Yang Zi (; born 19 June 1984, in Beijing, China) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former table tennis player.
Career Yang joined the Singapore Table Tennis Association under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in 2003 and became a Singapore citizen two years later in 2005. He had represented Singapore in many major events such as 15th Asian Games, 18th Commonwealth Games and 23rd SEA Games.
In 2005, Yang won 2 Pro Tour Men's Singles U21 titles and won the Pro Tour Grand Finals Men's Singles U21 title. He also won the silver medal in the Beijing Invitational. Later he also managed to clinch 3 gold medals in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and 2 golds in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. During the world's second largest sports event, 15th Asian Games, Yang, together with partner Li Jiawei, won the bronze medal for the mixed doubles event. Yang and his doubles partner, Gao Ning, has also won many medals in the ITTF Pro Tour Events.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Yang made it to the 4th round losing to Zoran Primorac of Croatia by a score of 4–2, however managing to defeat Marcos Freitas(POR) and Chuang Chih-yuan(TPE) in the 2nd and 3rd rounds respectively.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Yang lost to Paul Drinkhall in the second round, but he fared much better in the team event, where Singapore reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to eventual gold medalists, China.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Yang and Jian Zhan won the bronze medal in the men's doubles, defeating Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford of England in the bronze medal match. Yang also won the gold medal in the team event.
In 2017, Yang announced his retirement.
Medals EventMedalDateCompetition2004Men's TeamGoldTBATianjin Invitational CompetitionTianjin, People's Republic of ChinaU21 Boys' SinglesSilver22 May 2004ITTF Pro Tour Korea OpenJeju City, Jeju-do, South KoreaU21 Boys' SinglesBronze18 September 2004ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen China OpenChangchun, People's Republic of ChinaU21 Boys' SinglesBronze25 September 2004ITTF Pro Tour Japan OpenKobe, Japan2005Men's singlesBronzeTBAAsian CupTBA, TBAU21 Boys' SinglesGold18 June 2005ITTF Pro Tour TMS Chinese Taipei OpenTaipei, Chinese TaipeiU21 Boys' SinglesSilver10 September 2005ITTF Pro Tour Panasonic China OpenHarbin, People's Republic of ChinaU21 Boys' SinglesGold24 September 2005ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen Japan OpenYokohama, JapanMen's TeamGold30 November 200523rd SEA GamesMalate, Manila, PhilippinesMixed doubles(with Zhang Xueling)Gold2 December 200523rd SEA GamesMalate, Manila, PhilippinesMen's doubles(with Cai Xiaoli)Gold3 December 200523rd SEA GamesMalate, Manila, PhilippinesMen's singlesBronze4 December 200523rd SEA GamesMalate, Manila, PhilippinesU21 Boys' SinglesGold11 December 2005ITTF Pro Tour Grand FinalsFuzhou, People's Republic of China2006Men's doubles(with Gao Ning)Bronze22 January 2006ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr Slovenian OpenVelenje, SloveniaMen's Team(with Cai Xiaoli)Silver20 March 200618th Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMixed doubles(with Zhang Xueling)Gold24 March 200618th Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMen's doubles(with Cai Xiaoli)Bronze25 March 200618th Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMen's doubles(with Gao Ning)Silver5 November 2006ITTF Pro Tour Eurosib Russian OpenSaint Petersburg, RussiaMen's doubles(with Gao Ning)Silver12 November 2006ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr German OpenBayreuth, Bavaria, GermanyMixed doubles(with Li Jiawei)Bronze1–15 December 200615th Asian GamesDoha, Qatar
Achievements 2009 ITTF Pro Tour German Open Men's Doubles – 3rd ITTF Pro Tour Indian Open Men's Singles – 3rd Men's Doubles – 1st 2008 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals Men's Doubles – Gold (with Gao Ning) Beijing Olympic Games Round of 16 ITTF Pro Tour China Open Men's Team – Top 4 (with Gao Ning, Cai Xiaoli) ITTF Pro Tour Chile Open Men's Doubles – 1st (Gao Ning) 2007 24th SEA Games Men's Team – Gold (with Gao Ning, Cai Xiaoli) Men's Doubles – Gold (with Gao Ning) Mixed Doubles – Gold (Li Jiawei) ITTF Pro Tour Sweden Open Men's Doubles – 2nd (with Gao Ning) ITTF Pro Tour German Open Men's Doubles – 2nd (with Gao Ning) ITTF Pro Tour French Open Men's Doubles – Top 4 (with Gao Ning) ITTF Pro Tour Austria Open Men's Doubles – 1st (with Gao Ning) ITTF Pro Tour Taipei Open Men's Doubles – 2nd (with Gao Ning) ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open Men's Doubles – Top 4 (with Gao Ning) ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open Men's Doubles – 2nd (with Gao Ning) 17th Commonwealth Championships, India, Jaipur Men's Team – Gold Men's Singles – Silver Men's Doubles – Silver (with Gao Ning) Mixed Doubles – Gold (with Wang Yuegu) ITTF Pro Tour Chille Open Men's Singles – Top 4 Men's Doubles – 2nd (with Gao Ning) ITTF Pro Tour Brazilian Open Men's Doubles – 2nd (with Gao Ning) ITTF Pro Tour Indian Open Men's Doubles – 1st (with Gao Ning) ITTF Pro Tour Taipei Open Men's Doubles – 2nd (with Gao Ning)
References
External links
Singapore Table Tennis Association International Table Tennis Federation