Chen Feng (table tennis)

Chen Feng (born 24 March 1994) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former table tennis player. Born in Hebei, China, he moved to Singapore. Chen became a Singapore citizen in 2013.[2] Chen became eligible to play for his new country in 2013 via the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Feng
NationalitySingapore
Born24 March 1994 (1994-03-24) (age 29)
Hebei, China
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed Shakehand grip
Medal record
Men's Table Tennis
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2013 Naypyidaw Team
Gold medal – first place2015 Singapore Team
Bronze medal – third place2015 Singapore Doubles

Southeast Asian Games

Chen was a sparring partner for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. His Southeast Asian Games debut is in 2013 where he won a team gold at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, he won the bronze medal with his doubles partner Clarence Chew. Besides the doubles event, he also participated in the team event as well. On the concluding day of table tennis event, he and his team won Gold in the Men's Team event by beating Vietnam 3-1.[3]

Asian Games

Chen made his debut for the Asian Games at the 2014 Asian Games. During the team round-robin match against China, he defeated newly crowned Youth Olympics Gold Medalist Fan Zhendong of China 3-2 despite being ranked lower than him. He and his team finished a joint 5th spot. He also participated in the doubles event with Yang Zi which they reach the last 16.

Olympic Games

Chen's Olympic debut would be in Rio 2016. He successfully booked his singles spot by winning the Southeast Asian region qualifying berth, held in Hong Kong. Throughout the competition, he defeated senior-ranked teammates Gao Ning & Li Hu.[4]

Retirement

Chen retired from professional table tennis in 2017 to spend time with his mother, who is in ill health.[5]

References
  1. "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. hermes (2017-02-11). "Table tennis: Olympian Chen Feng latest to leave STTA". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. Singapore 2015 biography Archived June 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Chen Feng and Feng Tianwei qualified for rio". straitstimes.com.
  5. "Table tennis: Olympian Chen Feng latest to leave STTA". The Straits Times. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.


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