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    • Source: Yang Zi (table tennis)

      • Yang Zi (Chinese: ęØ子; pinyin: YĆ”ng ZĒ; born 19 June 1984, in Beijing, China) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former table tennis player.


      Career


      Yang joined the Singapore Table Tennis Association under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in 2003 and became a Singapore citizen two years later in 2005. He had represented Singapore in many major events such as 15th Asian Games, 18th Commonwealth Games and 23rd SEA Games.
      In 2005, Yang won 2 Pro Tour Men's Singles U21 titles and won the Pro Tour Grand Finals Men's Singles U21 title. He also won the silver medal in the Beijing Invitational. Later he also managed to clinch 3 gold medals in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and 2 golds in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. During the world's second largest sports event, 15th Asian Games, Yang, together with partner Li Jiawei, won the bronze medal for the mixed doubles event. Yang and his doubles partner, Gao Ning, has also won many medals in the ITTF Pro Tour Events.
      At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Yang made it to the 4th round losing to Zoran Primorac of Croatia by a score of 4ā€“2, however managing to defeat Marcos Freitas(POR) and Chuang Chih-yuan(TPE) in the 2nd and 3rd rounds respectively.
      At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Yang lost to Paul Drinkhall in the second round, but he fared much better in the team event, where Singapore reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to eventual gold medalists, China.
      At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Yang and Jian Zhan won the bronze medal in the men's doubles, defeating Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford of England in the bronze medal match. Yang also won the gold medal in the team event.
      In 2017, Yang announced his retirement.


      Medals




      Achievements


      2009
      ITTF Pro Tour German Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 3rd
      ITTF Pro Tour Indian Open
      Men's Singles ā€“ 3rd
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 1st
      2008
      ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
      Men's Doubles ā€“ Gold (with Gao Ning)
      Beijing Olympic Games
      Round of 16
      ITTF Pro Tour China Open
      Men's Team ā€“ Top 4 (with Gao Ning, Cai Xiaoli)
      ITTF Pro Tour Chile Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 1st (Gao Ning)
      2007
      24th SEA Games
      Men's Team ā€“ Gold (with Gao Ning, Cai Xiaoli)
      Men's Doubles ā€“ Gold (with Gao Ning)
      Mixed Doubles ā€“ Gold (Li Jiawei)
      ITTF Pro Tour Sweden Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 2nd (with Gao Ning)
      ITTF Pro Tour German Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 2nd (with Gao Ning)
      ITTF Pro Tour French Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ Top 4 (with Gao Ning)
      ITTF Pro Tour Austria Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 1st (with Gao Ning)
      ITTF Pro Tour Taipei Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 2nd (with Gao Ning)
      ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ Top 4 (with Gao Ning)
      ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 2nd (with Gao Ning)
      17th Commonwealth Championships, India, Jaipur
      Men's Team ā€“ Gold
      Men's Singles ā€“ Silver
      Men's Doubles ā€“ Silver (with Gao Ning)
      Mixed Doubles ā€“ Gold (with Wang Yuegu)
      ITTF Pro Tour Chille Open
      Men's Singles ā€“ Top 4
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 2nd (with Gao Ning)
      ITTF Pro Tour Brazilian Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 2nd (with Gao Ning)
      ITTF Pro Tour Indian Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 1st (with Gao Ning)
      ITTF Pro Tour Taipei Open
      Men's Doubles ā€“ 2nd (with Gao Ning)


      References




      External links


      Yang Zi at World Table Tennis
      Yang Zi at Olympedia
      Singapore Table Tennis Association
      International Table Tennis Federation

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