Jeon Ji-hee (, born 28 October 1992), born Tian Minwei (), is a Chinese-born South Korean

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player.

Career

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the fourth round by

Yu Mengyu Yu Mengyu (; born 18 August 1989) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Liaoning, China, Yu left China in 2006 at the age of 17 to join the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA). She was part of the team that ...

, and as part of the South Korean team in the women's team event.

2021

In March, Jeon played in WTT Doha. In the WTT Contender event, she reached the quarter-finals, where she was upset by

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. In the WTT Star Contender event, she reached the semi-finals where she lost to

Mima Ito is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics when she was 15 years old. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal with her partner Jun Mizutani in the Mixed Doubles ev ...

. It marked her fourth straight loss to Ito, a likely rival in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Jeon represented South Korea in the women's singles event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Jeon reached the quarter-finals, where she lost 4–0 to Mima Ito.

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* * * 1992 births Living people South Korean female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of South Korea Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in table tennis People from Langfang Table tennis players from Hebei Naturalized citizens of South Korea Chinese emigrants to South Korea Naturalised table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade gold medalists for South Korea Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Expatriate table tennis people in Japan Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{SouthKorea-sport-bio-stub