Yan An
Yan An 
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| German Open 2017, Magdeburg | |
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| Date of birth: | January 12, 1993 |
| Place of birth: | Beijing |
| Size: | 173 cm |
| Weight: | 63 kg |
| Playing hand: | right |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Trainer: | Xiao Zhan |
| Current world rankings : | 95 |
| Best world ranking : | 7 (Dec 2013 - Apr 2014) |
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Yan An ( Chinese 闫 安 , Pinyin Yán Ān ; born January 12, 1993 in Beijing ) is a Chinese table tennis player . He won a gold medal in doubles at the Universiade .
Career
Yan learned table tennis from his father, who coaches the Beijing women's team. Yan achieved numerous international successes in the youth field.
He won six gold medals at the Asian youth championships: in 2007, 2008 and 2009 with the Chinese team, in 2007 in singles and in 2008 (with Li Muqiao) and 2009 (with Song Hongyuan) in doubles.
He won five titles at youth world championships. From 2007 to 2009 he won the team competition three times in a row with the Chinese team, he was double world champion in 2007 with Song Shichao and in 2008 with Song Hongyuan.
In 2011 he was nominated for the first time for the adult world championship , but only for the mixed competition. In 2013 he was represented in the individual and reached the quarter-finals.
In 2015 he took part in the World Championship, but was only allowed to compete in mixed. Here he reached the quarter-finals together with Wu Yang . After that he appeared less frequently internationally.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| CHN | Asian Cup | 2013 | Hong Kong | HKG | silver | |||
| CHN | Asian Youth Champ.ATTU Cadets | 2007 | Hoengseong | COR | gold | 1 | ||
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors) | 2009 | Jaipur | IND | silver | gold | 1 | |
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors) | 2008 | Singapore | SIN | Semifinals | gold | 1 | |
| CHN | Pro tour | 2013 | Stockholm | SWE | gold | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2013 | Suzhou | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2013 | Changchun | CHN | Semifinals | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2013 | Incheon City | COR | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2013 | Doha | QAT | silver | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2013 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 16 | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2012 | Ekaterinburg | RUS | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2012 | Velenje | SLO | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2011 | Stockholm | SWE | last 16 | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2011 | Suzhou | CHN | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2011 | Velenje | SLO | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2009 | Warsaw | POLE | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| CHN | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | last 16 | |||
| CHN | World cup | 2013 | Verviers | BEL | 5th-8th space | |||
| CHN | Youth World Championship | 2009 | Cartagena de Indias | COL | silver | silver | Quarter finals | 1 |
| CHN | Youth World Championship | 2008 | Madrid | ESP | Semifinals | gold | 1 | |
| CHN | Youth World Championship | 2007 | Palo Alto | United States | Quarter finals | gold | 1 |
Web links
- Yan An biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed June 2, 2013)
- Yan An Article about Yan An on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed June 4, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
- ↑ Yan An Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 27, 2014)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Yan An |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 闫 安 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beijing |