Zhou Yihan (; born 30 January 1994) is a Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in China, she moved to Singapore in 2009 via the

Foreign Sports Talent Scheme The Foreign Sports Talent Scheme (FST), initially known as Project Rainbow, was a scheme used by sports officials and organisations in Singapore to scout and facilitate the migration of non-Singaporeans deemed to possess sports talent to play in S ...

. She was eligible to play in 2011. Zhou won a team gold at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

and a team Bronze at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games (), officially known as the 17th Asian Games () and also known as Incheon 2014 (), were a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 19 September to 4 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 17 April 2007, Incheon was awarded ...

. On 2 June 2015, Zhou and her compatriot, Lin Ye, defeated top seed,

Feng Tianwei Feng Tianwei (, ; born 31 August 1986) is a Singaporean retired table tennis player. Born in China, she permanently moved to Singapore in March 2007 at the age of 20 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme and commenced her international car ...

and

Yu Mengyu Yu Mengyu (; born 18 August 1989) is a retired 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) under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. In th ...

4–3 to clinch the Women Doubles title in 28th Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore. The pair continued their good momentum and caused one of the biggest upset in history when they defeated the top doubles pair

Ding Ning Ding Ning (; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of 2011 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles, women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Ten ...

and Liu Shiwen 3–0 in ITTF World Tour, Japan Open Semi-Final but lost to another China pair of

Wu Yang Wu Yang (; born January 5, 1992) is a Chinese table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, c ...

and Liu Fei in Final.

2016 Summer Olympics

Zhou was selected and debuted as the third player for the women's team by the Singapore Table Tennis Association for the Olympics. The Singapore women's team, comprising Zhou,

and

, reached the semi-final of the team event but lost to China 0–3. In the bronze medal match, the trio was defeated by Japan 1–3.Singapore table tennis players failed to retain team bronze after loss to Japan
; Team Event

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Yihan Living people 1994 births Table tennis players from Shenyang Chinese emigrants to Singapore Naturalised citizens of Singapore Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Naturalised table tennis players Chinese female table tennis players Singaporean female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in table tennis Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Singapore Commonwealth Games gold medallists in table tennis Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games SEA Games medalists in table tennis SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games