Jeon Ji-hee
Chinese-born South Korean table tennis player
Jeon Ji-hee (Korean: 전지희; born 28 October 1992), born Tian Minwei (Chinese: 田旻炜), is a Chinese-South Korean retired table tennis player of Manchu ethnicity.
Career
2016
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the fourth round by Yu Mengyu, and as part of the South Korean team in the women's team event.
2021
In March, Jeon played in WTT Doha. In the WTT Contender event, she reached the quarter-finals, where she was upset by Miyuu Kihara. In the WTT Star Contender event, she reached the semi-finals where she lost to Mima Ito. It marked her fourth straight loss to Ito, whom she would meet again in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Jeon represented South Korea in the women's singles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Jeon reached the quarter-finals, where she lost 4–0 to Mima Ito.
She got the gold medal in the women's double at Asian Championship with Shin Yu-bin.
2024
She got the bronze medal in the women's team event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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