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Singaporean wushu practitioner
Tan Mui Buay
Personal information
Born1955 (age 68–69)
Sport
SportWushu
Event(s)Taijiquan, Taijijian
TeamSingapore Wushu Team
Medal record
Women's Wushu Taolu
Representing  Singapore
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Hiroshima Taijiquan
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Manila Taijiquan
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Manila Taijijian
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Singapore Taijiquan
Silver medal – second place 1991 Manila Taijiquan
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Jakarta Taijiquan

Tan Mui Buay (Chinese: 陈美郿; pinyin: Chénměiméi) is a retired competitive wushu taolu athlete and taijiquan practitioner and teacher from Singapore.

Career

Having started taijiquan around 1986 due to natural curiosity, Tan made her international debut at the 1989 Asian Wushu Championships where she competed in taijiquan. Two years later, Tan competed at the 1991 SEA Games and won the silver medal in taijiquan. Two years later, she competed in the 1993 SEA Games and won the gold medal in taijiquan. The following year, Tan appeared at the 1994 Asian Games and won the bronze medal in women's taijiquan, one of the first medals for Singapore in wushu at the Asian Games. Two years later, she won two bronze medals in taijiquan and taijijian at the 1996 Asian Wushu Championships. A year later, she won another bronze medal in taijiquan at the 1997 SEA Games. Her last international competition was at the 1998 Asian Games where she finished 7th in women's taijiquan.

During her competitive career Tan worked as a computer technician at Nanyang Polytechnic, and after her competitive wushu career began to teach taijiquan.

See also

References

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