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In 2013, Jing was promoted to head coach, [4] and won the Singapore Table Tennis Association's Coach of the Year award in 2013 and 2014. [9] Under Jing's leadership, the women's team won six gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and Feng picked up victories at International Table Tennis Federation events in Japan, Australia, and the ...
In 1957 he won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the Singapore Open Championships. [10] He also captained Malaya's first Davis Cup team in 1957 before retiring in 1961. [11] Ong also won the bronze medal in singles at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games held in Bangkok, Thailand. He briefly also became a tennis coach. [12]
His coaching career began in Mexico, where he served as an apprentice coach of China's national team, under his younger brother Liu Guoliang. [2] [3] He was appointed by the Singapore Table Tennis Association in 2006. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he coached the women's team, consisting of Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu.
Gao Ning (simplified Chinese: 高宁; traditional Chinese: 高寧; pinyin: Gāo Níng; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. [1] He is currently appointed as the Singapore Table Tennis National Coach for men. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. [3]
Zeng Jian (Chinese: 曾尖, born 19 November 1996) is a Singaporean table tennis player. She won three Under-21 singles titles at the 2016 ITTF World Tour . [ 3 ] She qualified and took part in the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris.
After her retirement, Yu was appointed as an assistant coach for the Singapore Table Tennis Association's junior development squad for high-profile players aged 9 to 12. [13] Yu was happy with the appointment and hoped to share her experiences with the young athletes and groom them into champions of Singapore. [53]
From 2005 to 2007, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) received several anonymous complaints against Choo alleging that he had charged his personal airfares, expenses, phone bills to the Singapore Table Tennis Association and received gifts from Chinese coaches and players. The total amount involved about S$10,600.
Introduced in 1993 [1] by the Singapore Table Tennis Association, [2] it also aimed to boost local sporting standards by importing sporting expertise. In March 2008, it was announced in the Parliament of Singapore that 54 athletes had benefited from the programme and received Singapore citizenship, of which 37 were still in active training.