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Clarence Chew
Clarence Chew Zhe Yu (born 27 December 1995) is a Singaporean table tennis player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Olympics, Chew competed in the men's singles table tennis event. He won Ibrahima Diaw of Senegal in the first round before losing to the 32nd seed, Daniel Habesohn, of Austria in the second round. Career Clarence Chew began his career in 2009 as a national youth player. He made his Southeast Asian Games debut at the 2013 SEA Games. He has represented Singapore at the Youth Olympic Games, Southeast Asian Games, Asian Table Tennis Championships, World Table Tennis Championships, and the Summer Olympic Games 2014 Commonwealth Games Clarence won his first Commonwealth Games Gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the Men's Team event. He played alongside Gao Ning, Li Hu, Yang Zi and Zhan Jian. 2020 Summer Olympics Clarence became the first Singapore-born table tennis player to represent the country at the Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |