Zeng Jian

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Zeng Jian
Native name曾尖
NationalitySingaporean
Born (1996-11-19) November 19, 1996 (age 27)
Loudi, Hunan, China
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking17 (July 2017)[2]
Current ranking54 (October 2022)
ClubKinoshita Abyell Kanagawa
Medal record
Women's Table Tennis
Representing  Singapore
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia Singles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Cambodia Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vietnam Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vietnam Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vietnam Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Cambodia Team
Zeng Jian
Chinese曾尖
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zeng.

Zeng Jian (Chinese: 曾尖, born 19 November 1996) is a Singaporean table tennis player. She won three Under-21 singles titles at the 2016 ITTF World Tour.[3]

Career[edit]

In late 2014, Zeng registered with the Singapore Table Tennis Association with hopes to acquire Singaporean nationality and play for the Singapore national team.[4][3] She acquired Singaporean nationality in November 2019.[5]

2022[edit]

Zeng took part in the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. She won two golds in the women's team and doubles events. In the singles event, she was leading 3 sets and eventually losing to compatriot Feng Tianwei 3-4 in all-Singapore final to claim the silver. [6] She partnered Feng Tianwei to defeat the Australian duo Jee Minhyung and Jian Fang Lay 3-0 in the finals.[7]

At the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships at Chengdu, she led the team of Zhou Jingyi, Wong Xinru, Goi Rui Xuan and Zhang Wanling to top Group 4 by defeating Iran, Luxembourg & South Korea. [8] The team qualifies to the knock-out rounds and won Czech Republic 3-1 in the Round of 16 to progress to the Quarter-Final to face 7th seed, Chinese Taipei. [9] Zeng secured two points by defeating world no. 35 Cheng I-ching and world no. 22 Chen Szu-yu but was not enough for the win as the team fell to Chinese Taipei 2-3. Throughout this tournament, she notched an impressive streak of eight wins in seven days. [10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ノジマＴリーグ 2019-2020シーズン 選手・スタッフ - ゼン ジャン（曾 尖）". T.League (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  2. ^ "Player profile - Zeng Jian". ITTF. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  3. ^ a b Chen, May (2017-03-07). "Table tennis: STTA seeks Singapore passport for Zeng". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  4. ^ Chua Siang Yee (2016-10-25). "Table tennis: Feng Tianwei cut from national squad in shock move by STTA". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  5. ^ "ITTF Eligibility Registration". ITTF. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Feng Tianwei beats Zeng Jian in all-Singapore women's singles final at Commonwealth Games". 2022-08-07.
  7. ^ "Singapore's Feng Tianwei and Zeng Jian win table tennis doubles gold at Commonwealth Games". 2022-08-08.
  8. ^ "Table tennis: Singapore women reach World Championships' knock-out rounds". 2022-10-04.
  9. ^ "Table tennis: Singapore women beat Czechs to make quarter-finals of World C'ships". 2022-10-05.
  10. ^ "Table tennis: Singapore knocked out of world team c'ships q-finals by Chinese Taipei". 2022-10-06.


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