1. Li Jiawei is a retired Chinese-born former Singaporean table tennis player, four-time Olympian and twice Olympic medalist.
14 Facts About Li Jiawei
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Li Jiawei trained in Beijing's famous Shichahai Sports School with Olympic medalist Zhang Yining.
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Li Jiawei became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18 years under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.
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Li Jiawei finished in fourth place in singles at both the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing at which she was an official flagbearer.
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Li Jiawei began representing Singapore internationally in competitive table tennis the following year.
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Li Jiawei was the key player in the gold-winning women's team and women's doubles events.
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Li Jiawei won an individual Singapore Youth Award in 2005 and was Her World magazine's Young Woman Achiever of 2005.
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Li Jiawei achieved third place in the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals and the Women's World Cup, which are two of the most prestigious and difficult competitions in the table tennis arena.
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Li Jiawei won the accolade of Sportswoman of the Year from the Singapore National Olympic Council five times in a row between 2002 and 2006, and received a Meritorious Award in 2007.
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Li Jiawei provided the audience with updates on the score, and made a conference call to Tan Eng Liang, Team Singapore's chef de mission, to congratulate the team.
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Li Jiawei beat Croatia's Tamara Boros in the third round, Hong Kong's Lin Ling in the fourth round, and the USA's Wang Chen in the quarter-finals.
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Li Jiawei guided the women's team to gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and went on to win the women's doubles title with Sun Beibei.
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Li Jiawei ended 2010 with winning the silver medal in the women's team event of the 16th Asian Games.
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Li Jiawei participated in the women's team competition with Feng and Wang.