Shao Jieni
Appearance
Shao Jieni | ||||||||||||
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Nationality | Chinese (before 2015) Portuguese (after 2015)[1] | |||||||||||
Born | Anshan, Liaoning, China[2] | January 24, 1994|||||||||||
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[3] | |||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[3] | |||||||||||
Table tennis career ![]() | ||||||||||||
Playing style | Left-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | 47 (December 2015)[4] | |||||||||||
Current ranking | 62 (February 2020)[5] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Shao Jieni (Chinese: 邵杰妮; pinyin: Shào Jiénī, born January 24, 1994[3]) is a Chinese-born Portuguese table tennis player.
Originally from Anshan, Shao Jieni began her professional career in Beijing.[2] In 2010, at the age of sixteen and without speaking any English or Portuguese, she moved to Gondomar, Portugal to play for the Ala de Nun'Álvares de Gondomar club.[1] She registered with the Portugal Table Tennis Federation in April 2013 and became a Portuguese national in August 2015.[6]
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Lily Zhang.[7][8]
Achievements
ITTF Tours
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Level | Final opponent | Score | Rank |
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2015 | Nigeria Open | Challenge | Dina Meshref | 4–3[9] | ![]() |
2016 | Szandra Pergel | 4–1[10] | ![]() | ||
2019 | Indonesia Open | Suthasini Sawettabut | 4–3[11] | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Final opponents | Score | Rank |
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2015 | Nigeria Open | Challenge | Dina Meshref | Cecilia Akpan Offiong Edem |
3–1[9] | ![]() |
2019 | Indonesia Open | Luo Xue | Suthasini Sawettabut Orawan Paranang |
3–2[11] | ![]() |
References
- ^ a b "Shao Jieni "Estou muito contente e ansiosa por jogar por Portugal"". Viva Cidade (in Portuguese). 2015-04-23.
- ^ a b Hong Enmeng (2011-07-04). "海外军团凸显鞍山乒乓强大 群众基础雄厚是直接保障". Qianshan Evening News (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ a b c "Shao Jieni". 2019 European Games. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Player profile - Shao Jieni". ITTF. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "ITTF World Ranking Profile - Shao Jieni". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "ITTF Eligibility Registration". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Jieni Shao". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- ^ "Women's Singles - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- ^ a b Cephas, Omaku (14 March 2015). "Table Tennis: Omar Assar, Shao Jieni Triumph in Lagos Open Singles". Information Nigeria. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "2016 Nigerian Open: Shao Jieni wins in Lagos for second year running". SD Sport. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ a b Marshall, Ian (17 November 2019). "Day of firsts in Batam, titles for Shao Jieni and Harmeet Desai". ITTF. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Chinese emigrants to Portugal
- Portuguese female table tennis players
- Chinese female table tennis players
- Olympic table tennis players of Portugal
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players from Anshan
- Naturalised table tennis players
- Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games
- European Games silver medalists for Portugal
- European table tennis biography stubs
- Portuguese sportspeople stubs