Jian Fang Lay

Jian Fang Lay
Nation:	Australia
Date of birth:	March 6, 1973
Place of birth:	Wenzhou (China)
Playing hand:	Right
How to play:	Penholder , attack
Current world rankings :	71
Best world ranking :	45 (1996)

Jian Fang Lay (born March 6, 1973 in Wenzhou (China)) is an Australian table tennis player . She took part in five Olympic Games and at least eleven world championships by October 2019 .

Career

Jian Fang Lay was born in China. She started playing table tennis at the age of six. In 1989 she won a junior provincial tournament and in 1994 she moved to Australia to live with her husband in Melbourne. She actually wanted to end her table tennis career, but her husband Jorge Lay, who was also her trainer, encouraged her to continue her career. As a result, she performed internationally under the flag of Australia.

In 1995 she was appointed to the Australian national team. In 1999 she won the national championship in singles and doubles. In the same year she took part in the World Cup for the first time . Here, as in the following (at least 10) World Championships, she never came close to medal ranks.

From 2000 to 2016, she qualified for all five Olympic Games :

• In 2000 she only took part in the double competition with Stella Zhou . They lost against Kazuko Naito / Rinko Sakata (Japan) and Jolanta Prūsienė / Rūta Paškauskienė (Lithuania).
• In 2004 , Jian Fang Lay won a single victory against Croatian Cornelia Molnar , after which she was eliminated against Elke Wosik (Germany). In doubles with Miao Miao , she lost to the New Zealand siblings Chunli Li / Karen Li .
• In 2008 she was ninth with the Australian team. In the singles she won against the Indian Neha Aggarwal , after which she lost to the Croatian Sandra Paović .
• In 2012 she was ninth again with the Australian team. After winning the singles over Lígia Silva (Brazil), she was eliminated against Li Xue (France).
• In 2016 , the team came back to ninth place. In the individual, she went two rounds this time, namely against Marija Dolgich (Russia) and Sofia Polcanova (Austria). Then it was the end of the line against Yu Mengyu (Singapore).

Jian Fang Lay achieved further successes at ocean championships, where she won seven gold and six silver medals from 2000 to 2010. In 2004 she reached the final at the Commonwealth Championships in doubles.

Private

Jian Fang Lay is married and has two sons.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
OUT	Commonwealth Championship	2004	Kuala Lumpur	MAS		silver
OUT	Commonwealth Games	2002	Manchester	CLOSELY			silver
OUT	Oceania Championship	2010	Auckland	NZL	Semifinals	gold	Semifinals	gold
OUT	Oceania Championship	2004	Whangarei	NZL	silver	silver	silver	gold
OUT	Oceania Championship	2002	Suva	FIJ	gold	gold	silver	gold
OUT	Oceania Championship	2000	Koumac	NCL	silver	silver	Semifinals	gold
OUT	Oceania Cup	2011	Adelaide	OUT	silver
OUT	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 64			9
OUT	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 128			13
OUT	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64	last 64
OUT	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT		1 round
OUT	Pro tour	2014	Sydney	OUT	last 16	silver
OUT	Pro tour	1999	Melbourne	OUT	last 32	Quarter finals
OUT	Pro tour	1997	Melbourne	OUT	last 32	last 16
OUT	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1999	Sydney	OUT		Quarter finals
OUT	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 64		last 64
OUT	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 64
OUT	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				25th
OUT	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 64		last 64
OUT	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN			last 128
OUT	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				29
OUT	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				22nd
OUT	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				21-24
OUT	World cup	2019	Cheng you	CHN	17th to 20th space
OUT	World cup	2018	Cheng you	CHN	last 16
OUT	World cup	2017	Markham	CAN	17th to 20th space
OUT	World cup	2015	Sendai	JPN	17th to 20th space
OUT	World cup	2014	Linz	AUT	17th to 20th space
OUT	World cup	2005	Guangzhou	CHN	13-16 space
OUT	World cup	2003	Hong Kong	HKG	13-16 space
OUT	World cup	2000	Phnom Penh	CAM	9-12 space
OUT	WTC World Team Cup	2013	Guangzhou	CHN				5th place
OUT	WTC World Team Cup	2011	Magdeburg	GER				9th place

Web links

• Portrait (accessed October 31, 2019)
• Jian Fang Lay in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed October 31, 2019)
• Results overview (accessed October 31, 2019)
• Rio 2016 Olympic Games # TABLE TENNIS - PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES WOMEN , page 27 (W_Bio_Rio2016.pdf) (accessed October 31, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lay Jian Fang: ranking history (ITTF) (accessed October 31, 2019)
2. ↑ Portrait (accessed October 31, 2019)
3. ↑ ITTF database (accessed October 31, 2019)
4. ↑ Profile and results (accessed October 31, 2019)