Wang Yuegu , Li Jiawei , and Feng Tianwei , who won Singapore's only medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics , were all recruited from China through the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme .Since table tennis was introduced to the Summer Olympics in 1988, only 38 table tennis players have represented China at the event. By contrast, at least 124 Chinese-born players have competed for other countries and territories. Table tennis is the only Olympic sport with over 30% of players representing an adopted country (more than double the rate for all other sports), and the vast majority hail from China.[ 1] Hong Kong players from mainland China but not foreign-born players of Chinese descent (e.g. the entire 2012 U.S. team: Timothy Wang , Ariel Hsing , Erica Wu and Lily Zhang ), with the exception of Hui So Hung who was born in Indonesia but was already a Chinese citizen when she emigrated to British Hong Kong in 1978.[ 2]
Country Player Olympic appearances Argentina Liu Song 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Australia Justin Han 2012 Australia Chris Yan 2016 Austria Ding Yi 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 Austria Qian Qianli 1996 Austria Chen Weixing 2004, 2008, 2012 Canada Wenguan Johnny Huang 1996, 2000, 2004 Canada Shen Qiang 2008 Canada Wilson Zhang 2008 Canada Eugene Wang 2012, 2016, 2020 Republic of the Congo Wang Jianan 2016 Croatia Tan Ruiwu 2008 Dominican Republic Lin Ju 2004, 2008, 2012 Hong Kong Lo Chuen Tsung 1988, 1992, 1996 Hong Kong Chan Kong Wah 1996 Hong Kong Cheung Yuk 2000, 2004, 2008 Hong Kong Leung Chu Yan 2000, 2004, 2012 Hong Kong Ko Lai Chak 2004, 2008 Hong Kong Li Ching 2004, 2008 Hong Kong Tang Peng 2012, 2016 Hong Kong Jiang Tianyi 2012 Italy Yang Min 2004 Japan Seiko Iseki 2000 Japan Shu Arai 2004 Japan Yo Kan 2008 Poland Wang Zengyi 2012, 2016 Qatar Li Ping 2016 Singapore Gao Ning 2008, 2012, 2016 Singapore Yang Zi 2008, 2012 Singapore Cai Xiaoli 2008 Singapore Zhan Jian 2012 Singapore Chen Feng 2016 Slovakia Wang Yang 2016, 2020 Spain He Zhiwen 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 Turkey Cem Zeng 2008 Turkey Bora Vang 2012 Turkey Ahmet Li 2016 Ukraine Kou Lei 2008, 2016, 2020 United Kingdom Chen Xinhua 1996 United States David Zhuang 1996, 2000, 2008 United States Cheng Yinghua 2000 United States Feng Yijun 2016
Country Player Olympic appearances Australia Ying Kwok 1992 Australia Shirley Zhou 1996, 2000 Australia Stella Zhou 1996, 2000 Australia Jian Fang Lay 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 Australia Miao Miao 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Australia Stephanie Sang 2008 Australia Vivian Tan 2012 Australia Ziyu Zhang 2016 Austria Liu Jia 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 Austria Li Qiangbing 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 Brazil Gui Lin 2012 Canada Barbara Chiu 1992, 1996 Canada Geng Lijuan 1996, 2000 Canada Chris Xu 2000 Canada Xiao-Xiao Wang 2000 Canada Zhang Mo 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 Canada Judy Long 2008 Republic of the Congo Yang Fen 2008 Republic of the Congo Han Xing 2012, 2016 Croatia Tian Yuan 2012 Dominican Republic Wu Xue 2004, 2008 Dominican Republic Lian Qian 2008 France Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou 1992, 1996 France Xian Yi Fang 2008, 2012 France Li Xue 2012, 2016 Germany Jie Schöpp 1996, 2000, 2004 Germany Qianhong Gotsch 2000 Germany Jing Tian-Zörner 2000 Germany Wu Jiaduo 2008, 2012 Germany Zhenqi Barthel 2008 Germany Han Ying 2016 Germany Shan Xiaona 2016 Hong Kong Hui So Hung 1988 Hong Kong Mok Ka Sha 1988 Hong Kong Chan Tan Lui 1992, 1996 Hong Kong Chai Po Wa 1992, 1996 Hong Kong Song Ah Sim 2000 Hong Kong Tie Ya Na 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 Hong Kong Lau Sui Fei 2004, 2008 Hong Kong Lin Ling 2004, 2008 Hong Kong Jiang Huajun 2012 Italy Wenling Tan Monfardini 2004, 2008, 2012 Japan Chire Koyama 1996, 2000 Japan Taeko Todo 1996 South Korea Dang Ye-seo 2008, 2012 South Korea Seok Ha-jung 2012 South Korea Jeon Ji-hee 2016 Luxembourg Ni Xialian 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 Netherlands Li Jie 2008, 2012, 2016 Netherlands Li Jiao 2008, 2012, 2016 New Zealand Chunli Li 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 New Zealand Karen Li 2000, 2004 Poland Li Qian 2008, 2012, 2016 Poland Xu Jie 2008 Portugal Lei Huang Mendes 2012 Portugal Fu Yu 2016, 2020 Portugal Shao Jieni 2016, 2020 Singapore Jing Junhong 1996, 2000, 2004 Singapore Li Jiawei 2000, 2004, 2008 Singapore Zhang Xueling 2004 Singapore Feng Tianwei 2008 Singapore Wang Yuegu 2008 Singapore Yu Mengyu 2016, 2020 Singapore Zhou Yihan 2016 Spain Shen Yanfei 2008, 2012, 2016 Spain Zhu Fang 2008 Sweden Li Fen 2016 Switzerland Dai-Yong Tu 1996 Chinese Taipei Chen Jing 1996 Chinese Taipei Xu Jing 1996, 2000 Chinese Taipei Chen-Tong Fei-Ming 2000 Turkey Melek Hu 2008, 2012, 2016 United Kingdom Na Liu 2012 United States Lily Yip 1992, 1996 United States Amy Feng 1996 United States Wei Wang 1996 United States Gao Jun 2000, 2004, 2008 United States Crystal Huang 2008 United States Wang Chen 2008 United States Wu Yue 2016 United States Zheng Jiaqi 2016
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