Tie Ya Na

Tie Ya Na or Tie Yana (Chinese: 帖雅娜; pinyin: Tiē Yǎnà; Sidney Lau: tip3 nga5 noh5; born 13 May 1979) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China who won two silver medals at the 2006 Asian Games in the singles and doubles competitions.[1][3]

Tie Ya Na
Tie in 2016
Personal information
Nationality Hong Kong, China
Born (1979-05-13) 13 May 1979[1]
Henan, China
Playing styleRighted-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking3 (July 2006)[2]
Current ranking16 (December 2016)
Height1.615 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51.3 kg (113 lb; 8.08 st)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tie (Chinese: 帖).

Tie played for China in the Universiade before emigrating to Hong Kong in 2002.

She is married to Tang Peng, another table tennis player representing Hong Kong. [4]

Career records

Singles (as of 9 November 2014)[3]

  • Olympics: QF (2004, 08).[5]
  • World Championships: round of 16 (2003, 05, 11).
  • World Cup appearances: 11. Record: runner-up (2008); 3rd (2002, 04, 11).
  • Pro Tour winner (8): Korea Open 2002; Brazil Open 2003; Russian Open 2004; Croatian Open 2004; Korea, Chinese Taipei Open 2006; Brazil Open 2007; Hungarian Open 2010. Runner-up (2): USA, Swedish Open 2005.
  • Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 9. Record: SF (2005).
  • Asian Games: runner-up (2006).
  • Asian Championships: SF (2003).
  • Asian Cup: 1st (2004); 3rd (2003, 05).

Women's doubles

  • Olympics: QF (2004).
  • World Championships: SF (2005, 09, 11)
  • Pro Tour winner (14): Russian, Slovenian, Croatian, Chile, USA, German, Swedish Open 2005; Korea, Japan Open 2006; Brazil, Chile Open 2007; Chile, China (Shanghai) Open 2008, Spain 2011. Runner-up (8): Italian Open 2002; Danish Open 2003; Qatar, Singapore Open 2006; Qatar, Austrian Open 2007; Kuwait, Korea Open 2009.
  • Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 9. Record: runner-up (2009, 2010); SF (2004, 07, 08).
  • Asian Games: runner-up (2006)
  • Asian Championships: SF (2003, 05, 07)

Mixed doubles

  • World Championships: SF (2007)
  • Asian Games: winner (2002)
  • Asian Championships: runner-up (2007); SF (2003)

Team

  • Olympics: 5th (2008, 2012)
  • World Championships: 2nd (2004, 06); 3rd (2008, 2012)
  • World Team Cup: 3rd (2007, 09, 2013)
  • Asian Championships: 1st (2005); 2nd (2003)

References
  1. "ITTF players' profiles". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  2. "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  3. "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  4. Tan, Patrick (8 April 2014). "Tie Yana Hopes To Play In The Rio Olympics". Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  5. "Olympic results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
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