CHUANG Chih Yuan

Date of Birth: 2 Apr 1981

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KAOHSIUNG

Birth Country:

Chinese Taipei

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Singles	9
	Men's Team TPE Chinese Taipei	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles Round 2 #31 TPE CHUANG CYCHUANG Chih Yuan 4 ARG CIFUENTES HCIFUENTES Horacio 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Singles Round 3 #47 HKG WONG CTWONG Chun Ting 1 TPE CHUANG CYCHUANG Chih Yuan 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Singles Round of 16 #56 EGY ASSAR OASSAR Omar 4 TPE CHUANG CYCHUANG Chih Yuan 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Team Round of 16 #7 TPE Chinese Taipei 3 CRO Croatia 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Team Quarterfinal #12 TPE Chinese Taipei 2 GER Germany 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3R	-	1R
2012	London, GBR	4	-	-
2008	Beijing, CHN	3R	-	Qualification Match 3-8
2004	Athens, GRE	QF	3R	-

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	2R	3R	-	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	9
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	4R	-	3R	-
2015	Suzhou, CHN	1R	2R	2R	-
2014	Tokyo, JPN	-	-	-	3
2013	Paris, FRA	4R	1	-	-
2012	Dortmund, GER	-	-	-	7
2011	Rotterdam, NED	2R	2R	4R	-
2010	Moscow, RUS	-	-	-	17
2009	Yokohama, JPN	2R	2R	2R	-
2008	Guangzhou, CHN	-	-	-	6
2007	Zagreb, CRO	4R	1R	3R	-
2006	Bremen, GER	-	-	-	13
2005	Shanghai, CHN	2R	QF	3R	-
2004	Doha, QAT	-	-	-	7
2003	Paris, FRA	4R	3R	2R	-
2001	Osaka, JPN	2R	3R	2R	16
2000	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	5
1999	Eindhoven, NED	3R	2R	3R	-

Year	Location	Singles
2020	Weihai, CHN	Last 16
2017	Liege, BEL	Last 16

Asian Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2018	Indonesia	QF	3

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M
2021	Doha, QAT	1R	3

ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M
2019	Zhengzhou, CHN	-	QF
2018	Incheon, KOR	-	QF
2017	Astana, KAZ	1R	-
2016	Doha, QAT	QF	QF

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	1x	1x	-	-
2020	Doubles M	-	-	-	1x	1x	-	-
2019	Singles	-	-	-	1x	2x	2x	-
2019	Doubles M	-	-	2x	3x	3x	-	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	1x	5x	5x	-
2018	Doubles M	-	-	1x	3x	5x	-	-
2018	Doubles X	-	-	-	1x	3x	-	-
2017	Singles	-	-	1x	-	2x	4x	-
2017	Doubles M	-	-	-	1x	1x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
3	2019	Doubles	German Open	Bremen, GER
3	2019	Doubles	Japan Open	Sapporo, JPN
3	2018	Doubles	German Open	Bremen, GER
3	2017	Singles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
Quarterfinal	2020	Singles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
Quarterfinal	2020	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Quarterfinal	2019	Singles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Quarterfinal	2018	Singles	Japan Open	Kitakyushu, JPN
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Australian Open	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Korea Open	Incheon, KOR
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Japan Open	Kitakyushu, JPN
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Australian Open	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN

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

Listening to music, watching movies. (tcb-bank.com.tw, 13 Jan 2021)

Occupation:

Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan, TPE

Languages spoken:

Taiwan Cooperative Bank [Chinese Taipei]

Right (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Sporting relatives:

His mother Li Kumei was a member of the Chinese Taipei national table tennis team, while his father was a national doubles champion in the sport. (alchetron.com, 03 May 2015)

1999 for Chinese Taipei (tw.yahoo.com, 24 Feb 2012)

He began playing table tennis at age eight. (info.2012.163.com, 02 Aug 2012 )

His parents and his brother were table tennis players. (parenting.com.tw, 01 Nov 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (chinatimes.com, 31 Aug 2018; sports.ltn.com.tw, 23 May 2021; sportsv.net, 27 May 2021)

Japanese baseball outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. (tpenoc.net, 01 Jan 2018)

Philosophy:

"Chance favours only the prepared mind." (tcb-bank.com.tw, 13 Jan 2021)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a master's degree and a doctoral degree at Taiwan Sport University in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei. (tpenoc.net, 01 Jan 2018; tcb-bank.com.tw, 30 Aug 2012; tcb-bank.com.tw, 13 Jan 2021)

Milestones

He and his playing partner Chen Chien-An became the first Chinese Taipei table tennis players to win a world title when they triumphed in the men's doubles at the 2013 World Championships in Paris, France. (SportsDeskOnline, 03 Apr 2019; ITTF, 17 Jul 2016)

At age 35 years and 133 days, he became the oldest Chinese Taipei table tennis player to compete at the Olympic Games when he took part in the first round of the men's team event at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/chuangchihyuan.com.tw
Facebook Page 2: https://www.facebook.com/ZhuangZhiYuan
https://instagram.com/chuangchihyuan_tabletennis/

Legend

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

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