Chen Chien-an (Chinese: 陳建安; born 16 June 1991) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.[5] He won the 2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in singles.[6]

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Chen Chien-an
Personal information
Born (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 33)
Hsinchu County, Taiwan[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking17 (November 2014)[3]
Current ranking78 (11 January 2022)[4]
ClubRyukyu Asteeda
Medal record
Representing  Chinese Taipei
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 ParisDoubles
Silver medal – second place2017 DüsseldorfMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2014 TokyoTeam
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 IncheonTeam
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 BusanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 MacauTeam
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Chen Chien-an
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese陈建安
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Jiàn'ān
Wade–GilesCh'ên2 Chien4-an1
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In May 2013, in the 52nd World Table Tennis Championships held in Paris, France, Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan defeated Hao Shuai and Ma Lin 9–11, 12–10, 11–6, 13–11, 9–11, 11–8 in the final, and won Men's Doubles title. Chuang and Chen became the first athletes in Taiwan to win any World Table Tennis Championships title.

Chen Chien-an is sponsored by the German table tennis brand TIBHAR.

Career

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