Mo Zhang (table tennis) explained

Mo Zhang
Fullname:Mo Zhang
Residence:Vancouver, Canada
Playingstyle:Shakehand
Equipment:Butterfly
Hrank:21 (May 2018)[1]
Club:National Training Center, Ottawa
Birth Date:1989 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Shijiazhuang, China
Height:173 cm
Weight:57kg (126lb)

Mo Zhang ([2] born 17 January 1989) is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Canada.[3] She was born in Shijiazhuang, and currently resides in Vancouver.

Career

She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition.

With her win at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, she qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games.[4]

She won a bronze medal in the women's doubles with Anqi Luo at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[5]

In June 2016, she was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[6] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she lost in the second round to Hungary's Georgina Póta.[7]

She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8] Zhang qualified for her fifth Olympics in 2024.[9]

Career results

North American Table Tennis Championships

North America Cup

Pan American Games

Bronze Women's Team

Winner Women's Singles

Runner-up Women's Team

ITTF Pan-America Cup

Runner-up Women's Singles

Winner Women's Singles

Runner-up Women's Singles

Notes and References

  1. http://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=details&formid=99&rowid=110560&Itemid=266 - Accessed 9 Sep 2018
  2. Web site: Pan Am Canadian Table Tennis Gold medal hopefuls . 10 July 2015 . WYKAAO Table Tennis . jmah . 9 March 2019 .
  3. Web site: Mo Zhang. 2021-06-27. Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. en-US.
  4. http://www.ittf.com/Stories/pictures/qualified_players_london_m.pdf Players qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games (accessed 1 November 2011).
  5. Web site: Anqi Luo on table tennis bronze in women's doubles with Mo Zhang . 2 August 2014 . www.commonwealthgames.ca/ . . 5 August 2014.
  6. Web site: Olympic veterans Zhang and Wang will return to Rio for table tennis . Hossain . Asif . 1 June 2016 . www.olympic.ca . . 1 June 2016.
  7. Web site: 2016-08-28. Women's Singles. 2021-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828172219/https://www.rio2016.com/en/table-tennis-standings-tt-womens-singles. 28 August 2016.
  8. Web site: 7 March 2020. Zhang and Wang qualify for Tokyo 2020 at ITTF North American Olympic qualifiers. 2021-04-09. www.insidethegames.biz.
  9. Web site: Canada's Mo Zhang clinches 5th Olympic berth at table tennis tourney in Peru. 16 May 2024. www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 17 May 2024.

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