Wong Xin Ru (born 19 December 2001) is a retired Singaporean table tennis player. She represented Singapore at multiple international competitions, including three SEA Games (2019, 2021 and 2023), 2022 Commonwealth Games, and various World Table Tennis (WTT) events.
Education Wong studied at the Singapore Sports School. Wong graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 2021 and paused her studies to train for qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.
Wong had a placing at the National University of Singapore's College of Humanities and Sciences.
Career Wong was introduced to table tennis by her father at the age of nine.
Wong became a full-time athlete in September 2021 after years of training and competing to train to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. In March 2024, the table tennis team failed to qualify for the Olympics.
During the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England, Wong won the gold medal in the table tennis Women's Team event
In 2022, Wong secured two second-place finishes in Mixed Doubles with partner Koen Pang at both the WTT Feeder Varazdin and WTT Feeder Havirov.
On 10 July 2024, at the age of 22, Wong announced her retirement from competitive table tennis to pursue her studies.
Key career records Legend : Gold Silver Bronze QR: Qualifying Round EventResultsDateCompetition2019Women's Doubles7 December 201930th Southeast Asian GamesPhilippines2021Mixed Doubles(With Koen Pang)18 May 202131st Southeast Asian GamesHanoi, VietnamWomen's Team(With Zhou Jingyi, Zeng Jian, Goi Rui Xuan and Zhang Wanlin)15 May 202131st Southeast Asian GamesHanoi, Vietnam2022Women's Team(With Zeng Jian, Zhou Jingyi and Feng Tianwei)1 August 20222022 Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, England2023Women's Doubles(With Zhou Jingyi)14 May 20232023 SEA GamesPhnom Penh, CambodiaWomen's Team(With Zhou Jingyi, Zeng Jian, Goi Rui Xuan, Ser Lin Qian)10 May 20232023 SEA GamesPhnom Penh, Cambodia
Personal life Wong is a vegetarian and had maintained a vegetarian diet throughout her table tennis career.
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