Chris Yan (born 9 December 1988 in
Xi’an
Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqing ...
,
China
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) is an Australian
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. He competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in the
men's singles event, in which he was eliminated in the preliminary round by
Aleksandar Karakašević
Aleksandar Karakašević ( sr-cyr, Александар Каракашевић; born 9 December 1975) is a Serbian table tennis player. His powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal a ...
, and as part of the Australian team in the
men's team event.
Yan qualified to represent Australia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
. He was beaten by
Ovidiu Ionescu of
Romania
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in the first round 4-1 and therefore did not advance any further in the singles. He competed in the team event and the team of
Hu Heming,
David Powell and Yan advanced to the round of 16 where they were beaten by Japan 3-0.
Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Australia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia is one of only five cou ...
details the results in depth.
References
External links
Australian Olympic Committee profile
1988 births
Living people
Australian male table tennis players
Olympic table tennis players for Australia
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Naturalised table tennis players
Table tennis players from Shaanxi
Sportspeople from Xi'an
Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Naturalised citizens of Australia
Chinese emigrants to Australia