Tan Zongliang (; born November 29, 1971) is a male Chinese

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who competed at five consecutive Olympics from 1996 to 2012. He has won two consecutive

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, he won the bronze medal in the same event, a medal that was upgraded to silver after Kim Jong-su's disqualification for use of the banned drug,

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1971 births Living people Chinese male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters for China Olympic silver medalists for China People from Weifang Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in shooting Olympic medalists in shooting Sport shooters from Shandong Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1998 Asian Games Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese sportsmen 20th-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-sportshooting-bio-stub