Li Jiawei
- January 11, 2024
- Table Tennis Player
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Li Jiawei Biography
| Birthday | Aug 9 |
| Birth Year | 1981 |
Li Jiawei is one of the most popular and richest Table Tennis Player who was born on August 9, 1981 in Beijing, Singapore. After losing three matches to China, Li and her team won Singapore a silver medal for women’s table tennis. Li won the first match of her singles match but was defeated by Zhang Yining, her Beijing Sports School former teammate. China’s Zhang Yue and Guo Yue defeated Singapore’s Li Yuegu and Wang Yuegu in the doubles match. This was the first Olympic medal that Singapore has won since 1965, when it became independent. This medal was awarded 48 years after Tan Howe Liang, who won the first medal in weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong asked that the English- language live broadcast of his National Day Rally speech be delayed by one day. This was because it coincided with the table tennis semifinals. He updated the audience on the score and called Tan Eng Liang (Team Singapore’s chef de missions) to thank the team.
Li was ranked 18th in the world 2000 and won gold medals in women’s singles, mixed doubles, and women’s teams at the XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester. She was also ranked eighth in November 2002. In December 2003, Li was part of the Singapore team that won the top awards at 23rd Southeast Asian Games for women’s team, mixed doubles, women’s doubles, and women’s singles.
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Li won gold for the women’s team and women’s doubles, and the silver medal for the women’s singles and mixed doubles events. Subsequently, she won the women’s singles at the ITTF Pro Tour Russia Open. She also achieved third place in the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals and the Women’s World Cup, which are two of the most prestigious and difficult competitions in the table tennis arena. At the 15th Asian Games held from 29 November to 7 December 2006 in Doha, Qatar, she achieved three medals: a silver for the women’s team event and two bronzes for the women’s singles and mixed doubles. The next year, she won gold in the singles at the ITTF Pro Tour Chinese Taipei Open in Taipei, and helped Singapore to the top spots in the women’s team and mixed doubles events at the 2007 SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand.
On 26 September 2008, Li registered a marriage in Beijing with Li Chao, a businessman based in that city; they were introduced by a mutual friend in March 2008. Sources quoted by The Straits Times said Li had long wanted her children to bear her surname. A lavish wedding banquet was held at the Beijing Hotel on 25 April 2009. On 13 October 2009, she and her husband had their first child, a boy weighing 3.575 kilograms (7.88 lb).
Li met fellow Olympian Ronald Susilo, a Singaporean badminton player, at a 2002 sports meet. After participating in the Athens Olympics together, they began dating and in September 2004, the “golden couple” (as the media called them) announced their engagement. Rumours circulated that they were splitting up two years later. They divorced in 2008.
Li Jiawei Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Table Tennis Player |
| House | Living in own house. |
Li Jiawei is one of the richest Table Tennis Player from Singapore. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Li Jiawei 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Li was born in Beijing, People’s Republic of China on 9th August 1981. She is the only child of a government official, and a housewife. Li attended the Beijing Shichahai Sports School in 1990. She was selected for the Beijing provincial team in 1994 and her table tennis skills were recognized by talent scouts from Singapore. She was invited to Singapore to train under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in 1996. She only returned to China one year each to visit her parents. The following year, she began competing in table tennis competitively for Singapore. She became a Singaporean citizen at the age of 18.
Li Jiawei, Chinese: Li Jia Wei; pinyin Li Jiawei; born 9th August 1981 in Singapore) is a former table tennis player from China. She was also a four- time Olympian as well as twice an Olympic medalist. She studied at Beijing’s Shichahai Sports School, where she was coached by Olympic medalist Zhang Yining. She moved to Singapore in 1995 and began her international career as a table tennis player. At the age of 18, she was made a Singaporean citizen under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.
On 3 July 2004, Li took gold in the women’s singles at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour US Open in Chicago. Subsequently, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she defeated the second-seeded China player Wang Nan but eventually finished in fourth place. In 2005, she was second in the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, and gained silver medals for the women’s singles and mixed doubles at the 23rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games held between 28 November and 4 December 2005 in Manila. She was also the key player in the gold-winning women’s team and women’s doubles events. In December 2005, she was ranked third in the world as a singles player. She won an individual Singapore Youth Award in 2005 and was Her World magazine’s Young Woman Achiever of 2005.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 8 in |
Li Jiawei height 5 ft 8 in Li weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Li Jiawei Dating?
According to our records, Li Jiawei married to Li Chao. As of December 1, 2023, Li Jiawei’s is not dating anyone.
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At the club competition level, Li played in the Chinese Table Tennis Super League. In 2008, she represented Peking University club, and in 2010, she played for Beijing Holdings, a team including world champion Ding Ning.
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Li Ranked on the list of most popular Table Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Singapore. Li Jiawei celebrates birthday on August 9 of every year.
Li’s highest world singles ranking was in December 2005, when she was placed third. Li was also a key player for the Singaporean women’s team and doubles, and mixed doubles events, having participated in three Olympics and achieving a medal for the latter two. She finished in fourth place in singles at both the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing at which she was an official flagbearer. On 15 August 2008, the Singapore women’s team composed of Li and her teammates Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu defeated South Korea 3–2 in the semifinals. However, in the finals on 17 August, the team lost to China and earned a silver medal, marking the first time that Singapore had won an Olympic medal since the nation’s independence in 1965. The momentous occasion came 48 years after Tan Howe Liang won the country’s first medal, a silver in weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Li ended 2008 on a high, winning gold in the women’s team event with Feng and Wang at the ITTF Pro Tour ERKE German Open in Berlin in November, and in the doubles with Sun Beibei at the ITTF Volkswagen Pro Tour Grand Finals in Macau in December 2008.