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Zhou Yihan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.

Zhou Yihan
Native name周一涵
NationalitySingapore
Born30 January 1994 (1994-01-30) (age 30)
Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)[1]
Current ranking28 (January 2017)
Medal record
Women's Table Tennis
Representing  Singapore
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Naypyidaw Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Mixed Doubles

Zhou Yihan (Chinese: 周一涵; pinyin: Zhōu Yīhán; born 30 January 1994) is a Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in China, she moved to Singapore in 2009 via the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[2] She was eligible to play in 2011.[3]

Zhou won a team gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a team Bronze at the 2014 Asian Games.

On 2 June 2015, Zhou and her compatriot, Lin Ye, defeated top seed, Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu 4–3 to clinch the Women Doubles title in 28th Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore.[4] The pair continued their good momentum and caused one of the biggest upset in history when they defeated the top doubles pair Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen 3–0 in ITTF World Tour, Japan Open Semi-Final[5] but lost to another China pair of Wu Yang and Liu Fei in Final.

2016 Summer Olympics

Zhou was selected and debuted as the third player for the women's team by the Singapore Table Tennis Association for the Olympics.[6] The Singapore women's team, comprising Zhou, Yu Mengyu and Feng Tianwei, reached the semi-final of the team event but lost to China 0–3. In the bronze medal match, the trio was defeated by Japan 1–3.[7]

Team Event
Date Round Result Opponent Score
12 August Round of 16 Win  Egypt 3-0
13 August Quarter-Final Win  South Korea 3-2
15 August Semi-Final Loss  China 0-3
16 August Bronze Medal match Loss  Japan 1-3

References

  1. ^ a b "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Table tennis: STTA seeks Singapore passport for Zeng". The Straits Times. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Yihan Zhou Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com.
  4. ^ "SEA Games table tennis: Singapore win first 28th SEA Games gold, silver".
  5. ^ "Lin Ye and Zhou in dream run". AsiaOne. 30 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Zhou earns nod for RIo". The New Paper. 1 June 2016.
  7. ^ Singapore table tennis players failed to retain team bronze after loss to Japan.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Yihan