WANG Yang

Date of Birth: 24 Sep 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Place of residence : CAEN

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Singles	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles Round 2 #28 SVK WANG YWANG Yang 4 AUS POWELL DPOWELL David 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles Round 3 #44 JPN NIWA KNIWA Koki 4 SVK WANG YWANG Yang 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2R

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	4R	2R	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	27
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	2R	-	-

European Games

Year	Location	Singles
2019	Minsk, BLR	QF

European Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X	Team
2021	Warsaw, POL	1R	-	-	-
2019	Nantes, FRA	-	-	-	Group Stage
2018	Alicante, ESP	2R	2R	1R	-
2017	Luxembourg, LUX	-	-	-	13
2016	Budapest, HUN	1R	QF	2R	-

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles
2021	Doha, QAT	2R

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

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

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
Last 16	2020	Doubles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
Last 16	2019	Doubles	Japan Open	Sapporo, JPN
Last 16	2019	Doubles	Australian Open	Geelong, VIC, AUS
Last 16	2019	Doubles	Korea Open	Busan, KOR
Last 16	2017	Singles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
1/16 Final	2020	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
1/16 Final	2020	Singles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
1/16 Final	2019	Singles	Australian Open	Geelong, VIC, AUS
1/16 Final	2019	Singles	Korea Open	Busan, KOR
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	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, spending time with friends. (baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Mandarin, Slovak

Caen TTC [France]

Jaromir Truksa [national]

Right (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

He began playing table tennis at age six. (baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ittf.com, 16 Mar 2021)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (tabletennis.guide, 01 Nov 2020; ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Defence (tabletennis.guide, 01 Nov 2020; ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

General
COVID-19 BREACH
In March 2021 he was unable to compete at the World Table Tennis [WTT] Contender singles event in Doha, Qatar, due to a breach of the WTT's Middle East Hub COVID-19 protocols. As a result of the breach, he was forced to forfeit his opening match against Portugal's Joao Geraldo. (worldtabletennis.com, 01 Mar 2021)

CLUB
In April 2021 he signed a two-year deal to continue playing for Caen TT in France until 2023. (ouest-france.fr, 01 Apr 2021)

MOVE TO SLOVAKIA
Born in the People's Republic of China, he moved to Slovakia at age 15 due to the strong competition for spots in the Chinese national team. In 2011 he received Slovakian citizenship. (zahorie.sme.sk, 15 Jun 2016; baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015; sport.sme.sk, 02 Mar 2014)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/yang.wang.5832343

Legend

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

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