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Yang Zi

Singaporean table tennis player

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IntroSingaporean table tennis player
PlacesSingapore
isAthlete Table tennis player
Work fieldSports
Gender
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Birth19 June 1984, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Age40 years
Star signGemini
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Biography

Yang Zi (Chinese: 杨子; pinyin: Yáng Zǐ; born 19 June 1984, in Beijing, China) is a former China-born Singaporean table tennis player.

Yang joined the Singapore Table Tennis Association under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in 2003 and became a Singapore citizen two years later in 2005. He had represented Singapore in many major events such as 15th Asian Games, 18th Commonwealth Games and 23rd SEA Games.

In 2005, Yang 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, together with partner Li Jiawei, won the bronze medal for the mixed doubles event. Yang and his doubles partner, Gao Ning, has also won many medals in the ITTF Pro Tour Events.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Yang 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, Yang 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 eventual gold medalists, China.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Yang and Jian Zhan won the bronze medal in the men's doubles, defeating Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford of England in the bronze medal match. Yang also won the gold medal in the team event.

In 2017, Yang announced his retirement.

Biodata

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

Medals

EventMedalDateCompetition
2004
Men's TeamGoldTBATianjin Invitational Competition
Tianjin, People's Republic of China
U21 Boys' SinglesSilver22 May 2004ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open
Jeju City, Jeju-do, South Korea
U21 Boys' SinglesBronze18 September 2004ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen China Open
Changchun, People's Republic of China
U21 Boys' SinglesBronze25 September 2004ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open
Kobe, Japan
2005
Men's SinglesBronzeTBAAsian Cup
TBA, TBA
U21 Boys' SinglesGold18 June 2005ITTF Pro Tour TMS Chinese Taipei Open
Taipei, Chinese Taipei
U21 Boys' SinglesSilver10 September 2005ITTF Pro Tour Panasonic China Open
Harbin, People's Republic of China
U21 Boys' SinglesGold24 September 2005ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen Japan Open
Yokohama, Japan
Men's TeamGold30 November 200523rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines
Mixed Doubles
(with Zhang Xueling)		Gold2 December 200523rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines
Men's Doubles
(with Cai Xiaoli)		Gold3 December 200523rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines
Men's SinglesBronze4 December 200523rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines
U21 Boys' SinglesGold11 December 2005ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
2006
Men's Doubles
(with Gao Ning)		Bronze22 January 2006ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr Slovenian Open
Velenje, Slovenia
Men's Team
(with Cai Xiaoli)		Silver20 March 200618th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mixed Doubles
(with Zhang Xueling)		Gold24 March 200618th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men's Doubles
(with Cai Xiaoli)		Bronze25 March 200618th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men's Doubles
(with Gao Ning)		Silver5 November 2006ITTF Pro Tour Eurosib Russian Open
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Men's Doubles
(with Gao Ning)		Silver12 November 2006ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr German Open
Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
Mixed doubles
(with Li Jiawei)		Bronze1–15 December 200615th Asian Games
Doha, Qatar

Achievements

  • 2009
    • ITTF Pro Tour German Open
      • Men's Doubles - 3rd
    • ITTF Pro Tour Indian Open
      • Men's Singles - 3rd
      • Men's Doubles - 1st
  • 2008
    • ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
      • Men's Doubles - Gold (with Gao Ning)
    • Beijing Olympic Games
      • Round of 16
    • ITTF Pro Tour China Open
      • Men's Team - Top 4 (with Gao Ning, Cai Xiaoli)
    • ITTF Pro Tour Chile Open
      • Men's Doubles - 1st (Gao Ning)
  • 2007
    • 24th SEA Games
    • ITTF Pro Tour Sweden Open
    • ITTF Pro Tour German Open
    • ITTF Pro Tour French Open
    • ITTF Pro Tour Austria Open
    • ITTF Pro Tour Taipei Open
    • ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open
    • ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open
    • 17th Commonwealth Championships, India, Jaipur
      • Men's Team - Gold
      • Men's Singles - Silver
      • Men's Doubles - Silver (with Gao Ning)
      • Mixed Doubles - Gold (with Wang Yuegu)
    • ITTF Pro Tour Chille Open
      • Men's Singles - Top 4
      • Men's Doubles - 2nd (with Gao Ning)
    • ITTF Pro Tour Brazilian Open
    • ITTF Pro Tour Indian Open
    • ITTF Pro Tour Taipei Open
  • 2006
    • 15th ASIAN Games
    • 18th Commonwealth Games
    • ITTF Pro Tour German Open
    • ITTF Pro Tour Russia Open
    • ITTF Pro Tour Solovenia Open
  • 2005
    • 23rd SEA Games
      • Men's Team - Gold
      • Men's Doubles - Gold (with Cai Xiaoli)
      • Mixed Doubles - Gold (with 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
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