Showing posts with label singapore table tennis association. Show all posts
Showing posts with label singapore table tennis association. Show all posts

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Li Jiawei retires from competitive Table Tennis

China-born Li Jiawei, who represents Singapore in International Table Tennis tournaments, announced her retirement from Table Tennis.

Li Jiawei is a medallist at the Olympic games in 2008 and 2012. She was also a key member of the women's team that beat mighty China in the World Team Championships at Moscow in 2010. Her other achievements are multiple medals (including gold medals) at the Commonwealth Table Tennis championships and games.

Li Jiawei became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18, a couple of years after being spotted by Singaporean talent scouts, who offered to train and later retain her under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.

Li Jiawei was ranked as high as No. 3 in the world at one time and was 21st at the time of retirement. Sun Bei Bei, another star Singaporean Table Tennis player also announced her retirement. The Singapore Table Tennis Association made the announcement at Toa Payoh.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Lee Bee Wah elected as Singapore Table Tennis Association President again

Lee Bee Wah was re-elected at the Biennial General Meeting as the President of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA). This particular term lasts until 2014.

Ms. Lee has held the office from 2008.

During her stint as the STTA president, Singapore has won medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, defeated China to win the 2010 World Team Championships.

Low Yen Ling will be the deputy president.