 Tan Zongliang akaberekwa musi waNovember 29, 1971 murume wechiChinese wemitambo yekupfura uyo akakwikwidza mumitambo mishanu yeOlympic kubva muna 1996 kusvika muna 2012. Akakunda makwikwi maviri akatevedzana eISSF World Shooting Championships mu50 metres pistol: muna 2002Lahti uye muna 2006 muZagreb. Mumitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya2008, akahwina menduru yebronze mumutambo mumwe chetewo, menduru yakavandudzwa kuita yesirivheri mushure mekubviswa kwaKim Jong-su nekuda kwekushandisa mushonga wakarambidzwa, propranolol. 