Jonathan Chan Fan Keng (; born 10 May 1997) is a Singaporean former diver. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics after his qualification through a victory in the 2019 Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 8 September 2019. He is the first Singaporean diver to have qualified for the Olympic Games. Due to his Olympic qualification, Chan was nominated for the Straits Times Athlete of the Year award in 2020.
Diving career Chan has been doing gymnastics since five years old and has cited local gymnast Hoe Wah Toon as his inspiration. He switched over to diving, following after his older sister, Kimberly Chan, who was scouted as a prospective diver, since there was only a year left to train in the lead up to the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics that was held in Singapore.
Chan started diving competitively since 2013.
In 2019, Chan won the Men's 10m Platform final at the Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and became the first Singaporean diver to qualify for the Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics at Japan, Chan was placed 26th out of 29 divers and failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
At the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, Chan with his partner Max Lee, won the silver medal in the 10 m synchro event. Chan retired from diving after the SEA Games to pursue a career in the design industry.
Early life and education Chan studied at the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Major competition results Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes2013Asian Youth Games Nanjing 6th 10 m platform2014Summer Youth Olympics Nanjing 10th 10 m platform 8th 10 m mixed team2015Southeast Asian Games Singapore3rd 10 m platform2017FINA Diving Grand Prix San Juan 6th 10 m platform 2nd 10 m mixed synchro 2017World Aquatics Championships Budapest 33rd 10 m platform 14th 10 m team 15th 10 m mixed synchro 2017Southeast Asian Games Kuala Lumpur 2nd 10 m mixed synchro 2nd 10 m team 3rd 10 m platform 3rd 10 m synchro 2018FINA Diving World Cup Wuhan 22nd 10 m platform 2018Asian Games Jakarta–Palembang 8th 10 m synchro 2018FINA Diving Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur3rd 10 m platform 2018FINA Diving Grand Prix Singapore1st 10 m platform 2019FINA Diving Grand Prix Calgary 22nd 10 m platform 2019Summer Universiade Napoli 16th 10 m platform 2019World Aquatics Championships Gwangju 32nd 10 m platform 2019Asian Diving Cup Kuala Lumpur 1st 10 m platform 2019FINA Diving Grand Prix Singapore 11th 10 m platform 2021FINA Diving World Cup Tokyo 24th 10 m platform 15th 10 m synchro 2021Summer Olympics Tokyo 26th 10 m platform 2022Southeast Asian Games Hanoi 2nd 10 m synchro
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