Yang Fen (born July 31, 1982 in

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) is a Chinese-born Congolese table tennis player. She is also a three-time medalist at the

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. Yang represented the

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at the

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, where she competed in the women's singles. Yang reached the second preliminary round of the competition, where she lost to Romania's

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, with a set score of 1–4.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1982 births Living people Table tennis players from Wuhan Chinese emigrants to the Republic of the Congo Sportspeople of Chinese descent Naturalised table tennis players Naturalized citizens of Republic of the Congo Sportspeople from Brazzaville Chinese female table tennis players Republic of the Congo table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for the Republic of the Congo African Games gold medalists for the Republic of the Congo African Games gold medalists in table tennis African Games silver medalists in table tennis African Games silver medalists for the Republic of the Congo Table tennis players at the 2007 All-Africa Games {{RCongo-tabletennis-bio-stub