Yang Zi (table tennis)

Yang Zi
Nationality  Singapore
Born (1984-06-19) 19 June 1984
Beijing, China
Playing style Left-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking 21 (January 2008)[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)[2]

Yang Zi (Chinese: 杨子; pinyin: Yáng Zǐ; born 19 June 1984, in Beijing, China) is a table tennis player representing Singapore.[2]

Yang Zi began his table tennis in 2004 when he first participated in the ITTF Pro Tour.[3] He has represented Singapore in many major events such as 15th Asian Games, 18th Commonwealth Games and 23rd SEA Games. He is currently Singapore's second-ranked male table tennis player.

In 2005, he 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 Zi, together with partner Li Jiawei, won the bronze medal for the mixed doubles event. The pair made up of Yang and Gao Ning has also won many medals in the ITTF Pro Tour Events.

At the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Yang Zi made it to the 4th round losing to Zoran Primorac of Croatia by a score of 4-2, however managing to defeat Marcos Freitas(POR) and Chuang Chih-yuan(TPE) in the 2nd and 3rd rounds respectively.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he 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 the eventual gold medalists, China.[4]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he and Jian Zhan won the bronze medal in the men's doubles, defeating Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford of England in the bronze medal match.[5] The Singapore team Yang was a member of also won the gold medal in the team event.[6]

Biodata

Weight: 70 kg
Height: 1.84m
Hobbies: Watching Movies, Surfing the Internet

Medals

Event Medal Date Competition
2004
Men's Team Gold TBA Tianjin Invitational Competition
Tianjin, People's Republic of China
U21 Boys' Singles Silver 22 May 2004 ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open
Jeju City, Jeju-do, South Korea
U21 Boys' Singles Bronze 18 September 2004 ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen China Open
Changchun, People's Republic of China
U21 Boys' Singles Bronze 25 September 2004 ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open
Kobe, Japan
2005
Men's Singles Bronze TBA Asian Cup
TBA, TBA
U21 Boys' Singles Gold 18 June 2005 ITTF Pro Tour TMS Chinese Taipei Open
Taipei, Chinese Taipei
U21 Boys' Singles Silver 10 September 2005 ITTF Pro Tour Panasonic China Open
Haerbin, People's Republic of China
U21 Boys' Singles Gold 24 September 2005 ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen Japan Open
Yokohama, Japan
Men's Team Gold 30 November 2005 23rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines
Mixed Doubles
(with Zhang Xueling)		 Gold 2 December 2005 23rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines
Men's Doubles
(with Cai Xiaoli)		 Gold 3 December 2005 23rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines
Men's Singles Bronze 4 December 2005 23rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines
U21 Boys' Singles Gold 11 December 2005 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
2006
Men's Doubles
(with Gao Ning)		 Bronze 22 January 2006 ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr Slovenian Open
Velenje, Slovenia
Men's Team
(with Cai Xiaoli)		 Silver 20 March 2006 18th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mixed Doubles
(with Zhang Xueling)		 Gold 24 March 2006 18th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men's Doubles
(with Cai Xiaoli)		 Bronze 25 March 2006 18th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men's Doubles
(with Gao Ning)		 Silver 5 November 2006 ITTF Pro Tour Eurosib Russian Open
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Men's Doubles
(with Gao Ning)		 Silver 12 November 2006 ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr German Open
Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
Mixed doubles
(with Li Jiawei)		 Bronze 1–15 December 2006 15th Asian Games
Doha, Qatar

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ "World ranking Record for YANG Zi (SIN)". ittf.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "YANG Zi". ittf.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  3. 1 2 "YANG Zi (SIN)". ittf.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Yang Zi Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  5. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Men's Doubles Bronze Medal Match". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Men's Team Gold Medal Match". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

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