Li Fen
Li Fen ![]() |
|
Nation: |
![]() |
Date of birth: | August 25, 1976 |
Place of birth: | Shandong |
Playing hand: | right |
How to play: | Shakehand |
Current world rankings : | 153 |
Best world ranking : | 16 (June 2014) |
|
Li Fen (born August 25, 1976 in Shandong , China ) is a Swedish table tennis player . In 2013 she became European Champion in singles.
Career
Li Fen was born in Shandong, China. She played in the Chinese Super League from 1995 to 2004 . After a one-year guest appearance at the Swedish club Trelleborgs BTK in 2004/05 and in China in 2006/07, she joined TTSV Saarlouis-Fraulautern in the German Bundesliga in 2007 . When the club withdrew its women's team in 2013, she joined the Austrian club SVS Ströck . She has lived in Sweden since 2012, and took on Swedish citizenship in the summer of 2012. In 2013 she won the Swedish championship. In the same year
In 2013, Li Fen took part in the European Championship . After winning over Joanna Parker (England), Liu Jia (Austria), Li Xue (France), Shen Yanfei (Spain) and Fu Yu (Portugal), she reached the singles final, which she won against Shan Xiaona (Germany). Currently (2018) she plays for the Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon .
Private
Li Fen has a son.
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SWE | Pro tour | 2013 | Stockholm | SWE | last 16 | |||
SWE | Pro tour | 2013 | catfish | AUT | last 16 | |||
SWE | Pro tour | 2013 | Almeria | ESP | last 32 | |||
SWE | Pro tour | 2012 | Bremen | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Jinan City | CHN | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Kota Kinabalu | MAS | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | last 32 | last 16 |
Web links
- Player profile on the TTSV Saarlouis-Fraulautern website (accessed on October 16, 2013)
- Portrait (Swedish) (accessed October 16, 2013)
- Li Fen Article about Li Fen on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed October 16, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2012/12 page 21
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/3 page 6
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2018/7 page 11
- ↑ Player profile on the TTSV Saarlouis-Fraulautern website (accessed on October 16, 2013)
- ↑ Li Fen results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 28, 2014)
literature
- Li Fen: Goals Ströck and Rio , table tennis magazine , 2013/6 page 7
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Li, Fen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Shandong , China |