Feng Tianwei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Feng Tianwei

Singaporean table tennis player

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1986

Place of Birth: Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Profession: table tennis player

Nationality: Singapore

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Feng Tianwei

  • Feng Tianwei PJG (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Féng Tianwei, pronounced [f??? tj?´nwéi]) is a Singapore table tennis player.
  • She moved to Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis the following month.
  • Feng represented Singapore for the first time in the Olympic Games at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
  • On 15 August 2008, the Singapore team comprising Feng and her teammates Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu defeated South Korea 3–2 in the semifinals.
  • The team lost to China in the final, obtaining the silver medal.
  • This was Singapore's first Olympic medal in 48 years and its first as an independent nation. On 30 May 2010, the trio of Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Sun Beibei stunned the reigning champions China 3–1 in the Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, making Singapore world champion for the first time. On 1 August 2012, Feng defeated Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan 4–0 to win the women's singles bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Singapore's first Olympic singles medal since the 1960 Summer Olympics.
  • On 7 August 2012, she was part of the women's team with Li and Wang that achieved the bronze against South Korea.
  • This was the first time Singapore had won two medals at an Olympic Games. On 15 March 2015, Feng defeated Zhu Yuling and Liu Shiwen at the 2015 Asian Cup in Jaipur to be crowned Asian Cup Champion for the first time.
  • At the same time, she broke China's 7 consecutive years of dominance in this tournament. On 25 October 2016, the Singapore Table Tennis Association announced that it would not be renewing its contract with Feng, citing the need for rejuvenation of the national team.
  • However, STTA has confirmed to support her for future international competitions if she meets the selection criteria.

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