Tang Peng
Tang Peng 
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 Hong Kong
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| Date of birth: | 4th February 1981 |
| Place of birth: | Beijing |
| Playing hand: | right |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Current world rankings : | 292 |
| Best world ranking : | 11 (May 2015) |
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Tang Peng ( Chinese 唐 鵬 / 唐 鹏 , Pinyin Táng Péng , Jyutping Tong 4 Paang 4 ; born February 4, 1981 in Beijing ) is a table tennis player and Olympian from Hong Kong .
Career
First Tang Peng performed internationally under the flag of China, since 2005 he has been eligible to play for Hong Kong.
Tang Peng achieved his first international successes at the 1999 Asian Youth Championships, where he was first with the Chinese team, reached the semi-finals in singles and the final in doubles with Wang Hao . In 2003 he was second in the individual and winner in the team competition at the Asian Championships for adults. At this point he was already among the top 50 players in the world rankings .
However, further international appearances did not follow until 2005 after he switched to the Hong Kong Association. In 2007 he took part in his first world championship for Hong Kong - since then he was represented at all world championships until 2016 - and played successfully on the Pro Tour , so that he could qualify for the Pro Tour Grand Finals.
In 2008 he won bronze with the team, and on the Pro Tour he qualified for the Grand Finals in doubles with Jiang Tianyi . The duo was also successful in 2010 and won gold at the Grand Finals that year. Tang Peng also took part in the World Cup for the first time in 2010 and advanced to 18th place in the world rankings in March, making him the best-placed player in Hong Kong. In 2012 he qualified for the Summer Olympics. Here he was fourth with the team. At the 2013 World Cup , he achieved his best result to date when he made it to the quarter-finals. Since that year he has also played doubles with Wong Chun Ting , with whom he won three World Tour titles in 2014 and made it into the semifinals of the Grand Finals, just as in the singles. At the 2015 World Cup he made it to the quarter-finals - his best result to date - and then lost to eventual world champion Ma Long . At this point he was at number 11 in the world rankings, his best placement, which he achieved unusually late at the age of 34.
He qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games , but retired after the first game as in 2012. With the team he made it to the quarterfinals, just like in the World Cup . That year he played doubles with Ho Kwan Kit , with whom he reached the semifinals at the Grand Finals .
Private
Tang Peng has been married to the table tennis player Tie Yana since 2009 .
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| HKG | Asian Championship | 2009 | Lucknow | IND | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| HKG | Asian Championship | 2007 | Yangzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | Asian Championship | 2003 | Bangkok | THA | silver | Semifinals | Semifinals | 1 |
| HKG | Asian Cup | 2015 | Jaipur | IND | 4th Place | |||
| HKG | Asian Cup | 2014 | Wuhan | CHN | 9-10 space | |||
| HKG | Asian Cup | 2013 | Hong Kong | HKG | 5th place | |||
| HKG | Asian Cup | 2011 | Changsha | CHN | 9th place | |||
| HKG | Asian Cup | 2009 | Hangzhou | CHN | 5th place | |||
| HKG | Asian Games | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| CHN | Youth Asian Championship | 1999 | Chennai | IND | Semifinals | silver | 1 | |
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2016 | Berlin | GER | last 16 | silver | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2016 | Kuwait City | KUW | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2015 | catfish | AUT | Semifinals | |||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2015 | Olomouc | CZE | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2014 | Ekaterinburg | RUS | gold | |||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2014 | Yokohama | JPN | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2014 | Sydney | OUT | gold | |||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2014 | Almeria | ESP | gold | |||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2014 | Magdeburg | GER | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2012 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2011 | Stockholm | SWE | last 16 | silver | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2011 | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | |||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2010 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | gold | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2010 | Budaörs | HUN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2010 | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | |||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2007 | Shenzhen | CHN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2007 | Santiago | CHI | silver | Quarter finals | ||
| HKG | ITTF Pro Tour | 2006 | Singapore | SIN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| HKG | Olympic games | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 32 | 5 | ||
| HKG | Olympic games | 2012 | London | CLOSELY | last 64 | 4th | ||
| HKG | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2016 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| HKG | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2015 | Lisbon | POR | Quarter finals | |||
| HKG | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2014 | Bangkok | THA | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| HKG | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2011 | London | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | |||
| HKG | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2010 | Seoul | COR | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| HKG | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2008 | Macau | MAC | Quarter finals | |||
| HKG | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2007 | Beijing | CHN | last 16 | |||
| HKG | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 5 | |||
| HKG | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| HKG | World Championship | 2014 | Tokyo | JPN | 17th | |||
| HKG | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | last 32 | last 32 | last 16 | |
| HKG | World Championship | 2012 | Dortmund | GER | 9 | |||
| HKG | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | last 32 | last 32 | last 32 | |
| HKG | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | 5 | |||
| HKG | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | last 16 | Quarter finals | last 16 | |
| HKG | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 3 | |||
| HKG | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | CRO | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| CHN | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 64 | |||
| HKG | World cup | 2015 | Halmstad | SWE | 9-16 space | |||
| HKG | World cup | 2014 | Dusseldorf | GER | 9-16 space | |||
| HKG | World cup | 2013 | Verviers | BEL | 5th-8th space | |||
| HKG | World cup | 2011 | Paris | FRA | 13-16 space | |||
| HKG | World cup | 2010 | Magdeburg | GER | 9-12 space | |||
| HKG | WTC World Team Cup | 2011 | Magdeburg | GER | 5 | |||
| HKG | WTC World Team Cup | 2010 | Dubai | UAE | 5 | |||
| HKG | WTC World Team Cup | 2009 | Linz | AUT | 3 |
Web links
- Tang Peng biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed June 27, 20143)
- Tang Peng Article about Tang Peng on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed June 27, 2014)
- Tang Peng in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed June 27, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed on May 1, 2018).
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2005/4 page 7
- ↑ Tie Yana Will Have To Give Up The Olympics If Pregnant (accessed April 25, 2013)
- ↑ Tang Peng results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 27, 2014)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tang, bang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 唐 鹏 (simplified Chinese); 唐 鵬 (traditional Chinese); Táng Péng (Pinyin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese table tennis player (Hong Kong) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th February 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beijing |