Tie Ya Na or Tie Yana (Chinese: 帖雅娜; pinyin: Tiē Yǎnà; Sidney Lau: tip3 nga5 noh5; born 13 May 1979) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China who won two silver medals at the 2006 Asian Games in the singles and doubles competitions.[1][3]
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| Nationality |  China→ Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1979[1] Zhengzhou, Henan, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51.3 kg (113 lb; 8.08 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 3 (July 2006)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 16 (December 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tie played for China in the Universiade before emigrating to Hong Kong in 2002.
She is married to Tang Peng, another table tennis player representing Hong Kong. [4]
Career records edit
Singles (as of 9 November 2014)[3]
- Olympics: QF (2004, 08).[5]
- World Championships: round of 16 (2003, 05, 11).
- World Cup appearances: 11. Record: runner-up (2008); 3rd (2002, 04, 11).
- Pro Tour winner (8): Korea Open 2002; Brazil Open 2003; Russian Open 2004; Croatian Open 2004; Korea, Chinese Taipei Open 2006; Brazil Open 2007; Hungarian Open 2010. Runner-up (2): USA, Swedish Open 2005.
- Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 9. Record: SF (2005).
- Asian Games: runner-up (2006).
- Asian Championships: SF (2003).
- Asian Cup: 1st (2004); 3rd (2003, 05).
Women's doubles
- Olympics: QF (2004).
- World Championships: SF (2005, 09, 11)
- Pro Tour winner (14): Russian, Slovenian, Croatian, Chile, USA, German, Swedish Open 2005; Korea, Japan Open 2006; Brazil, Chile Open 2007; Chile, China (Shanghai) Open 2008, Spain 2011. Runner-up (8): Italian Open 2002; Danish Open 2003; Qatar, Singapore Open 2006; Qatar, Austrian Open 2007; Kuwait, Korea Open 2009.
- Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 9. Record: runner-up (2009, 2010); SF (2004, 07, 08).
- Asian Games: runner-up (2006)
- Asian Championships: SF (2003, 05, 07)
Mixed doubles
- World Championships: SF (2007)
- Asian Games: winner (2002)
- Asian Championships: runner-up (2007); SF (2003)
Team
- Olympics: 5th (2008, 2012)
- World Championships: 2nd (2004, 06); 3rd (2008, 2012)
- World Team Cup: 3rd (2007, 09, 2013)
- Asian Championships: 1st (2005); 2nd (2003)
References edit
- ^ a b "ITTF players' profiles". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ a b "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ Tan, Patrick (8 April 2014). "Tie Yana Hopes To Play In The Rio Olympics". Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Olympic results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2010.