He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics after his qualification through a victory in the 2019 Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 8 September 2019.

Due to his Olympic qualification, Chan was nominated for the Straits Times Athlete of the Year award in 2020.

He switched over to diving, following after his older sister, Kimberly Chan, who was scouted as a prospective diver, since there was only a year left to train in the lead up to the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics that was held in Singapore.

[5] In 2019, Chan won the Men's 10m Platform final at the Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and became the first Singaporean diver to qualify for the Olympics.

[7] At the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, Chan with his partner Max Lee, won the silver medal in the 10 m synchro event.