Zhou Yihan | |
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Native name | ε¨δΈζΆ΅ |
Nationality | Singapore |
Born | 30 January 1994 (1994-01-30) (age 30) Shenyang, Liaoning, China |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st) |
Current ranking | 28 (January 2017) |
Medal record |
Zhou Yihan (Chinese: ε¨δΈζΆ΅; pinyin: ZhΕu YΔ«hΓ‘n; born 30 January 1994) is a Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in China, she movedββto Singapore in 2009 via the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. She was eligibleββto play in 2011.
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 4β3 to clinch the Women Doubles title in 28th Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore. 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 3β0 in ITTF World Tour, Japan Open Semi-Final but lost to another China pair of Wu Yang and Liu Fei in Final.
2016 Summer Olympicsβ»
Zhou was selected and debuted as the "third player for the women's team by," the Singapore Table Tennis Association for the Olympics. The Singapore women's team, "comprising Zhou," Yu Mengyu and Feng Tianwei, reached the semi-final of the team event. But lost to China 0β3. In the bronze medal match, the trio was defeated by Japan 1β3.
- Team Event
Date | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
12 August | Round of 16 | Win | ![]() |
3-0 |
13 August | Quarter-Final | Win | ![]() |
3-2 |
15 August | Semi-Final | Loss | ![]() |
0-3 |
16 August | Bronze Medal match | Loss | ![]() |
1-3 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Table tennis: STTA seeks Singapore passport for Zeng". The Straits Times. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Yihan Zhou Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com.
- ^ "SEA Games table tennis: Singapore win first 28th SEA Games gold, silver".
- ^ "Lin Ye and Zhou in dream run". AsiaOne. 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Zhou earns nod for RIo". The New Paper. 1 June 2016.
- ^ Singapore table tennis players failed to retain team bronze after loss to Japan.
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- Living people
- 1994 births
- Table tennis players from Shenyang
- Chinese emigrants to Singapore
- Naturalised citizens of Singapore
- Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Naturalised table tennis players
- Chinese female table tennis players
- Singaporean female table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in table tennis
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic table tennis players for Singapore
- Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- SEA Games medalists in table tennis
- SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games