Zhou Yihan Explained

Zhou Yihan
Native Name:周一涵
Native Name Lang:zh
Nationality:Singapore
Birth Place:Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Crank:28 (January 2017)
Height:1.68m (05.51feet)[1]
Weight:55kg (121lb)[2]

Zhou Yihan (; born 30 January 1994) is a Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in China, she moved to Singapore in 2009 via the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[3] She was eligible to play in 2011.[4]

Zhou won a team gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a team Bronze at the 2014 Asian Games.

On 2 June 2015, Zhou and her compatriot, Lin Ye, defeated top seed, Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu 4–3 to clinch the Women Doubles title in 28th Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore.[5] The pair continued their good momentum and caused one of the biggest upset in history when they defeated the top doubles pair Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen 3–0 in ITTF World Tour, Japan Open Semi-Final[6] but lost to another China pair of Wu Yang and Liu Fei in Final.

2016 Summer Olympics

Zhou was selected and debuted as the third player for the women's team by the Singapore Table Tennis Association for the Olympics.[7] The Singapore women's team, comprising Zhou, Yu Mengyu and Feng Tianwei, reached the semi-final of the team event but lost to China 0–3. In the bronze medal match, the trio was defeated by Japan 1–3.[8]

Team Event
DateRoundResultOpponentScore
12 AugustRound of 16Win Egypt3-0
13 AugustQuarter-FinalWin3-2
15 AugustSemi-FinalLoss China0-3
16 AugustBronze Medal matchLoss Japan1-3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete's Profile . 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee . 8 June 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141007090355/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5100900&lang=en . 7 October 2014 .
  2. Web site: Athlete's Profile . 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee . 8 June 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141007090355/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5100900&lang=en . 7 October 2014 .
  3. Web site: Table tennis: STTA seeks Singapore passport for Zeng . . 7 March 2017 . 21 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Yihan Zhou Profile. g2014results.thecgf.com.
  5. Web site: SEA Games table tennis: Singapore win first 28th SEA Games gold, silver.
  6. Web site: Lin Ye and Zhou in dream run. 30 June 2015. AsiaOne.
  7. Web site: Zhou earns nod for RIo. 1 June 2016. The New Paper.
  8. http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/olympics-singapore-table-tennis-players-fail-to-retain-team-bronze-after-1-3-loss-to-japan Singapore table tennis players failed to retain team bronze after loss to Japan