Cai Xiaoli (born 21 November 1979), also known as Cai Xiao Li, is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean international

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player. Cai was born in

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, China in 1979. He moved to Singapore under the

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. In 2004 he won the Commonwealth Championships mixed doubles with partner

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. He was on the Singapore A team at the 2006 Australian Open, where he won the Mixed Doubles with partner

Sun Beibei Sun Beibei (; born 28 January 1984 in Shandong, China) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former table tennis player. She occupies the 20th place in the ITTF women's world ranking, as of October 2011. Career records Singles (as of 31 July 2010) *W ...

. In January 2008 his world ranking was 155. Cai competed at the following international events: * World Championships: 2005 men's singles, 2007 men's singles, 2007 mixed doubles, 2009 men's singles, 2009 men's doubles, 2009 mixed doubles * Olympic Games: 2008 men's team * Commonwealth Games:

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, 2010 men's singles, 2010 mixed doubles * Asian Games: 2002 men's singles, 2002 men's doubles, 2002 mixed doubles, 2006 men's doubles, 2006 men's team, 2010 men's team * Southeast Asian Games: 1999,

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, and

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Cai retired in 2011 and became the assistant coach of the national women's table tennis team.

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* * * 1979 births Living people Table tennis players from Beijing Chinese emigrants to Singapore Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Naturalised citizens of Singapore Naturalised table tennis players Chinese male table tennis players Singaporean male table tennis players Asian Games table tennis players for China Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore Commonwealth Games gold medallists in table tennis Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Olympic table tennis players for Singapore SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in table tennis SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{Singapore-tabletennis-bio-stub