Jeon Ji-hee (, born 28 October 1992), born Tian Minwei (), is a Chinese-born South Korean
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.
Career
She competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics in the
women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the fourth round by
Yu Mengyu
Yu Mengyu (; born 18 August 1989) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Liaoning, China, Yu left China in 2006 at the age of 17 to join the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA).
She was part of the team that ...
, and as part of the South Korean team in the
women's team
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event.
2021
In March, Jeon played in WTT Doha. In the WTT Contender event, she reached the quarter-finals, where she was upset by
Miyuu Kihara. In the WTT Star Contender event, she reached the semi-finals where she lost to
Mima Ito
is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics when she was 15 years old. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal with her partner Jun Mizutani in the Mixed Doubles e ...
. It marked her fourth straight loss to Ito, a likely rival in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
Jeon represented South Korea in the
women's singles event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Jeon reached the quarter-finals, where she lost 4–0 to Mima Ito.
Singles titles
References
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1992 births
Living people
South Korean female table tennis players
Olympic table tennis players of South Korea
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in table tennis
People from Langfang
Table tennis players from Hebei
Naturalized citizens of South Korea
Chinese emigrants to South Korea
Naturalised table tennis players
Asian Games medalists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Universiade gold medalists for South Korea
Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea
Expatriate table tennis people in Japan
Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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