1. On 15 March 2015, Feng Tianwei defeated Zhu Yuling and Liu Shiwen at the 2015 Asian Cup in Jaipur to be crowned Asian Cup Champion for the first time.
49 Facts About Feng Tianwei
1. 2.
On 25 October 2016, the Singapore Table Tennis Association announced that it would not be renewing its contract with Feng Tianwei, citing the need for rejuvenation of the national team.
3.
On 11 October 2019, Feng Tianwei defeated Chen Meng, then ranked world number one, in four straight games, causing the biggest upset in the 2019 German Open.
4.
Feng Tianwei was born on 31 August 1986 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.
5.
Feng Tianwei is the only daughter of Feng Qingzhi, a granary worker, and his wife Li Chunping, an employee of a department store.
6.
Feng Tianwei's father suffered from multiple sclerosis, but she was not told how severe his illness was.
7.
Feng Tianwei died in 2002, weeks before Feng tried out for China's national B squad.
8.
Feng Tianwei left China in 2005 to play in the Japanese professional league.
9.
Feng Tianwei made her international debut for Singapore in June 2007 as an under-21 player at the International Table Tennis Federation Pro Tour Volkswagen Korean Open.
10.
Feng Tianwei was a member of the silver medal-winning team at the World Team Championships in Guangzhou in 2008 and defeated the top seed Zhang Yining from China in the Quarter-finals of the Asian Cup held in Sapporo between 29 and 30 March 2008, eventually achieving second place behind China's Guo Yue.
11.
Feng Tianwei rose to the top 10 world rankings within a year.
12.
Feng Tianwei represented Singapore for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's team tournament.
13.
The system unsettled Park, and Feng Tianwei won two minutes after its introduction in the match when Park committed a service fault.
14.
Feng Tianwei received byes into the third round of the women's singles tournament.
15.
On 9 September 2008, Feng Tianwei beat her compatriot Wang to clinch the bronze medal at the ITTF Women's World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.
16.
Feng Tianwei won her first professional singles title at the Polish Open in Warsaw on 30 November 2008, in an all-Singapore final against Wang.
17.
On 2 December 2008, the ITTF announced that Feng Tianwei was ranked sixth in the world.
18.
Feng Tianwei was third in Today newspaper's list of athletes of the year for 2008.
19.
On 23 August 2009, Feng Tianwei achieved her second Pro Tour singles title at the KAL Cup Korean Open in Seoul.
20.
Feng Tianwei took part in the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos.
21.
Feng Tianwei represented Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and was the nation's flagbearer at the Parade of Nations segment of the opening ceremony.
22.
Feng Tianwei participated in the women's team competition with Li and Wang.
23.
Feng Tianwei participated in many tournaments in 2013, achieving commendable results in several competitions.
24.
Feng Tianwei participated in the 2013 Kuwait Open as the fourth seed in the women singles competition.
25.
Feng Tianwei ended up as the runner-up, losing out to China's Liu Shiwen.
26.
Feng Tianwei progressed to the quarterfinals as one of the only remaining players outside of China, before losing out to China's fifth seeded Zhu Yuling.
27.
Feng Tianwei participated in the women's doubles event with Yu Mengyu.
28.
Feng Tianwei participated in the 2013 Women's World Cup and progressed to the semifinals, before losing out to Wu Yang of China.
29.
Feng Tianwei notched impressive results in 2014, winning several titles such as the Philippines Open, Australia Open, and most notably, Japan Open titles.
30.
Feng Tianwei attained the runner-up position in the Korea Open.
31.
Feng Tianwei impressed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal in the Women's singles event, Women's doubles event with Yu Mengyu, and the Women's team event, alongside teammates Yu Mengyu, Lin Ye, Zhou Yihan and Isabelle Li.
32.
At the 2014 Asian Games, Feng Tianwei secured two bronzes, one in the Women's singles event and the other in the Women's team event.
33.
Feng Tianwei led the Singapore Women's team to a bronze medal in the 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships.
34.
At the year-end ITTF Star Awards, Feng Tianwei was nominated for the Female Table Tennis Star award, alongside star players Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen and Kasumi Ishikawa.
35.
Feng Tianwei led the Singapore women's team comprising Yu Mengyu, Isabelle Li and Yee Herng Hwee to a bronze medal in the 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships.
36.
Impressively, Feng Tianwei won 10 out of 11 matches that she played throughout the tournament, losing only to China's Li Xiaoxia in the semifinals.
37.
Feng Tianwei participated in the 2014 Korea Open and advanced all the way to the finals, where she lost to Germany's Han Ying.
38.
Feng Tianwei participated in the 2014 Japan Open, a Super Series tournament, and clinched the gold medal after defeating Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa in the final.
39.
Feng Tianwei participated in the Women's singles and Women's team event at the 2014 Asian Games.
40.
Feng Tianwei managed to clinch the bronze medal in the singles event, and managed to lead the Singapore women's team to a bronze medal at the women's team event.
41.
Feng Tianwei participated in ITTF Asian-Olympics Qualifier at Hong Kong from 13 to 17 April 2016.
42.
Feng Tianwei was the winner for SEA group and was given a direct entry to the singles event at Rio de Janeiro Olympics, her third Olympics appearance.
43.
Feng Tianwei reached the singles Quarter-Final but lost to Ai Fukuhara of Japan in 4 straight games.
44.
Feng Tianwei received a bye in Round 1 and Round 2 due to her seeding.
45.
Feng Tianwei suffered an early-round upset in WTT Contender, but made it to the finals in the WTT Star Contender event, where she lost to Mima Ito of Japan.
46.
Feng Tianwei took part in the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham.
47.
Feng Tianwei won three golds in the women's team, singles and doubles events.
48.
Feng Tianwei was awarded the David Dixon Award, presented to the Commonwealth Games athlete who showcases an exceptional level of performance, commitment and fair play.
49.
Feng Tianwei is the first Singaporean to win this award.