Yang Zi
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| Nationality |  Singapore |
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| Playing style | Left-handed, shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 21 (January 2008)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 19, 1984 Beijing, China |
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (160 lb; 11.3 st)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yang Zi (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.
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[edit] Biodata
Weight: 70 kg
Height: 1.84m
Hobbies: Watching Movies, Surfing the Internet
[edit] Achievements
- 2008
- ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
- Men's Doubles - Gold (Gao Ning)
- Beijing Olympic Games
- Round of 16
- ITTF Pro Tour China Open
- Men's Team - Top 4 (Gao Ning, Cai Xiao Li)
- ITTF Pro Tour Chile Open
- Men's Doubles - 1st (Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
- 2007
- 24th SEA Games
- Men's Team - Gold
- Men's Doubles - Gold (Gao Ning)
- Mixed Doubles - Gold (Li Jia Wei)
- ITTF Pro Tour Sweden Open
- Men's Doubles - 2nd (Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour German Open
- Men's Doubles - 2nd (Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour French Open
- Men's Doubles - Top 4 (Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour Austria Open
- Men's Doubles - 1st (Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour Taipei Open
- Men's Doubles - 2nd (Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open
- Men's Doubles - Top 4 (Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open
- Men's Doubles - 2nd (Gao Ning)
- 17th Commonwealth Championships, India, Jaipur
- Men's Team - Gold
- Men's Singles - Silver
- Men's Doubles - Silver (Gao Ning)
- Mixed Doubles - Gold (Wang Yue Gu)
- ITTF Pro Tour Chille Open
- Men's Singles - Top 4
- Men's Doubles - 2nd (Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour Brazilian Open
- Men's Doubles - 2nd (Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour Indian Open
- Men's Doubles - 1st (Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour Taipei Open
- Men's Doubles - 2nd (Gao Ning)
- 24th SEA Games
- 2006
- 15th ASIAN Games
- Mixed Doubles - Bronze (Li Jia Wei)
- 18th Commonwealth Games
- Men's Doubles - Gold (Cai Xiao Li)
- Mixed Doubles - Gold (Zhang Xueling)
- Men's Team - Silver
- ITTF Pro Tour German Open
- Men's Doubles - 2nd (partner: Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour Russia Open
- Men's Doubles - 2nd (partner: Gao Ning)
- ITTF Pro Tour Solovenia Open
- Men's Doubles - Top 4 (partner: Gao Ning)
- 15th ASIAN Games
- 2005
- 23rd SEA Games
- Men's Team - Gold
- Men's Doubles - Gold (Cai Xiao Li)
- Mixed Doubles - Gold (Zhang Xueling)
- Men's Singles - Bronze
- ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
- Men's Singles U21 - 1st
- ITTF Pro Tour Chinese Taipei Open
- Men's Singles U21 - 1st
- ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open
- Men's Singles U21 - 1st
- 23rd SEA Games
[edit] References
- ^ "World ranking Record for YANG Zi (SIN)". ittf.com. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=110330&Siniors=1&U18=0&U21=0. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ a b c "YANG Zi". ittf.com. http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=110330. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ a b "YANG Zi (SIN)". ittf.com. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=9314. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
[edit] External links
- Living people
- Singaporean table tennis players
- 1985 births
- Singaporean people of Chinese descent
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Singapore
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Singapore
- Table tennis players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Table tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore
- Olympic table tennis players of Singapore
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games competitors
- Asian Games medalists in table tennis
