Picasso Tan

{{Short description|Singaporean wushu practitioner}}

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}}

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| sport = Wushu

| event = Nanquan, Daoshu, Gunshu

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Wushu Taolu}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 1995 Baltimore | Nanquan}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1998 Bangkok | Nanquan}}

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{{MedalGold | 1996 Manila | Nanquan}}

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{{MedalGold | 1993 Singapore | Nanquan}}

{{MedalSilver | 1993 Singapore | Daoshu}}

{{MedalBronze | 1997 Jakarta | Nanquan}}

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Picasso Tan Yeow Kuan is a retired competitive wushu taolu athlete from Singapore.

Career

Tan made his debut at the 1993 SEA Games where he won a gold medal in nanquan and a silver medal in daoshu.{{Cite news |last=Sung |first=Grace |date=14 June 1993 |title=Singapore's four out of five in wushu |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19930614-1.1.26 |access-date=16 November 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=26 |via=NewspaperSG}}{{Cite news |last=Sung |first=Grace |date=16 June 1993 |title=Hardly wishy-washy |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19930616-1.2.39.3 |access-date=16 November 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=25 |via=NewspaperSG}} A year later, Tan competed at the 1994 Asian Games and finished in seventh place in men's nanquan.{{Cite news |date=13 October 1994 |title=Asiad results of Wushu, Men's Nanquan -4- |url=https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1516831&crid=319fa48e-ac8d-443d-822f-cf0eb0e75a47&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A3SP7-G4Y0-000F-P2DM-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=144760&pdteaserkey=sr0&pditab=allpods&ecomp=ybvnk&earg=sr0&prid=0cd0cd60-3aff-46db-acef-3923f280dfc5 |url-access=limited |access-date=4 July 2021 |work=Kyodo News |location=Hiroshima |agency=Japan Economic Newswire}} A year later, he won a silver medal in nanquan at the 1995 World Wushu Championships.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=1995 World Wushu Championships Results |url=http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/3rd-World-Wushu-Championships-1995-Baltimopre-USA-Results.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201723/http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/3rd-World-Wushu-Championships-1995-Baltimopre-USA-Results.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date= |website=International Wushu Federation}} He then competed in the 1996 Asian Wushu Championships and became the Asian champion in nanquan.{{Cite news |last=Low |first=Calvin |date=16 November 1996 |title=Late surge brings two bronze medals |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19961118-1.2.63?qt=wushu,%20asian,%20championships&q=wushu%20asian%20championships |access-date=16 November 2024 |work=The New Paper |pages=43 |via=NewspaperSG}}{{Cite news |date=18 November 1996 |title='pore bags one gold, four bronzes |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19961118-1.2.51.7.1?qt=wushu,%20asian,%20championships&q=wushu%20asian%20championships |access-date=16 November 2014 |work=The Straits Times |pages=32 |via=NewspaperSG}} At the 1997 SEA Games, he won a bronze medal in nanquan.{{Cite news |date=24 October 1997 |title=1997 SEA Games Results |url=https://jawawa.id/newsitem/1997-sea-games-results-1447893297 |access-date=16 September 2024 |work=Jakarta Post}} Tan's last competition was at the 1998 Asian Games where he won a three-way tied bronze medal in men's nanquan.

After retiring from wushu, Tan founded Picasso International Productions which is an event choreography, production, and management company based in Singapore.{{Cite web |title=About Picasso International Productions |url=https://pip.sg/about-us/ |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=Picasso International Productions}}

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