LI Qian

Date of Birth: 30 Jul 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Female

Place of birth: BAODING

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Singles	33
	Women's Team POL Poland	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Singles Round 2 #36 POL LI QLI Qian 2 AUS LAY JFLAY Jian Fang 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Team Round of 16 #3 KOR Republic of Korea 3 POL Poland 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2R	1R
2012	London, GBR	4R	1R
2008	Beijing, CHN	2R	1R

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	3R	3R	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	14
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	3R	3R	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	17
2015	Suzhou, CHN	3R	3	-
2012	Dortmund, GER	-	-	8
2011	Rotterdam, NED	3R	-	-
2010	Moscow, RUS	-	-	10
2009	Yokohama, JPN	2R	-	-
2008	Guangzhou, CHN	-	-	20

European Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2019	Minsk, BLR	4R	3

European Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Team
2019	Nantes, FRA	-	-	3
2018	Alicante, ESP	1	QF	-
2017	Luxembourg, LUX	-	-	7

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2018	Singles	-	-	-	-	1x	2x	-
2018	Doubles W	-	-	-	1x	1x	-	-
2017	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	3x	-
2017	Doubles W	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
Last 16	2018	Singles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
Last 16	2018	Doubles	China Open	Shenzhen, CHN
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong, CHN
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Mala (sport.tvp.pl, 28 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Mandarin, Polish

KTS Siarka ZOT Tarnobrzeg [Poland]

Zbigniew Necek [club, national], POL; Kinga Stefanska [personal]

Right (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Tian Zichao has coached the Belgian national table tennis team and has also competed in the sport. (Tian Zichao LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2016; iechodnia.eu, 19 Sep 2014)

She was forced to withdraw from the 2017 World Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany, as she was suffering from appendicitis. She underwent an appendectomy in Germany. (fakt.pl, 02 Jun 2017)

She began playing table tennis at age six in the People's Republic of China. (polsatsport.pl, 27 Apr 2016)

Her sports teacher in kindergarten asked her if she would like to train in table tennis. She was unsure at first, but then her father, who really liked the sport, signed her up for training sessions. (polsatsport.pl, 27 Apr 2016)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (sport.tvp.pl, 28 Jan 2020)

Winning gold in singles at the 2018 European Championships in Alicante, Spain. (sport.tvp.pl, 28 Jan 2020)

Philosophy:

"Now [speaking in 2020] I am older and more experienced. My life does not revolve solely around table tennis, but also around my child. I have to divide my life between my passion and my family, make plans, think how to do it. There is a lot of work in sports. You have to work on the physical aspects and your technique. You should think about the match, the tactics. You have to focus and that is when you can get the best results. My private life is in order for me to relax." (sport.tvp.pl, 28 Jan 2020)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Defence (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

General
RESIDENCE
She splits her time between the People's Republic of China, where her husband and her son live, and Poland where she trains and competes. (echodnia.eu, 06 May 2021, 07 Jan 2021)

MOVE TO POLAND
She first went to Poland following an invitation from coach Zbigniew Necek, who was looking for a table tennis player from People's Republic of China that played a defensive style of game. She returned to Poland each year to play in league matches, and in 2006 won her first Pro Tour event in Warsaw, Poland. By November 2007 she had received Polish citizenship. "I am very happy that I can play for Poland. It was my dream and I am very proud of it. I am very glad, because I am able to play better now." (polsatsport.pl, 27 Apr 2016; sport.wp.pl, 04 Feb 2008)

MOTHERHOOD BREAK
In March 2014 she gave birth to her son William and took a two-year break from competition. "It was my dream to have a baby, but then I realised that I still wanted to play table tennis and it was very hard to come back to the sport - mentally and physically." (polsatsport.pl, 27 Apr 2016)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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