Zeng Jian
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| Native name | 曾尖 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Singaporean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 17 (July 2017)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 51 (15 July 2025)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zeng Jian (Chinese: 曾尖, born 19 November 1996) is a table tennis player. Born in China, she represents Singapore.
She won three Under-21 singles titles at the 2016 ITTF World Tour.[4] She qualified and took part in the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris.[5]
Career
In late 2014, Zeng registered with the Singapore Table Tennis Association with hopes to acquire Singaporean nationality and play for the Singapore national team.[4][6] She acquired Singaporean nationality in November 2019.[7]
Zeng took part in the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. She won two golds in the women's team and doubles events. In the singles event, she was leading 3 sets and eventually losing to compatriot Feng Tianwei 3-4 in all-Singapore final to claim the silver.[8] She partnered Feng to defeat the Australian duo Jee Minhyung and Jian Fang Lay 3-0 in the finals.[9]
At the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships at Chengdu, she led the team of Zhou Jingyi, Wong Xinru, Goi Rui Xuan and Zhang Wanling to top Group 4 by defeating Iran, Luxembourg & South Korea. [10] The team qualifies to the knock-out rounds and won Czech Republic 3-1 in the Round of 16 to progress to the Quarter-Final to face 7th seed, Chinese Taipei. [11] Zeng secured two points by defeating world no. 35 Cheng I-ching and world no. 22 Chen Szu-yu but was not enough for the win as the team fell to Chinese Taipei 2-3. Throughout this tournament, she notched an impressive streak of eight wins in seven days. [12]
References
- ^ "Player profile - Zeng Jian". ITTF. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Women's singles rankings Week #29 - July 15th". ittf.com. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "ノジマＴリーグ 2019-2020シーズン 選手・スタッフ - ゼン ジャン（曾 尖）". T.League (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ a b Chen, May (7 March 2017). "Table tennis: STTA seeks Singapore passport for Zeng". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Lee, David (28 July 2024). "Singapore's Zeng Jian makes Olympic table tennis last 32; Izaac Quek, Zhou Jingyi out". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Chua Siang Yee (25 October 2016). "Table tennis: Feng Tianwei cut from national squad in shock move by STTA". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "ITTF Eligibility Registration". ITTF. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Feng Tianwei beats Zeng Jian in all-Singapore women's singles final at Commonwealth Games". 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Singapore's Feng Tianwei and Zeng Jian win table tennis doubles gold at Commonwealth Games". 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Table tennis: Singapore women reach World Championships' knock-out rounds". 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Table tennis: Singapore women beat Czechs to make quarter-finals of World C'ships". 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Table tennis: Singapore knocked out of world team c'ships q-finals by Chinese Taipei". 6 October 2022.