Zhou Yihan
| Zhou Yihan | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Singapore |
| Born |
30 January 1994 (age 22) Liaoning, Shenyang |
| Current ranking | 29 (September 2016) |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
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Zhou Yihan (Chinese: 周一涵; pinyin: Zhōu Yīhán; born 30 January 1994) is a table tennis player from Singapore. Born in China, she moved to Singapore in 2009. She was eligible to play in 2011.[1] She won a team gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a team Bronze at the 2014 Asian Games. During the team semi-final match against Japan, she defeated Sayaka Hirano of Japan 3-2 despite ranking lower than her opponent.
On 2 June 2015, she and her compatriot, Lin Ye defeated top seed, Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu 4-3 to clinch the Women Doubles title in 28th Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore.[2] The pair continued their good momentum and caused one of the biggest upset in history when they defeated the top doubles pair Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen 3-0 in ITTF World Tour, Japan Open Semi-Final [3] but lost to another China pair of Wu Yang and Liu Fei in Final.
2016 Summer Olympics
Zhou was selected as the third player for Rio de Janeiro Olympics by Singapore Table Tennis Association. She will be joining Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu in the team event. This will be her Olympics debut.[4] Feng, Yu and Zhou reached the semi-final of the team event but lost to China 0-3. In the bronze medal match, the trio was defeated by Japan 1-3.[5]
- Team Event
| Date | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
| 12 August | Round of 16 | Win |  Egypt |
3-0 |
| 13 August | Quarter-Final | Win |  South Korea |
3-2 |
| 15 August | Semi-Final | Loss |  China |
0-3 |
| 16 August | Bronze Medal match | Loss |  Japan |
1-3 |