Chen Chien-an

Chen Chien-an (Chinese: 陳建安; born 16 June 1991) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.[4] He won the 2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in singles.[5]

Chen Chien-an
Personal information
Born (1991-06-16) June 16, 1991
Hsinchu County, Taiwan[1]
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking17 (November 2014)[2]
Current ranking49 (December 2019)
ClubRyukyu Asteeda
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)[3]
Chen Chien-an
Traditional Chinese陳建安
Simplified Chinese陈建安
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

In May 2013, in the 52nd World Table Tennis Championships held in Paris, France, Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan defeated Hao Shuai and Ma Lin 9–11, 12–10, 11–6, 13–11, 9–11, 11–8 in the final, and won Men's Doubles title. Chuang and Chen became the first athletes in Taiwan to win any World Table Tennis Championships title.

Chen Chien-an is sponsored by the German table tennis brand TIBHAR.

References
  1. "チェン ジエン アン（陳 建安）". T. League (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  2. "Player Profile - Chen Chien-an". ITTF. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. "Chien An Chen". G4S. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  5. Marius Widmer (December 13, 2008). "Chen Chien-An Collects Gold Medal for Chinese Taipei". ITTF. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
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