Feng Tianwei
Feng Tianwei 
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| Feng Tianwei at the 2008 Women's World Cup in Kuala Lumpur | |
| Other spellings: | 馮天薇 / 冯天薇 |
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 Singapore
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| Date of birth: | August 31, 1986 |
| Place of birth: | Harbin , China |
| Size: | 163 cm |
| Weight: | 54 kg |
| Playing hand: | right |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Trainer: | Zhou Shusen , Jing Jun Hong |
| Current world rankings : | 9 |
| Best world ranking : | 2 (April - August 2010, January 2011, August 2011) |
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Feng Tianwei ( Chinese 馮天薇 / 冯天薇 , Pinyin Féng Tiānwēi , born August 31, 1986 in Harbin (China)) is a Singaporean table tennis player . She was the flag bearer for Singapore at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. At the same event she also won bronze in singles.
Career
Feng Tianwei became the Chinese youth champion in 2002. In 2003 she started for China at the World Junior Circuits in Wellington. In 2005 she left China and played in the Japanese professional league. In 2007 she moved to Singapore and took citizenship a year later. Since 2007 she has been playing internationally under the flag of Singapore, this year she qualified for the first time for the Grand Finals and by the end of the year already reached number 36 in the world rankings. In 2008 she took part in the world championship for the first time , where she won silver with the team won, and moved up to the top 10 in the world rankings in May . Also at her first Olympic Games in the same year she won silver with Singapore, in the singles she reached the quarter-finals. At the World Cup , she came in third after beating, among other things, the world number two Guo Yue , and at the Grand Finals in the semi-finals. In 2009 Feng took part in her first individual World Cup, where she reached the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles.
She celebrated several successes in 2010: At the World Team Championship , she won the gold medal with the Singapore team after a surprising victory over China , beating Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen in the final . In the world rankings she moved up to second place, and she won another gold medal at the end of the year at the individual Grand Finals. In 2012 she qualified for participation in the Olympic Games via the world rankings, even if she temporarily dropped to 10th place in the course of the year. In these she won the bronze medal in both individual and team competitions, with Singapore she was also vice world champion again , and in doubles with Yu Mengyu she won the Grand Finals. Together they also won bronze at the 2013 World Cup , in singles they reached the quarter-finals for the third time in a row and won bronze at the World Cup again . In 2014 she made it to the semi-finals of both the Team World Championships and the doubles competition of the Grand Finals .
Another bronze medal in doubles followed in 2015 with Yu Mengyu . For the Grand Finals, where Feng was eliminated in the first round for the first time since 2007, they did not qualify. In 2016 she took part in her third Olympic Games , where she was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Ai Fukuhara and reached 4th place with the team after losing to China and Japan. At the World Cup she won bronze for the third time. In the same year, Feng Tianwei had to end her career in Singapore's national team involuntarily to make way for younger players.
At the beginning of 2017, she was back in third place in the world rankings and thus not higher than since 2011. In doubles with Yu Mengyu, she won bronze at the World Championships for the third time in a row , and in singles she made it to the quarter-finals for the fifth time in a row. In December, however, she fell back to 11th place in the world rankings and was not in the top 10 for the first time since 2008. At the 2018 Team World Cup , she was again part of the Singaporean team, but they were already in the second round against the Ukraine eliminated, at the 2019 World Cup they did not reach the quarter-finals for the first time. In October she won bronze at the World Cup for the fourth time .
Awards
In 2010 and 2013, Feng Tianwei was named Singapore's 2009 Sportswoman of the Year . With the women's national team, she was team of the year 2008 and 2009.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| SIN | Asian Championship | 2019 | Yogyakarta | IDN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Asian Championship | 2017 | Wuxi | CHN | Quarter finals | 6th place | ||
| SIN | Asian Championship | 2015 | Pattaya | THA | Semifinals | last 32 | Quarter finals | |
| SIN | Asian Championship | 2013 | Busan | COR | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semifinals | |
| SIN | Asian Championship | 2012 | Macau | MAC | last 16 | last 32 | silver | |
| SIN | Asian Championship | 2009 | Lucknow | IND | last 16 | Semifinals | silver | |
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2019 | Yokohama | JPN | 4th Place | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2017 | Ahemdabad | IND | 11-16 space | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2016 | Nakheel | UAE | bronze | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2015 | Jaipur | IND | gold | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2014 | Wuhan | CHN | 6th place | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2013 | Hong Kong | HKG | 6th place | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | 3rd place | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2009 | Hangzhou | CHN | 6th place | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2008 | Sapporo | JPN | 2 | |||
| SIN | Asian Games | 2018 | Jakarta | IDN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Asian Games | 2014 | Guangzhou | CHN | Semifinals | last 32 | Semifinals | |
| SIN | Asian Games | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | silver | |
| SIN | Commonwealth Games | 2010 | New Delhi | IND | gold | silver | silver | 1 |
| SIN | Olympic games | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | 4th Place | ||
| SIN | Olympic games | 2012 | London | CLOSELY | bronze | 3rd place | ||
| SIN | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2019 | Bremen | GER | Semifinals | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2018 | Bremen | GER | Semifinals | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2017 | Incheon | COR | gold | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2016 | Otocec | SLO | gold | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2016 | Kuwait City | KUW | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2016 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2015 | Warsaw | POLE | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2015 | De Haan | BEL | silver | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2015 | catfish | AUT | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2015 | Cheng you | CHN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2015 | Bremen | GER | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2015 | Doha | QAT | Semifinals | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2014 | Stockholm | SWE | Semifinals | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2014 | Yokohama | JPN | gold | silver | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2014 | Incheon | COR | silver | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2014 | Cheng you | CHN | Semifinals | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2014 | Subic Bay | PHI | gold | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2014 | Sydney | OUT | gold | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2013 | Dubai | UAE | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2013 | Berlin | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2013 | Suzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2013 | Changchun | CHN | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2013 | Incheon City | COR | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2013 | Doha | QAT | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2013 | Kuwait City | KUW | silver | last 16 | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Suzhou | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Santos | BRA | silver | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Kobe | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Shanghai | CHN | last 16 | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Incheon City | COR | last 16 | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Incheon City | COR | last 16 | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Incheon City | COR | last 16 | |||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Santiago de Chile | CHI | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Almeria | ESP | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Almeria | ESP | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | World Tour | 2012 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Suzhou | CHN | last 32 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Kobe | JPN | gold | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Incheon | COR | gold | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Shenzen | CHN | silver | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Władysławowo | POLE | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dubai | UAE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Velenje | SLO | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | catfish | AUT | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Suzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Incheon | COR | silver | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Berlin | GER | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Warsaw | POLE | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Seoul | COR | gold | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Tianjin | CHN | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Su Zhou | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Warsaw | POLE | gold | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Berlin | GER | Quarter finals | 1 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Shanghai | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Singapore | SIN | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | last 16 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Yokohama | JPN | last 16 | 2 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Changchun | CHN | Quarter finals | 3 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Santiago | CHI | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 16 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Kuwait City | KUW | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Stockholm | SWE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | last 64 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Toulouse | FRA | last 16 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 32 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Shenzhen | CHN | last 16 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Taipei | TPE | silver | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Seongnam | COR | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2019 | Zhengzhou | CHN | last 16 | |||
| SIN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2018 | Incheon | COR | last 16 | |||
| SIN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2017 | Astana | KAZ | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2016 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
| SIN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2015 | Lisbon | POR | last 16 | |||
| SIN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2014 | Bangkok | THA | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2013 | Dubai | UAE | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | World Tour Grand Finals | 2012 | Hangzhou | CHN | Semifinals | gold | ||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2011 | London | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2010 | Seoul | COR | gold | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2009 | Macau | MAC | Semifinals | |||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2008 | Macau | MAC | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2007 | Beijing | CHN | last 16 | |||
| SIN | South East Asian Games | 2011 | Jakarta | INA | gold | gold | silver | |
| SIN | South East Asian Games | 2009 | Vientiane | LAO | gold | silver | silver | 1 |
| SIN | World Championship | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | last 16 | |||
| SIN | World Championship | 2018 | Halmstad | SWE | 9-12 space | |||
| SIN | World Championship | 2017 | Dusseldorf | GER | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | World Championship | 2014 | Tokyo | JPN | Semifinals | |||
| SIN | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | Quarter finals | Semifinals | last 32 | |
| SIN | World Championship | 2012 | Dortmund | GER | silver | |||
| SIN | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| SIN | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | gold | |||
| SIN | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | last 16 | |
| SIN | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | silver | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2019 | Cheng you | CHN | 3rd place | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2016 | Philadelphia | United States | 3rd place | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2015 | Sendai | JPN | last 16 | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2013 | Kobe | JPN | 3rd place | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2012 | Huangshi | CHN | 4th Place | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2011 | Magdeburg | GER | 3rd place | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2011 | Singapore | SIN | 4th Place | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2010 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 9-12 space | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2009 | Guangzhou | CHN | 4th Place | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2008 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 3rd place | |||
| CHN | World Junior Circuit | 2003 | Wellington | NZL | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | WTC World Team Cup | 2013 | Guangzhou | CHN | 3rd place | |||
| SIN | WTC World Team Cup | 2010 | Dubai | UAE | 2 | |||
| SIN | WTC World Team Cup | 2009 | Linz | AUT | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
- ↑ Team Singapore ( Memento from August 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed February 7, 2016)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2012/7 page 7
- ↑ Sensation perfect: Singapore overthrows China from the women's throne. tischtennis.de, May 30, 2010, accessed on November 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2016/11 page 7
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2010/6 page 7
- ↑ Feng Tianwei results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed July 6, 2013)
Web links
- Feng Tianwei biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed on July 28, 2012)
- Feng Tianwei Article about Feng Tianwei on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed on July 28, 2012)
- Feng Tianwei in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed July 28, 2012)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Feng Tianwei |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Feng Tian Wei |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Singaporean table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harbin (China) |