Singapore boccia athletes win two silvers and a bronze at Asian Para Games
Aloysius Gan and Jovin Tan finished runners-up in their individual events in Nagoya, while Jeralyn Tan won bronze to give Singapore its first boccia medals at the Games since 2018.
Singapore’s boccia athletes won two silvers and a bronze at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya, Japan, on Wednesday, 21 October, giving the country its first medals in the sport at the Games since 2018, CNA reported. Aloysius Gan and Jovin Tan reached their individual finals, while Jeralyn Tan won the women’s individual BC1 bronze match.
How Singapore’s three boccia medal matches ended
Gan, 19, lost the men’s individual BC3 final 4–3 to Thailand’s Withun Chanthakhat at Nagoya General Gymnasium’s Rainbow Hall. CNA reported that Gan had beaten Chanthakhat in their opening pool match on Monday, before the Thai player reversed that result in the medal match.
Jovin Tan took silver in men’s individual BC1 after a 4–1 defeat by Thailand’s Witsanu Huadpradit. In women’s individual BC1, Jeralyn Tan beat Iran’s Neda Ghayebi 6–1 for bronze. Ghayebi had beaten her in their opening pool match, according to CNA.
Boccia players try to place their balls closer than their opponents’ to a target ball called the jack. The three results gave Singapore its first boccia medals at the Asian Para Games since Toh Sze Ning, Nurulasyiqah Mohd Taha and Faye Lim won mixed BC3 pairs silver in 2018, CNA reported.
Gan and Tan’s results before Nagoya
Gan arrived after winning BC3 pairs gold with Nurulasyiqah at the World Boccia Championships in September. CNA described it as Singapore’s first gold at that championship. Jovin Tan, a four-time Paralympic sailor who has won a Games gold in sailing, switched to boccia four years ago. His boccia titles include gold at the 2025 Canberra World Boccia Challenger, the 2026 ASEAN Para Games and the Montreal 2026 World Boccia Cup.
Jeralyn Tan was already a Paralympic silver medallist in women’s individual BC1. Her win over Ghayebi added to a Singapore contingent that had six medals at the Asian Para Games when CNA published its report. Swimmer Toh Wei Soong had taken two silvers earlier in the week, and cyclist Amelia Tan won bronze in the women’s 15km B time trial on Wednesday.
Elsewhere at the Games, Taiwan’s Lin Tzu-yu won the women’s class 10 table tennis singles final against doubles partner Tian Shiau-wen on Tuesday, the Taipei Times reported. The 11–4, 11–7, 11–2 victory gave Lin a second consecutive Asian Para Games singles title and Taiwan the top two places in the event.
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Sources and context
- Singapore’s boccia athletes take two silvers, one bronze at 2026 Asian Para GamesCNA
- Lin Tzu-yu defends Asian Para Games table tennis title in all-Taiwan finalTaipei Times
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