Chen Chien-an (; born 16 June 1991) is a Taiwanese

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. He won the 2008

World Junior Table Tennis Championships The ITTF World Youth Championships is an annual table tennis competition for juniors under 19 and under 15. From 2003 to 2019, the World Junior Table Tennis Championships was held for juniors under 18. The ITTF changed the U18 age group into U19 ...

in singles. In May 2013, in the 52nd World Table Tennis Championships held in Paris, France, Chen Chien-an and

Chuang Chih-yuan Chuang Chih-yuan (; born 2 April 1981) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. He won the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals in 2002 and doubles title at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships. He participated in the Summer Olympics five times, making t ...

defeated

Hao Shuai Hao Shuai (born October 1, 1983 in Tianjin) is a Chinese table tennis player. Career records Singles (as of May 13, 2010) *World Championships: QF (2005, 2007). * Pro Tour winner (3): Serbian Open 2007. China (Shanghai) Open 2008. Slovenian Op ...

and Ma Lin 9–11, 12–10, 11–6, 13–11, 9–11, 11–8 in the final, and won Men's Doubles title. Chuang and Chen became the first athletes in Taiwan to win any World Table Tennis Championships title. Chen Chien-an is sponsored by the German table tennis brand TIBHAR.

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* Living people 1991 births Taiwanese male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players of Taiwan Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in table tennis People from Hsinchu County World Table Tennis Championships medalists Universiade silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Universiade bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Ryukyu Asteeda players Taiwanese expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate table tennis people in Japan Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Taiwanese people {{Taiwan-tabletennis-bio-stub