Jeon Ji-hee
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| Nationality | South Korean (since 2011)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1992 Langfang, Hebei, China[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Left-handed, shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 10 (1 February 2022)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 21 (20 February 2024)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeon Ji-hee (Korean: 전지희; Hanja: 田志希; RR: Jeon Ji-hui, born 28 October 1992), born Tian Minwei (Chinese: 田旻炜), is a Chinese-born South Korean table tennis player of Manchu ethnicity.[6][2][7]
Career
[edit]2016
[edit]She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the fourth round by Yu Mengyu, and as part of the South Korean team in the women's team event.[8][9]
2021
[edit]In March, Jeon played in WTT Doha. In the WTT Contender event, she reached the quarter-finals, where she was upset by Miyuu Kihara. In the WTT Star Contender event, she reached the semi-finals where she lost to Mima Ito. It marked her fourth straight loss to Ito, whom she would meet again in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[10]
Jeon represented South Korea in the women's singles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11] Jeon reached the quarter-finals, where she lost 4–0 to Mima Ito.[12]
Singles titles
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Final opponent | Score | Ref |
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| 2011 | ITTF Pro Tour Morocco Open |  Sayaka Hirano
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4–3 | [13] |
| 2015 | ITTF World Tour, Spanish Open | Sayaka Hirano
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4–1 | [14] |
| ITTF World Tour, Argentina Open |  Yang Ha-eun
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4–0 | [15] | |
| ITTF World Tour, Chile Open | Yoon Sun-ae
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4–0 | [16] | |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Doha | Shin Yu-bin
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4–3 | [17] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Jeon aims to be 'cold blooded' at table tennis". Korea JoongAng Daily. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Jeon Ji-Hee". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Jeon Jihee". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "ITTF World Ranking Women's Singles 2022 Week #5". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "1000년 이상 같은 나라였다… 전지희 신드롬에 '만주족' 재조명". The JoongAng. 2023-10-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "独家专访东京奥运会"热搜红人"田志希： 想变漂亮，不能贪心". www.163.com (in Chinese). 5 August 2021. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Jihee Jeon". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Women's Singles - Standings". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Analyzing Jeon Jihee's Serve Strategy Against Olympic Rival Mima Ito". Edges and Nets. 6 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 3: Women's Singles seeds 5 To 8". Edges and Nets. 14 February 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "The Olympic Table Tennis Singles Quarterfinals In Memes". Edges and Nets. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Players matches". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Players matches". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Players matches". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Players matches". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "WTT Contender Doha 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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