Yang Zi (table tennis player)
Yang Zi 
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 Singapore
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| Date of birth: | June 19, 1984 |
| Place of birth: | Beijing |
| Size: | 184 cm |
| Weight: | 72 kg |
| Playing hand: | left handed |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Trainer: | Yang Chuaning, Zhu Jiang |
| Current world rankings : | 689 |
| Best world ranking : | 21 (January 2008) |
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Yang Zi ( Chinese 杨 子 , Pinyin Yáng Zǐ ; born June 19, 1984 in Beijing ) is a Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player .
Career
Yang Zi became the Asian youth champion in 2001 in the team competition. In 2010 he won the Commonwealth Games individually. Since 2006 (until 2013) he took part in all world championships . He reached the quarter-finals in mixed 2011 . In 2008 and 2012 he qualified for participation in the Olympic Games, but did not come close to medal ranks. In 2008 he finished first in doubles with Gao Ning at the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals .
In the 2009/10 season, Yang Zi played in the German Bundesliga for TTC indeland Jülich , then for a year at TG Hanau .
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| SIN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2007 | Yangzhou | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2005 | Jeju-do | COR | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2011 | Changsha | CHN | 8th place | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | 9th place | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2008 | Sapporo | JPN | 8th place | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2007 | Hanoi | VIE | 4th Place | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2006 | Kobe | JPN | 7th place | |||
| SIN | Asian Cup | 2005 | New Delhi | IND | 3rd place | |||
| SIN | Asian Games | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Asian Games | 2006 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors) | 2001 | Hong Kong | HKG | Semifinals | 1 | ||
| SIN | Commonwealth Championship | 2009 | Glasgow | SCO | silver | gold | 1 | |
| SIN | Commonwealth Championship | 2007 | Jaipur | IND | silver | silver | gold | 1 |
| SIN | Commonwealth Games | 2010 | New Delhi | IND | gold | silver | gold | 1 |
| SIN | Commonwealth Games | 2006 | Melbourne | OUT | gold | |||
| SIN | Olympic games | 2012 | London | CLOSELY | last 64 | 5 | ||
| SIN | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | last 16 | 9 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2013 | Dubai | UAE | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2013 | Spała | POLE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2013 | Suzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2013 | Yokohama | JPN | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2013 | Changchun | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2013 | Incheon City | COR | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Suzhou | CHN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Kobe | JPN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Shanghai | CHN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Santiago de Chile | CHI | last 16 | gold | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Almeria | ESP | last 16 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Doha | QAT | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Velenje | SLO | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Budapest | HUN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Stockholm | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Schwechat | AUT | last 32 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Suzhou | CHN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Incheon | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Shenzen | CHN | Semifinals | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Władysławowo | POLE | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dortmund | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dubai | UAE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Velenje | SLO | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Suzhou | CHN | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | New Delhi | IND | last 16 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Berlin | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Doha | QAT | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Velenje | SVN | last 64 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Seoul | COR | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Tianjin | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Wakayama | JPN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Su Zhou | CHN | last 32 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Bremen | GER | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Indore | IND | Semifinals | gold | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Warsaw | POLE | last 32 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Berlin | GER | last 64 | 9 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Shanghai | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Singapore | SIN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | last 32 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Changchun | CHN | last 32 | 3 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Santiago | CHI | last 32 | gold | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Stockholm | SWE | last 32 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | last 32 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Toulouse | FRA | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | catfish | AUT | last 32 | gold | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 64 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Shenzhen | CHN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Taipei | TPE | last 32 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Nanjing | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Seongnam | COR | last 16 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Santiago | CHI | Semifinals | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 32 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 32 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | New Delhi | IND | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Velenje | SVN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Bayreuth | GER | last 32 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 16 | silver | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Singapore | SIN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Kunshan | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Taipei | TPE | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Jeonju | COR | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Velenje | SVN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Shenzhen | CHN | last 64 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Harbin | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Taipei | TPE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Suncheon | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Velenje | SLO | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2004 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2004 | Wuxi | CHN | last 16 | |||
| SIN | Pro tour | 2004 | Singapore | SIN | last 64 | |||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2012 | Hangzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2011 | London | CLOSELY | Semifinals | |||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2010 | Seoul | COR | silver | |||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2009 | Macau | MAC | silver | |||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2008 | Macau | MAC | gold | |||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2007 | Beijing | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2006 | Hong Kong | HKG | Quarter finals | |||
| SIN | South East Asian Championship | 2006 | Singapore | SIN | gold | gold | gold | |
| SIN | South East Asian Games | 2011 | Jakarta | INA | silver | silver | gold | |
| SIN | South East Asian Games | 2009 | Vientiane | LAO | silver | gold | 1 | |
| SIN | South East Asian Games | 2007 | Nakhon Ratchasima | THA | gold | gold | 1 | |
| SIN | South East Asian Games | 2005 | Manila | PHI | Semifinals | gold | gold | 1 |
| SIN | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | last 128 | last 32 | last 16 | |
| SIN | World Championship | 2012 | Dortmund | GER | 8th | |||
| SIN | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | last 64 | last 16 | Quarter finals | |
| SIN | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | 16 | |||
| SIN | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | last 128 | Quarter finals | last 16 | |
| SIN | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 10 | |||
| SIN | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | last 32 | last 16 | |
| SIN | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 28 | |||
| SIN | World cup | 2013 | Verviers | BEL | 13-16 space | |||
| CHN | World Junior Circuit | 2002 | Taiyuan | CHN | Quarter finals |
Web links
- Yang Zi (table tennis player) biography on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English) (accessed on June 27, 2014)
- Yang Zi (table tennis player) Article about Yang Zi (table tennis player) on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 27, 2014)
- Yang Zi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed June 27, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed on May 1, 2018).
- ↑ Change of club to Jülich ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on May 25, 2013)
- ↑ Change of club from Jülich to Hanau ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on May 25, 2013)
- ↑ Yang Zi (table tennis player) Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 27, 2014)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Yang, Zi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 杨子 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Singaporean table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beijing |