By Wilfred Pilo For 73-year-old Goh Choon Hiuk, seeing her eldest grandson win a gold medal in esports at Sukma 2026 was one of the happiest moments of her life. But when asked what esports meant to her, she smiled and replied, “Itu main game dalam computer” (“It’s playing computer games”). While she sees it as playing computer games, her 16-year-old grandson, Jeff Tan, sees it as a sport that could take him to the international stage. A student at St Joseph’s Private Secondary School, Tan won…
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Jeff Tan, 16, won gold in esports at Sukma 2026, viewing it as a sport, while his grandmother sees it as computer gaming.
- Jeff Tan won team gold and individual silver at Sukma 2026 in sim-racing.
- He started esports at 10, introduced by his racing enthusiast father.
- His father encouraged him to join SESA, leading to his success in competitions.
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For 73-year-old Goh Choon Hiuk, seeing her eldest grandson win a gold medal in esports at Sukma 2026 was one of the happiest moments of her life. But when asked what esports meant to her, she smiled and replied, “Itu main game dalam computer” (“It’s playing computer games”).
While she sees it as playing computer games, her 16-year-old grandson, Jeff Tan, sees it as a sport that could take him to the international stage.
A student at St Joseph’s Private Secondary School, Tan won the team gold in the endurance sim-racing event and an individual silver medal in the men’s speed category at Sukma 2026.
Speaking to DayakDaily at his grandmother’s home in Taman Satria Jaya, BDC, Tan said he began his esports journey in 2020, when he was 10 years old.
