Zhang Xueling (; born 7 May 1983 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player.

Zhang started playing table tennis at the age of 6 and made her first International appearance in 1999. She won four gold medals at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, helping Singapore to sweep the women events as well as the mixed doubles.

Zhang Xueling

Zhang has defeated her higher-ranked fellow Singaporean, Li Jiawei, 3 times to date: once at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in the women's singles finals; another at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the mixed doubles finals partnered by Cai Xiaoli against Li and her teammate, Yang Zi; and in the women's singles finals in the same Games, winning four out of five gold medals for the country.

Zhang Xueling

In the Athens Olympics 2004, she went to the Games with no other target than to perform at her best. Zhang Xueling played her game and surprised the nation when she defeated 14th seed, Korea's Lee Eun Sil and Japan's Ai Fujinuma, to secure a position in the quarter-finals, before losing to Korea's Kim Hyang Mi.

Zhang Xueling

However, Zhang has resigned in February, and has returned to Shanghai to join her husband, Zheng Qi. Zheng Qi was the Ex-Assistant Table Tennis Coach for the Singapore's Men's Team. Zhang's departure was due to Wang Yuegu, another Chinese-born Table Tennis Player, who has just received her Singaporean citizenship in February 2007.

Achievements

1998

Golden Racket (VIE) Gold - Women's Doubles 2001 21st SEA Games Gold - Women's Team 2002 17th Commonwealth Games Gold - Women's Team Bronze - Women's Doubles South East Asian Championships 2002 Gold - Women's Team Gold Women's Singles Silver - Mixed Doubles 14th Asian Games Bronze - Women's Team 2003 Southeast Asian Games Silver - Women's Doubles (partner: Tan Paey Fern) Gold - Women's Team Silver - Women's Singles Asian Championships Bronze - Women's Team 2004 Olympic Games Top 8 - Women's Singles South East Asian Championships Gold - Women's Team Silver - Women's Doubles (partner: Tan Paey Fern) 2005 ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open Gold - Women's Doubles (partner: Tan Paey Fern) ITTF Pro Tour China Open Silver - Women's Doubles (partner: Tan Paey Fern) Singapore Sports Meritorious Senior Award SEA Games Gold - Women's Team Gold - Women's Singles Gold - Women's Doubles (partner: Li Jia Wei) Gold - Mixed Doubles (partner: Yang Zi) 2006 18th Commonwealth Games Gold - Women's Team Gold - Women's Singles Gold - Women's Doubles (partner: Li Jia Wei) Gold - Mixed Doubles (partner: Yang Zi) South East Asian Championships 2006 Gold - Women's Team Gold - Women's Singles Gold - Women's Doubles (partner: Tan Paey Fern) Gold - Mixed Doubles (partner: Yang Zi) 15th Asian Games Silver - Women's Team

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1983 births

Living people

Table tennis players from Beijing

Chinese emigrants to Singapore

Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent

Naturalised citizens of Singapore

Naturalised table tennis players

Chinese female table tennis players

Singaporean female table tennis players

Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore

Table tennis players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Olympic table tennis players for Singapore

Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Asian Games medalists in table tennis

Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games

Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games

Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis

Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games

Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore

Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore

SEA Games medalists in table tennis

SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore

SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore

Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games

Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games

Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games

Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games