Tan Paey Fern

Tan Paey Fern
Personal information
Native name
陈佩芬
Full nameSharon Tan Paey Fern
Born (1974-07-15) July 15, 1974
Singapore
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight43 kg (95 lb; 6.8 st)[1]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Playing styleRight-hand shakehand grip
Medal record
Women's Table Tennis
Representing  Singapore
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2006 DohaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2002 BusanTeam
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2002 ManchesterTeam
Gold medal – first place2006 MelbourneTeam
Silver medal – second place2006 MelbourneDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2002 ManchesterSingles
Bronze medal – third place2002 ManchesterDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2006 MelbourneMixed doubles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1999 Bandar Seri BegawanTeam
Gold medal – first place2001 Kuala LumpurTeam
Gold medal – first place2003 VietnamTeam
Gold medal – first place2005 ManilaTeam
Gold medal – first place2007 Nakhon RatchasimaTeam
Silver medal – second place2003 VietnamDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1993 SingaporeDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1993 SingaporeMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place1997 Jakarta LumpurSingles
Bronze medal – third place1997 Jakarta LumpurTeam
Bronze medal – third place2005 ManilaDoubles

Tan Paey Fern (simplified Chinese: 陈佩芬; traditional Chinese: 陳佩芬; pinyin: Chén Pèifēn) is a Singaporean table tennis Player.

Tan was talent-scouted by ex-National Table Tennis Coach, Mr. Foo Soo Peng, when she was playing table tennis casually with her brother and some friends at the age of 9.[2] Tan was a very determined young girl.[2] She gave up her studies to practice table tennis. Her parents were worried but were very supportive.[2] Tan's skills vastly improved, and she soon turned semi-professional, becoming a full-time professional player in 1993.[2]

Post athletic career

On 10 January 2018, Fern, was named as the chef de mission of Singapore's first ever Winter Olympic team.[3][4]

Achievements

  • 2007
    • Commonwealth Championships
      • Gold - Women's Team
      • Bronze - Mixed Doubles (partner: Cai Xiao Li)
  • 2006
    • 15th Asian Games
      • Silver - Women's Team
    • 5th South East Asian Championships
      • Gold - Women's Team
      • Gold - Women's Doubles (partner: Zhang Xueling)
      • Silver - Women's Singles
      • Silver - Mixed DOubles
    • Commonwealth Games
      • Gold - Women's Team
      • Silver - Women's Doubles (partner: Xu Yan)
      • Bronze - Mixed Doubles (partner: Ho Jia Ren Jason)
  • 2005
    • ITTF Korea Open
    • Asian Cup
      • 5th - Women's Singles
  • 2004
    • Commonwealth Championships
      • Gold - Women's Team
      • Gold - Women's Doubles
      • Bronze - Women's Singles
    • Oylimpic Games
      • Top 16 - Women's Doubles (partner: Zhang Xueling)
  • 2003
    • 22nd SEA Games
  • 1997
    • Commonwealth Championships
      • Gold - Women's Team
      • Silver - Women's Singles
      • Silver - Women's Doubles

References

  1. 1 2 "Biographical information Sharon Tan". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tan Paey Fern". snoc.org.sg. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Olympian Tan Paey Fern to be chef de mission for Singapore's first Winter Olympics outing". Channel NewsAsia. Singapore. 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Chia, Nicole (10 January 2018). "Olympics: Former table tennis player Tan Paey Fern is Singapore's chef de mission for PyeongChang Winter Games". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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