Isabelle Li Siyun (born 28 August 1994) is a Singaporean table tennis player who was part of the team that won the women's team event at the

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. She won a gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, a silver medal in the women's singles event at the

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, and multiple medals in

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events.

Personal life

Li went to Chongfu Primary School and

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. She took up table tennis whilst in primary school and also performed Chinese-style dancing. In 2015, Li started studying

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, where she received a scholarship.

Career

Li first competed for Singapore at the age of 11, making her the country's youngest-ever table tennis player. Li won the girls' singles event at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She competed at the 2009 Asian Youth Games in Singapore. She won a silver medal in the women's singles event at the

in Singapore, losing to China's

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in the final. After the final, Li received a

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from the crowd of 5,000. Li won a silver medal in the women's individual event at the

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. In 2013, Li was part of the Singapore team that won gold medals at the

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and

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, as well as winning a silver medal in the individual event at the Southeast Asian Games. Li was part of the Singapore team that won the women's team event at the

. Li was one of two Singaporean-born athletes in the Singapore table tennis squad; many of the squad were originally from China. Li again finished second in the women's team event at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, beating Hong Kong's

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in the quarter finals. She was knocked out in the group stages of the women's individual event, having played with a knee injury. Due to her knee injury, Li did not compete for the rest of the 2015, and her next competitive tournament was the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships in

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, Malaysia. That was her last competitive event. In 2017, Li received $55,000 from the Singapore Table Tennis Association as recognition for her achievements.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Isabelle 1994 births Living people Singaporean female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Singaporean women Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Asian Games medalists in table tennis Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis Southeast Asian Games medalists in table tennis Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Yale-NUS College alumni Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games