Wang Yang (table tennis)

Wang Yang (Chinese: 汪洋, Slovak: Jang Wang; born 24 September 1994) is a Slovak table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics in table tennis. He qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics as well.^[2]

At the 2011 junior championship Wang was forced to drop out due to doubts about his age. Later he was able to prove he was indeed born in 1994.^[3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics men's singles event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by Quadri Aruna.^[4]^[5] At the 2020 Olympics in the same category he advanced to the third round past David Powell but lost in third round to Koki Niwa.^[6]

References

^ "Senior Men's Singles". www.ittf.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
^ "Jang Wang". Slovenský olympijský tím (in Slovak). 24 September 1994.
^ Kmecová, Angelika (19 May 2024). "Stolný tenista Wang Jang ide na olympiádu, hrával za Holíč". NaZáhorí.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^ "Yang Wang". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "Men's Singles - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "OH 2020 / 2021: Wang Jang končí v 3. kole stolného tenisu". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 May 2024.

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