Yang Fen (born July 31, 1982 in
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The pr ...
,
China) is a Chinese-born Congolese table tennis player. She is also a three-time medalist at the
2007 All-Africa Games
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in
Algiers, Algeria
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.
Yang represented the
Republic of the Congo at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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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
Elizabeta Samara
Elizabeta Samara (born 15 April 1989 in Constanța) is a professional Romanian table tennis and a three-time European champion. She is currently the player of CSA Steaua București. Samara previously represented Fenerbahçe SK. She has repr ...
, with a set score of 1–4.
References
External links
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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 of the Republic of Congo
African Games gold medalists for the Republic of the Congo
African Games medalists in table tennis
African Games silver medalists for the Republic of the Congo
Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
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