Chen Chien-an

Chen Chien-an
Chen Chien-an
Traditional Chinese	陳建安
Simplified Chinese	陈建安
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Jiàn'ān
Wade–Giles	Ch'ên2 Chien4-an1

Chen Chien-an
Chen Chien-an
	Chen at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships
Personal information
Born	16 June 1991 (age 33); Hsinchu County, Taiwan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Left-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking	17 (November 2014)
Current ranking	78 (11 January 2022)
Club	Ryukyu Asteeda
Medal record
Representing Chinese Taipei
World Championships
Asian Games
Asian Championships

Chen Chien-an (Chinese: 陳建安; born 16 June 1991) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.^[5] He won the 2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in singles.^[6]

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.

Career

References

^ "チェンジエンアン（陳建安）". T. League (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
^ ^a ^b "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^ "Ranking progression". ittf.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "Rankings". ittf.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "Chien An Chen". G4S. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
^ Marius Widmer (December 13, 2008). "Chen Chien-An Collects Gold Medal for Chinese Taipei". ITTF. Retrieved May 18, 2013.