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Table Tennis At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Team
The women's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The event took place from Friday 12 August to Tuesday 16 August 2016 at Riocentro. The medals were presented by Timothy Fok, IOC member, Hong Kong and Thomas Weikert, President of the ITTF. Format Teams were made up of three players. Each team match was made up of five individual matches and ended when either side had won three matches. Qualification Schedule All times are Brasília Time Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00), Brasília time (UTC−03:00), Amazon time (UTC−04:00), and Acr ... ( UTC−3). Seeds Team ranking was based on the individual ITTF rating points of 31 July 2016 but was taken into consideration only the players qualified from each team. Bracket Results First round ---- ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riocentro
Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America. Notable events 1981 May Day attack On April 30, 1981, during a May Day music concert, Riocentro was the target of a terrorist attack by hardliner members of the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985). Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário and then-Captain Wilson Dias Machado, nowadays a Colonel, were responsible for detonating two bombs at the venue. Around 9 p.m., however, one of the bombs exploded in the lap of Sergeant Rosário, killing him and seriously wounding Machado. A second bomb exploded a few miles away at a powerhouse responsible for providing electrical energy to Riocentro; it was thrown over the fence and exploded on the ground, and the electric power supply was never interrupted that evening. The government immediately blamed left-wing radicals for the attack. This theory had no support at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Weikert
Thomas Weikert (born Hadamar 24 March 1953) is a German sports official. He was the president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) from 31 May Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. * 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the M ... 2017 to October 2021, when Petra Sörling took the office. Formerly the Deputy President, Thomas Weikert became President in 2014 when Adham Sharara, who had held the office since 1999, assumed the role of Chair and Honorary President of the International Table Tennis Federation. As ITTF President, he is also the ex officio member and President of the Board of directors, Governing Board of ITTF Foundation. Since 2021, he is President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation. References Living people 1953 births Presidents of the International Table Tennis Federa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seo Hyo-won
Suh Hyo-won or Seo Hyo-won (born May 10, 1987) is a South Korean table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the fourth round by Cheng I-ching Cheng I-ching (; born 15 February 1992) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Li Xiaoxia, and as part of the Chinese Taipei ..., and as part of the South Korean team in the women's team event. Singles titles References 1987 births Living people South Korean female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for South Korea Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists in table tennis Asian Games table tennis players for South Korea Asian Games bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeon Ji-hee
Jeon Ji-hee (, born 28 October 1992), born Tian Minwei ( zh, c=田旻炜), is a Chinese-born South Korean table tennis player of Manchu ethnicity. Career 2016 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, 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 Miyuu Kihara. In the WTT Star Contender event, she reached the semi-finals where she lost to Mima Ito. It marked her fourth straight loss to Ito, whom she would meet again in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most .... Jeon represented South Korea in the women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britt Eerland
Britt Eerland (born 22 February 1994) is a Dutch table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of the Dutch team in the women's team event and is also competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo .... she also made a comeback after not playing for 2 years and participated in the 2024 Singapore smash event. References External links * * * * * 1994 births Living people Dutch female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for the Netherlands Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics European Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games European Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Jiao (table Tennis)
Li Jiao (born 15 January 1973) is a China, Chinese-born professional table tennis player who now represents the Netherlands. She resides in Heerhugowaard. Notable matches In the World Team Championship 2014 Quarter Final draw of Netherlands versus the host team Japan, Li, ranked 13th at the time, famously came from behind to defeat both the then World No. 10 Kasumi Ishikawa and World No. 25 Sayaka Hirano, in five sets. The match eventually finished 3–2 to Japan, with the final match of Britt Eerland (Netherlands) versus Kasumi Ishikawa (Japan) also ending in five sets. Career highlights ;Olympic Games: :2008, Beijing, women's singles, last 16 :2008, Beijing, team competition :2012, London, women's singles, last 8 :2012, London, team competition, last 8 ;World Championships: :2005, Shanghai, women's singles, quarter final :2005, Shanghai, mixed doubles, last 32 :2006, Bremen, team competition, 14th :2007, Zagreb, women's singles, last 16 :2007, Zagreb, mixed doubles, last 32 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Jie (table Tennis)
Li Jie (born 6 March 1984 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Chinese-born Dutch women table tennis player who now represents the Netherlands. She was born in Chengdu, and resides in Den Helder. She currently plays for Spanish team Club Cartagena. Career highlights ;Olympic Games: :2008, Beijing, team competition, 9th :2012, London, team competition, 5th :2008, Beijing and 2012, London, women's singles, round of sixteen ;World Championships: :2015, Suzhou, women's doubles, semi-final :2008, Guangzhou, team competition, 7th :2014, Tokyo, team competition, 5th :2011, Rotterdam and 2015, Suzhou, women's singles, round of sixteen ;European Championships: :2008, St. Petersburg, team competition, winner :2009, Stuttgart, team competition, winner :2011, Gdansk-Sopot, team competition, winner ;European Games: :2015, Baku, women's singles, runner-up :2015, Baku, team competition, runner-up ;Pro Tour Meetings: :2007, Velenje, women's doubles, semi final :2007, Stockholm, women's doubles, q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ho Ching
Lee Ho Ching (born 24 November 1992) is a Hong Kong table tennis player. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's singles and the women's team. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal with Doo Hoi Kem and Minnie Soo Wai Yam in the women's team event. Early life Lee graduated from St. Rose of Lima's School and studied at Diocesan Girls' School. She dropped out at 15 years old to pursue a full-time athletic career. Career Lee competed in the Tokyo Olympics Tokyo Olympics may refer to: * 1940 Summer Olympics, Games of the XII Olympiad, cancelled due to World War II * 1964 Summer Olympics, Games of the XVIII Olympiad * 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an ... in women's team with Doo Hoi Kem and Minnie Soo Wai Yam. They won bronze after beating Germany with 3–1, earning Hong Kong's first medal in the Olympics team event and second medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doo Hoi Kem
Doo Hoi Kem (; born 27 November 1996) is a Hong Kong table tennis player. She won two medals at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and she was a member of Hong Kong women's team at the 2014 World Team Championships. In 2015, she won a bronze medal in mixed doubles event with Wong Chun Ting at the World Championships. In 2021, she also won bronze in the women's team event with Lee Ho Ching and Minnie Soo Wai Yam at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Early life Doo studied at Tseung Kwan O Catholic Primary School and Heep Yunn School in her early years. After completing Secondary Three at the age of 15, she chose to become a full-time athlete and entered the Hong Kong Institute of Sports for training. The coaches are the former Chinese table tennis team and the Hong Kong table tennis team. She was the winner of the 2021 President’s Certificate of Appreciation (Sports). Career At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Doo competed in the team event along with Lee Ho Ching and Tie Ya Na. They lost to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tie Ya Na
Tie Ya Na or Tie Yana (; born 13 May 1979) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China who won two silver medals at the 2006 Asian Games in the singles and doubles competitions. Tie played for China in the Universiade before emigrating to Hong Kong in 2002. She is married to Tang Peng, another table tennis player representing Hong Kong. Career records Singles (as of 9 November 2014) *Olympics: QF (2004, 08). * World Championships: round of 16 (2003, 05, 11). *World Cup appearances: 11. Record: runner-up (2008); 3rd (2002, 04, 11). * Pro Tour winner (8): Korea Open 2002; Brazil Open 2003; Russian Open 2004; Croatian Open 2004; Korea, Chinese Taipei Open 2006; Brazil Open 2007; Hungarian Open 2010. Runner-up (2): USA, Swedish Open 2005. * Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 9. Record: SF (2005). *Asian Games: runner-up (2006). * Asian Championships: SF (2003). *Asian Cup: 1st (2004); 3rd (2003, 05). Women's doubles *Olympics: QF (2004). *World Championships: SF (2005, 09, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhou Yihan
Zhou Yihan (; born 30 January 1994) is a Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in China, she moved to Singapore in 2009 via the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. She was eligible to play in 2011. Zhou won a team gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a team Bronze at the 2014 Asian Games. On 2 June 2015, Zhou and her compatriot, Lin Ye, defeated top seed, Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu 4–3 to clinch the Women Doubles title in 28th Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore. The pair continued their good momentum and caused one of the biggest upset in history when they defeated the top doubles pair Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen 3–0 in ITTF World Tour, Japan Open Semi-Final but lost to another China pair of Wu Yang and Liu Fei in Final. 2016 Summer Olympics Zhou was selected and debuted as the third player for the women's team by the Singapore Table Tennis Association for the Olympics. The Singapore women's team, comprising Zhou, Yu Mengyu and Feng Tianwei Feng Tia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Mengyu
Yu Mengyu (; born 18 August 1989) is a retired 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) under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. In the same year, Yu made her international debut for Singapore. Yu was part of the team who defeated China 3-1 to be crowned world champions in the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, Russia. She defeated Kasumi Ishikawa and Liu Shiwen consecutively in the women's team event at the 2012 Asian Table Tennis Championships, thereby helping Singapore secure the runner-up position. Yu represented Singapore in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She was the flag bearer for Singapore during the 2020 Summer Olympics. Yu’s career has been consistently plagued by injuries. This made it challenging for her to maintain a high participation rate and stable competitive performance in international competitions. Yu participated in two Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |