Mo Zhang (table tennis)
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| Full name | Mo Zhang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1989 Shijiazhuang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Shakehand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment(s) | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 21 (May 2018)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | National Training Center, Ottawa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mo Zhang (Chinese: 張墨;[2] born 17 January 1989) is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Canada.[3] She was born in Shijiazhuang, and currently resides in Vancouver.
Career
She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition.
With her win at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, she qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games.[4]
She won a bronze medal in the women's doubles with Anqi Luo at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[5]
In June 2016, she was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[6] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she lost in the second round to Hungary's Georgina Póta.[7]
She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8] Zhang qualified for her fifth Olympics in 2024.[9]
Career results
North American Table Tennis Championships
- 2013 Vancouver: Runner-up Women's Singles
- 2011 Mississauga: Winner Women's Singles
- 2010 Grand Rapids: Winner Women's Singles
- 2009 Laval: Winner Women's Singles
- 2006 Rochester: Winner Women's Doubles
- 2008 Las Vegas: Runner-up Women's Singles
- 2007 Laval: Runner-up Women's Singles
- 2006 Rochester: Runner-up Women's Singles
North America Cup
- 2015 Markham: Winner Women's Singles
- 2014 Burnaby: Winner Women's Singles
- 2012 Mississauga: Runner-up Women's Singles
- 2011 Mississauga: Runner-up Women's Singles
- 2011 Mississauga: Winner Women's Team
Pan American Games
- 2015 Toronto: Bronze Women's Team
- 2011 Guadalajara: Winner Women's Singles
- 2007 Rio de Janeiro: Runner-up Women's Team
ITTF Pan-America Cup
References
- ^ http://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=details&formid=99&rowid=110560&Itemid=266 Archived 9 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine - Accessed 9 Sep 2018
- ^ jmah (10 July 2015). "Pan Am Canadian Table Tennis Gold medal hopefuls". WYKAAO Table Tennis. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Mo Zhang". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ http://www.ittf.com/Stories/pictures/qualified_players_london_m.pdf Players qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games (accessed 1 November 2011).
- ^ "Anqi Luo on table tennis bronze in women's doubles with Mo Zhang". www.commonwealthgames.ca/. Commonwealth Games Canada. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ Hossain, Asif (1 June 2016). "Olympic veterans Zhang and Wang will return to Rio for table tennis". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Women's Singles". 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Zhang and Wang qualify for Tokyo 2020 at ITTF North American Olympic qualifiers". www.insidethegames.biz. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Mo Zhang clinches 5th Olympic berth at table tennis tourney in Peru". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
External links
- Zhang Mo at World Table Tennis
- Zhang Mo at Olympedia
- Zhang Mo at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)