Cheng I-ching

Cheng I-ching (Chinese: 鄭怡靜; pinyin: Zhèng Yíjìng; born 15 February 1992) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Li Xiaoxia, and as part of the Chinese Taipei team in the women's team event.[5][6] Cheng helped Chinese Taipei woman's team win bronze at the World Team Championships and became the first Taiwanese-born medalist at the Woman's World Cup in 2016.

Cheng I-ching
Cheng at the 2016 World Championships
Personal information
NationalityTaiwanese
Born (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992
Tainan, Taiwan[1]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking5 (February 2017)[3]
Current ranking18 (6 March 2023)[4]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoMixed doubles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 DüsseldorfMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2016 Kuala LumpurTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 HoustonMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2022 ChengduTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2016 PhiladelphiaSingles
Bronze medal – third place2017 MarkhamSingles
Bronze medal – third place2018 ChhengduSingles
Bronze medal – third place2019 TokyoTeam

Cheng represented Taiwan in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the mixed doubles event alongside Lin Yun-ju, in which they won the bronze medal.[7] She is currently also a master's degree student in the Department of Physical Education of Fu Jen Catholic University.[8]

References
  1. "Cheng I-Ching". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  2. "Cheng I-Ching". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. "ITTF World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  5. "I-Ching Cheng". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  6. "Women's Singles – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  7. "Tokyo 2020 olympics table tennis mixed doubles bronze medal match results". olympics.com. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. "「黃金混雙」鄭怡靜、林昀儒拿下2020東京奧運桌球混雙銅牌". www.fju.edu.tw (in Chinese). 28 July 2021.


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