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]

Nationality	Slovakia
Born	(1994-09-24) September 24, 1994 (age 30) Anhui, China
Current ranking	69 (28 July 2024)[1]
Club	TTC Caen

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

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

External links

• Jang Wang at the Slovenský Olympijský Výbor (in Slovak)
• Yang Wang at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)