Nathania Tan
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| Nationality | Northern Mariana Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Nathania Chung Yee Tan 1 July 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 1,500 m: 5:07.30 (Saipan, 2023) 3,000 m: 10:18.81 (Boston, 2023) 5,000 m: 18:02.04 (Kingston, 2023) 10,000 m: 36:48.49 (Azusa, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nathania Chung Yee Tan (born 1 July 2001) is a track and field athlete from the Northern Mariana Islands who specialises in long-distance running. She is the national 3,000 m, 5,000 m and 10,000m record-holder.[1]
Early life
[edit]Tan grew up in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands with a Malaysian mother and Chinese father.[2] She attended Saipan International School and Fordham University.[3] After gaining an undergraduate degree in 2023, she joined the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[4]
Career
[edit]She is the 3,000 m, 5,000 m and 10,000m national record-holder for the Northern Mariana Islands.[2]
In 2019, aged 18, Tan competed at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa. She completed the course in a time of one hour 51 minutes 52 seconds and finished fourth of the four runners in the half marathon.[5]
At the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Tan won gold in the 10,000 m and silver in the 5,000 m, the Northern Mariana Islands only medals at the event.[6][7]
In 2023, she competed at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.[8]
At the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Tan won gold medal in both the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m. These were the first-ever Pacific titles won by the Northern Mariana Islands. Tan set a new games record in 5,000 m 18 minutes 8.69 seconds. She also competed in the half marathon at the games, finishing fourth.[9]
In 2024, she competed at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]
In October 2025, Tan was a silver medalist over 3000 metres at the 2025 Oceania Athletics Cup in Tonga, finishing runner-up to Australian runner Audrey Hall.[11] On 10 January 2026, she placed 80th overall at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships.[12] In May, Tab placed seventh over 1500 metres at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin, Australia, later finishing fourth over 5000 m later at the championships.[13][14]
Personal life
[edit]Her father, Jerry Tan, is the president of the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association.[15][16][17]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Nathania Tan". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- 1 2 "Bathurst legacy inspires Pacific island athletes". World Athletics. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Nathania Tan". Fordham Sports. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Nathania Tan". Hawaiiathletics. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Pacific Games Apia (SAM) Women's Half Marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ↑ Sablan Jr., James (June 9, 2022). "Tania Tan honored to represent CNMI". mvariety. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Oceania Athletics Championships -Women's 5,000 m final". World Athletics. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Athletes Worth Watching". Games and Rings. March 29, 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "High notes from the Ocean". Athletics Podium. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "SENIOR RACE WOMEN". World Athletics. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Oceania Cup". World Athletics. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "46th World Athletics Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 10 Jan 2026. Retrieved 11 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "NMI's Tan opens Oceania run with respectable seventh in 1500m". mvariety.com. May 19, 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "Oceania Championships". World Athletics. 21 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "Jerry Tan is parade grand marshal". Saipan Tribune. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Jerry Tan named CNMI Liberation Day grand marshal". Postguam. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "NATHANIA TAN '19 RECRUITING PROFILE". ncsasports.org. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
