal in the individual BC2 category.[4]
Despite the small success, Tan struggled in the category and kept losing in competition.[4] In 2015, she was reclassified as BC1, where the athlete compete with an assistant.[4] In 2016, Yurnita Omar, who was originally the ramp assistant for former Paralympian Toh Sze Ning, who competed in the BC3 category,[5] was transferred to the BC1 category and started working with Tan.[5]
In 2020, Tan started representing Singapore.[5] In 2021, Tan won the World Boccia Asia-Oceania Regional Championship.[5] Tan won another two World Boccia Cup titles in 2023.[5]
In 2024, Tan successfully defended her World Boccia Cup title in Montreal, Canada.[5] However, Tan was eliminated in the quarter-finals at the World Boccia Cup in Portugal in July.[5]
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Tan won the silver medal at the individual BC1 event, ranking second in the world and first in Asia.[6] For her medal, Tan was awards S$300,000 at the Singapore National Paralympic Council’s Athletes Achievement Awards on 15 October.[7]
As of November 2024, Tan was ranked first in the women’s BC1 category.[7]
References
- ^ "[Media Release] Jeralyn Tan Yee Ting Secures Tearful Gold at Póvoa de Varzim 2023 World Boccia Cup". SDSC.org.sg. 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Tan Yee Ting Jeralyn". Paris 2024 Paralympics.
- ^ "Jeralyn Tan Yee Ting". Team Singapore.
- ^ a b c d e f Ganesan, Deepanraj (14 September 2024). "From despair to delight: Jeralyn Tan's journey to boccia silver at the Paralympics". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g Mohan, Matthew (8 September 2024). "'We're like family': How a special bond helped Singapore's Jeralyn Tan to a historic Paralympic medal". CNA. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympics: Boccia Preview". AsianParalympic.org. 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b Teoh, Melvyn (7 November 2024). "Paralympic silver medallist Jeralyn Tan to start preparations for 2025 season in December". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 10 November 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.