Chen Chien-an
Appearance
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Nationality | Chinese Taipei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | June 16, 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Left-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 17 (November 2014)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 33 (August 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Template:Chinese name Chen Chien-an (traditional Chinese: 陳建安; simplified Chinese: 陈建安; pinyin: Chen Jianan; born 16 June 1991) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.[3] He won the 2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in singles.[4]
In May 2013, in the 52nd World Table Tennis Championships held in Paris, France, Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan defeated Hao Shuai and Ma Lin 9–11, 12–10, 11–6, 13–11, 9–11, 11–8 in the final, and won Men's Doubles title. Chuang and Chen became the first athletes in Taiwan to win any World Table Tennis Championships title.
As of August 2016, he ranked the number thirty-third player in the world.
Chen Chien-an is sponsored by the German table tennis brand TIBHAR.
References
- ^ a b "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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- ^ "Chien An Chen". G4S. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
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External links
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- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic table tennis players of Taiwan
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- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Universiade medalists in table tennis
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