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Yang Zi (; born 19 June 1984, in
Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, China) is a Chinese-born
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, bor ...
an former
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

Yang joined the Singapore Table Tennis Association under the
Foreign Sports Talent Scheme The Foreign Sports Talent Scheme (FST), initially known as Project Rainbow, was a scheme used by sports officials and organisations in Singapore to scout and facilitate the migration of non-Singaporeans deemed to possess sports talent to play in S ...
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 The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
and 23rd
SEA Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...
. 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 The 2005 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines. This was the third time the Philippines hosted the games and its first time since 1991. ...
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 Li Jiawei (; born 9 August 1981) is a retired Chinese-born former Singaporean table tennis player, four-time Olympian and twice Olympic medalist. She trained in Beijing's famous Shichahai Sports School with Olympic medalist Zhang Yining. In ...
, won the bronze medal for the mixed doubles event. Yang and his doubles partner,
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
, 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
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(TPE) in the 2nd and 3rd rounds respectively. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Yang lost to
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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
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of England in the bronze medal match. Yang also won the gold medal in the team event. In 2017, Yang announced his retirement.


Medals


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 Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
, Cai Xiaoli) **ITTF Pro Tour Chile Open ***Men's Doubles – 1st (Gao Ning) *2007 **24th SEA Games ***Men's Team – Gold (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
, Cai Xiaoli) ***Men's Doubles – Gold (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) ***Mixed Doubles – Gold (
Li Jiawei Li Jiawei (; born 9 August 1981) is a retired Chinese-born former Singaporean table tennis player, four-time Olympian and twice Olympic medalist. She trained in Beijing's famous Shichahai Sports School with Olympic medalist Zhang Yining. In ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour Sweden Open ***Men's Doubles – 2nd (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour German Open ***Men's Doubles – 2nd (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour French Open ***Men's Doubles – Top 4 (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour Austria Open ***Men's Doubles – 1st (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour Taipei Open ***Men's Doubles – 2nd (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open ***Men's Doubles – Top 4 (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open ***Men's Doubles – 2nd (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) **17th Commonwealth Championships, India, Jaipur ***Men's Team – Gold ***Men's Singles – Silver ***Men's Doubles – Silver (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) ***Mixed Doubles – Gold (with
Wang Yuegu Wang Yuegu (, ; born 10 June 1980) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player who was ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean table tennis player on the International Ta ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour Chille Open ***Men's Singles – Top 4 ***Men's Doubles – 2nd (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour Brazilian Open ***Men's Doubles – 2nd (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour Indian Open ***Men's Doubles – 1st (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
) **ITTF Pro Tour Taipei Open ***Men's Doubles – 2nd (with
Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Tabl ...
)


References


External links

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Singapore Table Tennis Association

International Table Tennis Federation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Zi Living people 1984 births Table tennis players from Beijing Chinese emigrants to Singapore Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Naturalised citizens of Singapore Naturalised table tennis players Chinese male table tennis players Singaporean male table tennis players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Singapore Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Singapore Table tennis players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Table tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Olympic table tennis players of Singapore Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Southeast Asian Games medalists in table tennis Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games