simplified chinese traditional chinese pinyin pronounced singapore table tennis player born china moved singapore march commenced international career competitive table tennis following month received singapore citizenship january represented singapore time olympic games summer olympics beijing august singapore team comprising teammates defeated south_korea semifinals team lost china final obtaining silver medal singapore olympic medal years independent nation trio stunned reigning champions china moscow making singapore world champion time august defeated japan win women singles bronze medal summer olympics london singapore olympic singles medal summer olympics august women team achieved bronze south_korea time singapore won medals olympic games march defeated asian cup crowned time time broke china consecutive years dominance tournament early years born august daughter worker wife employee department store parents poor lived years pay table tennis training father suffered multiple told severe illness died weeks tried china national squad topped qualifying matches month later called national team suffered long illness source close said missed father left china play japanese professional league spotted coach march invited train singapore singapore citizen january career national player international début singapore june player korean open singles player ranked world august nonetheless month achieved silver medal singles pro tour chinese open beating gold member silver medal winning team defeated seed china quarter finals asian cup held march eventually achieving second place china outstanding records international competitions rose world rankings year summer olympics represented singapore time summer olympics women team tournament contributed significantly singapore win south_korea semifinals defeating park young singles matches match park closely fought eventually overcoming park singapore assisted implementation system game failed completed minutes system players serve alternative points points receiving player scores point manages returns defensive play system unsettled park won minutes introduction match park committed service fault interviewed said definitely expect park error surprise best birthday present gotten august teammates achieved silver medal women table tennis losing china matches played starting singles match winning game eventually losing china time singapore won olympic medal independence medal came years won country medal silver lightweight category summer olympics rome received round women singles tournament defeated south_korea round netherlands fourth round fell china quarter finals world number work win final scores according experience time crucial stages game broke rhythm interviewed match said sure win medal olympics victory celebration singapore august minister community development youth sports announced presented service medal time medal awarded athletes previous recipients swimmer competitions september beat clinch bronze medal despite crashing singles event earlier teammates won title pro tour german open berlin november won professional singles title polish open warsaw november singapore final took silver doubles december announced ranked sixth world singapore female table tennis player highest ranked player world representing china today newspaper list athletes year august achieved second singles title cup korean open seoul took 25th southeast asian games member singapore women team defeated thailand win gold december december partner defeated singapore final women doubles following day maiden appearance games achieved gold singles competition defeating inaugural winner best player year award february april worked way second place ranking world named year national table tennis women team composed awarded team year prize sun member team moscow defeated china time winner reigning world champion score games played defeated ranked number world respectively contributing point team defeating time singapore lifted cup summer olympics represented singapore summer olympics london nation parade nations segment opening ceremony entered women singles competition seeded sixth progressed defeated china semi finals august overcame japan bronze medal second win individual olympic medal won silver summer olympics rome interviewed win said happy feel come little suddenly form wasn good didn dare carry expectations coming london olympics relief win participated women team competition beaten japan semifinals took bronze medal south_korea defeated successfully succeeded doubles game marked time singapore won medal olympic games commented japan gave pressure lost psychological battle told prepare mentally capable win summer olympics participated asian region hong_kong april winner sea group given direct entry singles event olympics participation match defeated quarter finals finals according july world ranking published seeded second olympics singles highest olympic legend gold silver 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