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|height = 1.55 m<ref name="Beijing 2008">{{citation|title=Athlete biography: WANG Yue Gu|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/202323.shtml|publisher=[[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing 2008]], [[Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games|Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad]]|year=2008|access-date=18 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818152155/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/202323.shtml|archive-date=18 August 2008}}.</ref> |
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{{MedalSilver |[[Table tennis at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games|2009 Vientiane]] |Doubles}} |
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'''Wang Yuegu''' ({{zh|c=王越古|p=Wáng Yuègǔ}}, {{IPA-cmn|wǎŋ ɥêkù|pron}}; born 10 June 1980) is a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]]-born [[Singaporean]] [[table tennis]] player who was ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean table tennis player |
'''Wang Yuegu''' ({{zh|c=王越古|p=Wáng Yuègǔ}}, {{IPA-cmn|wǎŋ ɥêkù|pron}}; born 10 June 1980) is a retired [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]]-born [[Singaporean]] [[table tennis]] player who was ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean table tennis player on the [[International Table Tennis Federation]] (ITTF) [[ITTF Pro Tour|Pro Tour]] in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in [[Suncheon, Jeonnam|Suncheon]], [[South Korea]], where she and [[Sun Beibei]] took the [[silver medal]] in the women's doubles. On 24 September 2006, Wang achieved her first [[gold medal]] on the Pro Tour at the Japan Open in [[Yokohama]]. She repeated the feat against her compatriot [[Li Jiawei]] on 12 November at the ITTF Pro Tour German Open in [[Bayreuth]]. In June 2007, Wang helped Singapore sweep the women's team, women's doubles and mixed doubles gold trophies at the 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in [[Jaipur]]. |
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Representing Singapore for the first time at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], she was a member of the silver medal-winning women's table tennis team, consisting of Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and herself. This |
Representing Singapore for the first time at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], she was a member of the silver medal-winning women's table tennis team, consisting of Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and herself. This marked the first time that Singaporeans had won an Olympic medal since [[History of Singapore#1965–present: Republic of Singapore|Singapore's independence]] in 1965. The medal came 48 years after weightlifter [[Tan Howe Liang]] won the country's first medal, a silver in weightlifting at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]]. In May 2010 the trio of Wang, [[Feng Tianwei]] and Sun stunned the reigning champion China 3–1 in the [[World Table Tennis Championships|Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships]] in Moscow, making Singapore world champion for the first time. |
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Wang won the women's team bronze medal with Feng and Li at the [[Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team|2012 Summer Olympics]] in London. She announced her retirement from competitive sports in August 2012 |
Wang won the women's team bronze medal with Feng and Li at the [[Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team|2012 Summer Olympics]] in London. She announced her retirement from competitive sports in August 2012. |
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==Early years== |
==Early years== |
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Wang Yuegu was born on 10 June 1980<ref name="Beijing 2008"/> in [[Anshan]], [[Liaoning]].<ref name="ITTF bio"/><ref>{{citation|title=Wang Yuegu|url=http://www.tgezi.cn/blog/article.asp?id=256|publisher={{lang|zh-Hans|淘宝}} [Táobǎo]|date=2 March 2008| |
Wang Yuegu was born on 10 June 1980<ref name="Beijing 2008"/> in [[Anshan]], [[Liaoning]].<ref name="ITTF bio"/><ref>{{citation|title=Wang Yuegu|url=http://www.tgezi.cn/blog/article.asp?id=256|publisher={{lang|zh-Hans|淘宝}} [Táobǎo]|date=2 March 2008|access-date=23 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921121720/http://www.tgezi.cn/blog/article.asp?id=256|archive-date=21 September 2008|url-status=dead}}.</ref> In December 2004 she relocated to Singapore under the [[Foreign Sports Talent Scheme]] as this offered her more opportunities to prove herself at the international level.<ref name="ITTF Japan 2006 1">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Wang Yue Gu stages remarkable recovery to win her first ITTF Pro Tour title|url=http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/press_release.asp?PT_Title=Japan%20Open&s_Year=2006|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=24 September 2006|access-date=23 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929174533/http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/press_release.asp?PT_Title=Japan%20Open&s_Year=2006|archive-date=29 September 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> She subsequently became a [[Singaporean nationality law|Singapore citizen]]. |
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==Career |
==Career== |
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Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean on the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) [[ITTF Pro Tour|Pro Tour]] in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in [[Suncheon, Jeonnam|Suncheon]], [[South Korea]], where she and [[Sun Beibei]] took the [[silver medal]] in the women's doubles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7652 |title=Competition Results for WANG Yuegu (SIN) |publisher=ITTF | |
Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean on the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) [[ITTF Pro Tour|Pro Tour]] in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in [[Suncheon, Jeonnam|Suncheon]], [[South Korea]], where she and [[Sun Beibei]] took the [[silver medal]] in the women's doubles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7652 |title=Competition Results for WANG Yuegu (SIN) |publisher=ITTF |access-date=7 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004230456/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7652 |archive-date=4 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ITTF Korea 2005">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=New names|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=7225&Competition_ID=1510&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=12 June 2005|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922160055/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=7225&Competition_ID=1510&|archive-date=22 September 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> Later that year, she and Sun went on to take two more silvers in doubles matches at the Chinese Taipei Open<ref name="ITTF Chinese Taipei 2005">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Unbeatable combination|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=7267&Competition_ID=1511&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=19 June 2005|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922160100/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=7267&Competition_ID=1511&|archive-date=22 September 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> and Volkswagen (China) Open.<ref name="ITTF China 2005">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Title for classic combination|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=7601&Competition_ID=1531&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=18 September 2005|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922160110/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=7601&Competition_ID=1531&|archive-date=22 September 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> |
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In 2006, Wang came third in the women's singles at the ITTF Pro Tour Chinese Taipei Open held in [[Taipei]], bettering that effort by taking the singles [[silver medal]] at the subsequent ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open.<ref>{{citation|title=Wang Yue Gu|url=http://www.snoc.org.sg/p_wangyuegu.php|publisher=[[Singapore National Olympic Council]]|year=2008| |
In 2006, Wang came third in the women's singles at the ITTF Pro Tour Chinese Taipei Open held in [[Taipei]], bettering that effort by taking the singles [[silver medal]] at the subsequent ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open.<ref>{{citation|title=Wang Yue Gu|url=http://www.snoc.org.sg/p_wangyuegu.php|publisher=[[Singapore National Olympic Council]]|year=2008|access-date=17 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822155520/http://www.snoc.org.sg/p_wangyuegu.php|archive-date=22 August 2008}}.</ref> On 24 September, Wang achieved her first [[gold medal]] on the Pro Tour at the Japan Open in [[Yokohama]], beating China's Guo Yan who was then the number one seed and ranked third in the world.<ref name="ITTF Japan 2006 1"/><ref name="ITTF Japan 2006 2">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Wang Yue Gu performs the great escape to capture gold in Yokohama|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=10131&Competition_ID=1590&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=24 September 2006|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922160035/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=10131&Competition_ID=1590&|archive-date=22 September 2008|url-status=live}}; {{citation|title=Wang secures second Japan crown|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/table_tennis/5379572.stm|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=25 September 2006|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810092722/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/table_tennis/5379572.stm|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live}}.</ref> The achievement brought her into the top ten of the women's world ranking list for the first time in her career.<ref>{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Wang Yue Gu secures top ten place for the first time in her career|url=http://www.ittf.com/stories/Stories_detail.asp?ID=10262&Category=&General_Catigory=General&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=4 October 2006|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820120955/http://www.ittf.com/stories/Stories_detail.asp?ID=10262&Category=&General_Catigory=General&|archive-date=20 August 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> Wang repeated her gold-winning feat against compatriot [[Li Jiawei]] on 12 November at the ITTF Pro Tour German Open in [[Bayreuth]].<ref name="ITTF German 2006">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Wang Yue Gu avenges defeat of one week earlier by succeeding in Bayreuth|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=10545&Competition_ID=1596&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=12 November 2006|access-date=15 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922160040/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=10545&Competition_ID=1596&|archive-date=22 September 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> In June 2007, Wang helped Singapore sweep the women's team,<ref name="2007 C'wealth team">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Stern resistance from Malaysia but Singapore captures gold in Jaipur|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=11820&Competition_ID=1650&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=2 June 2008|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922160045/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=11820&Competition_ID=1650&|archive-date=22 September 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> women's doubles<ref name="2007 C'wealth">{{citation|title=17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships 2007, Jaipur, India, 30 May – 5 June 2007|url=http://jaipur.comtab.com|publisher=Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation|date=5 June 2007|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513183931/http://jaipur.comtab.com/|archive-date=13 May 2008|url-status=dead}}.</ref> and mixed doubles<ref name="2007 C'wealth mixed doubles">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Singapore adds to gold medal collection as mixed doubles crown is secured|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=11836&Competition_ID=1650&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=4 June 2008|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922160050/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=11836&Competition_ID=1650&|archive-date=22 September 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> gold trophies at the 17th [[Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships]] in [[Jaipur]]. On 20 April 2008, top-seeded Wang beat Li again to the women's singles title at the Brazilian Open.<ref name="ITTF 20080420">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall |title=Wang Yue Gu justifies her top seeded position to win Brazilian title |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=15253&Competition_ID=1702& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518145407/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=15253&Competition_ID=1702& |archive-date= 18 May 2011 |publisher=ITTF |date=20 April 2008 |access-date=7 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> As a singles player, she was ranked seventh in the world as of August 2008.<ref name="ITTF world ranking"/> |
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===2008 Summer Olympics=== |
===2008 Summer Olympics=== |
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Wang represented Singapore for the first time at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in the women's table tennis team tournament with her teammates [[Feng Tianwei]] and Li Jiawei. On 14 August the team defeated the [[Netherlands]] 3–0 to reach the semifinals, but not before a gruelling five-game doubles match against the Dutch players [[Li Jie (table tennis)|Li Jie]] and [[Elena Timina]] which Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu eventually won |
Wang represented Singapore for the first time at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in the women's table tennis team tournament with her teammates [[Feng Tianwei]] and Li Jiawei. On 14 August the team defeated the [[Netherlands]] 3–0 to reach the semifinals, but not before a gruelling five-game doubles match against the Dutch players [[Li Jie (table tennis)|Li Jie]] and [[Elena Timina]] which Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu eventually won 3–2.<ref>{{citation|author=Marc Lim|title=Moment of truth: Beat South Korea today, and Singapore are guaranteed the silver medal. Lose, and Singapore will go into a six-team play-off for the bronze|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]] (Sport)|date=15 August 2008|page=B15}}.</ref> During the semifinals against [[South Korea]]'s [[Dang Ye-Seo]], [[Kim Kyung-Ah]] and [[Park Mi-Young]] on 15 August, Wang and Li beat Kim and Park in the doubles match, but Wang lost her singles match to Dang. Singapore eventually triumphed over South Korea 3–2.<ref>{{citation|title=Compelling: How the Koreans were overcome in five matches|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=16 August 2008|page=C34}}.</ref> |
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[[File:SingaporeWomensTableTennisTeam-2008SummerOlympics-20080825-05.jpg|thumb|left|Wang (left) with her women's table tennis teammates [[Li Jiawei]] and [[Feng Tianwei]] showing off their silver medals won at the 2008 Summer Olympics during a ceremony on 25 August 2008 to welcome Team Singapore home]] |
[[File:SingaporeWomensTableTennisTeam-2008SummerOlympics-20080825-05.jpg|thumb|left|Wang (left) with her women's table tennis teammates [[Li Jiawei]] and [[Feng Tianwei]] showing off their silver medals won at the 2008 Summer Olympics during a ceremony on 25 August 2008 to welcome Team Singapore home]] |
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On 17 August, Wang and her teammates gained Singapore a silver medal in women's table tennis after losing to China in three matches.<ref>{{citation|title=China women take gold|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/17/sports/olytableten17.php| |
On 17 August, Wang and her teammates gained Singapore a silver medal in women's table tennis after losing to China in three matches.<ref>{{citation|title=China women take gold|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/17/sports/olytableten17.php|work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|date=17 August 2008|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919031355/http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/17/sports/olytableten17.php|archive-date=19 September 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> In the doubles match, Wang and Li were bested by China's [[Zhang Yining]] and [[Guo Yue (table tennis)|Guo Yue]]. This is the first time Singapore has won an Olympic medal since Singapore's independence in 1965. The medal comes 48 years after [[Tan Howe Liang]] won the country's first medal, a silver in weightlifting in the lightweight category at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]].<ref>{{citation|title=Olympics: Singapore enter women's table-tennis team final |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/368387/1/.html |publisher=[[Channel NewsAsia]] |date=15 August 2008 |access-date=15 August 2008 }}; {{citation|author=Marc Lim|title=At last! S'pore assured of at least a silver after 48-year wait|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=16 August 2008|page=1}}; {{citation|author=Leonard Thomas |title=A new Olympic heroine: First medal since 1960 |url=http://www.todayonline.com/articles/271233.asp |newspaper=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]] |date=16 August 2008 |pages=1 & 3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818231654/http://www.todayonline.com/articles/271233.asp |archive-date=18 August 2008 }}; {{citation|author=Leonard Thomas |title=A silver spark? Feng, Li and Wang could just be what's needed to fire up sports talent and development in S'pore |url=http://www.todayonline.com/articles/271499.asp |newspaper=Today |date=18 August 2008 |pages=1–2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822231236/http://www.todayonline.com/articles/271499.asp |archive-date=22 August 2008 }}.</ref> |
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Wang and her teammates received [[bye (sports)|byes]] into the third round of the singles tournament.<ref name="Today 20080821">{{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong |title=Yuegu crashes out: Jiawei and Tianwei cruise into last 16 despite team-mate's shock loss |url=http://www.todayonline.com/articles/272095.asp |newspaper=Today |date=21 August 2008 |page=55 |url-status=dead | |
Wang and her teammates received [[bye (sports)|byes]] into the third round of the singles tournament.<ref name="Today 20080821">{{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong |title=Yuegu crashes out: Jiawei and Tianwei cruise into last 16 despite team-mate's shock loss |url=http://www.todayonline.com/articles/272095.asp |newspaper=Today |date=21 August 2008 |page=55 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826084731/http://www.todayonline.com/articles/272095.asp |archive-date=26 August 2008 }}.</ref> However, Wang's Olympics came to an end after she was defeated 1–4 by the [[Dominican Republic]]'s [[Wu Xue]]. Seeded fifth in the tournament, Wang was expected to overcome Wu, ranked 50th in the world by the ITTF, without difficulty but made numerous unforced errors. She had beaten Wu at all previous encounters.<ref>{{citation|author=Chua Chin Hon|title=Wang makes shock exit: She loses to Dominican player, but teammates Li and Feng progress|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=21 August 2008|page=B12}}.</ref> Team manager Antony Lee attributed Wang's loss to the fact that Wu had played above her usual standard, and that Wang had been unable to cope with the spin from Wu's left-handed serves.<ref name="Today 20080821"/> |
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At a victory celebration in Singapore on 25 August, [[Vivian Balakrishnan]], the [[Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports|Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports]], announced that Wang, Feng and Li would be presented with the ''[[Pingat Jasa Gemilang]]'' (Meritorious Service Medal). This is only the third time the medal will be awarded to athletes, the two previous recipients being weightlifter Tan Howe Liang (1962) and swimmer [[Joscelin Yeo]] (2006).<ref>{{citation|author=Jeanette Wang|author2=Lin Xinyi|author3=Valerie Chia|title=Cheers and national honours for winning trio|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=26 August 2008|page=A6}}; {{citation|author=Tan Yo-Hinn |title=A party 48 years in the making: Team Singapore return to a grand heroes' welcome |url=http://www.todayonline.com/articles/272924.asp |newspaper=Today |date=26 August 2008 |page=31 |url-status=dead | |
At a victory celebration in Singapore on 25 August, [[Vivian Balakrishnan]], the [[Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports|Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports]], announced that Wang, Feng and Li would be presented with the ''[[Pingat Jasa Gemilang]]'' (Meritorious Service Medal). This is only the third time the medal will be awarded to athletes, the two previous recipients being weightlifter Tan Howe Liang (1962) and swimmer [[Joscelin Yeo]] (2006).<ref>{{citation|author=Jeanette Wang|author2=Lin Xinyi|author3=Valerie Chia|title=Cheers and national honours for winning trio|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=26 August 2008|page=A6}}; {{citation|author=Tan Yo-Hinn |title=A party 48 years in the making: Team Singapore return to a grand heroes' welcome |url=http://www.todayonline.com/articles/272924.asp |newspaper=Today |date=26 August 2008 |page=31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827101151/http://www.todayonline.com/articles/272924.asp |archive-date=27 August 2008 }}.</ref> |
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In May 2009, the national table tennis women's team, composed of Wang and her teammates Feng, Li and Sun Beibei, were awarded the Team of the Year (Event) prize at the Singapore Sports Awards.<ref>{{citation|author=Terrence Voon|author2=Lin Xinyi|title=Paddlers are team of the year ... but no award for coach|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=6 May 2009}}; {{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong|title=Women's paddlers: 3-in-a-row|url=http://www.todayonline.com/articles/318243.asp| |
In May 2009, the national table tennis women's team, composed of Wang and her teammates Feng, Li and Sun Beibei, were awarded the Team of the Year (Event) prize at the Singapore Sports Awards.<ref>{{citation|author=Terrence Voon|author2=Lin Xinyi|title=Paddlers are team of the year ... but no award for coach|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=6 May 2009}}; {{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong|title=Women's paddlers: 3-in-a-row|url=http://www.todayonline.com/articles/318243.asp|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5gar6xZT6?url=http://www.todayonline.com/articles/318243.asp|archive-date=7 May 2009|newspaper=Today|date=6 May 2009|page=43|access-date=7 May 2009}}.</ref> |
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===Events between 2008 and 2012=== |
===Events between 2008 and 2012=== |
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On 22 November 2008, despite crashing out of the singles event earlier, Wang and her teammates Feng and Li won the top title and [[United States dollar|US$]]8,000 at the ITTF Pro Tour ERKE German Open in Berlin.<ref name="ITTF German Open 2008">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Gold for Singapore, a major boost of confidence for Germany|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=16746&Competition_ID=1730&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=22 November 2008| |
On 22 November 2008, despite crashing out of the singles event earlier, Wang and her teammates Feng and Li won the top title and [[United States dollar|US$]]8,000 at the ITTF Pro Tour ERKE German Open in Berlin.<ref name="ITTF German Open 2008">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Gold for Singapore, a major boost of confidence for Germany|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=16746&Competition_ID=1730&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=22 November 2008|access-date=25 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424230422/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=16746&Competition_ID=1730&|archive-date=24 April 2009}}; {{citation|author=Lin Xinyi|title=S'pore win team crown: Women paddlers put aside singles losses for joint glory in Germany|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=24 November 2008|page=B13}}.</ref> In an all-Singapore singles final at the Polish Open in Warsaw on 30 November, Wang took silver against Feng who achieved her first professional singles title.<ref name="ITTF Polish Open 2008">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Feng Tianwei collects first career ITTF Pro Tour Women's Singles Gold|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=16819&Competition_ID=1731&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=30 November 2008|access-date=4 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424230128/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=16819&Competition_ID=1731&|archive-date=24 April 2009}}; {{citation|author=Jonathan Wong|title=Feng, 22, claims first professional title|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=1 December 2008|page=B10}}.</ref> She was fifth in ''[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]]'' newspaper's list of athletes of the year for 2008.<ref>{{citation|author=Leonard Thomas|title=The brightest star of all: Table tennis star Li Jiawei is TODAY's Singapore Athlete of the Year 2008|url=http://www.todayonline.com/articles/295016.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425132833/http://www.todayonline.com/articles/295016.asp|archive-date=25 April 2009|url-status=dead|newspaper=Today|date=31 December 2008|page=24}}.</ref> |
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On 24 May 2009, Wang and [[Yang Zi (table tennis)|Yang Zi]] beat [[Gao Ning]] and Sun Beibei to the mixed doubles gold in an all-Singaporean final at the 18th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Glasgow. The next day, Wang also took the singles title from her teammate Yu Mengyu.<ref name="ST 20090526">{{citation|title=Paddlers win 6 golds again|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=26 May 2009|page=B11}}.</ref> |
On 24 May 2009, Wang and [[Yang Zi (table tennis)|Yang Zi]] beat [[Gao Ning]] and Sun Beibei to the mixed doubles gold in an all-Singaporean final at the 18th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Glasgow. The next day, Wang also took the singles title from her teammate Yu Mengyu.<ref name="ST 20090526">{{citation|title=Paddlers win 6 golds again|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=26 May 2009|page=B11}}.</ref> |
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Wang participated in the [[2009 Southeast Asian Games|25th Southeast Asian Games]] in [[Vientiane]], [[Laos]]. She was a member of the Singapore women's team with Feng Tianwei and Sun Beibei that beat Thailand 3–0 on 10 December 2009.<ref name="25th SEA Games">{{citation|title=Result list – table tennis: Women's team |url=http://www.laoseagames2009.com/RS2009/bm/tt/result_team_ko.aspx?eid=2305&mid=331 | |
Wang participated in the [[2009 Southeast Asian Games|25th Southeast Asian Games]] in [[Vientiane]], [[Laos]]. She was a member of the Singapore women's team with Feng Tianwei and Sun Beibei that beat Thailand 3–0 on 10 December 2009.<ref name="25th SEA Games">{{citation|title=Result list – table tennis: Women's team |url=http://www.laoseagames2009.com/RS2009/bm/tt/result_team_ko.aspx?eid=2305&mid=331 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5m4bZNsRV?url=http://www.laoseagames2009.com/RS2009/bm/tt/result_team_ko.aspx?eid=2305&mid=331 |archive-date=16 December 2009 |publisher=[[2009 Southeast Asian Games|25th SEA Games, Laos, Vientiane 2009]] |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=16 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}; {{citation|author=Lin Xinyi|title=Double delight: Singapore's men and women clinch table tennis team gold|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=11 December 2009}}; {{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong |title=Table tennis team gold sparks Singapore off |url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC091211-0000119/Table-tennis-team-gold-sparks-Singapore-off |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5m4c3D7kQ?url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC091211-0000119/Table-tennis-team-gold-sparks-Singapore-off |archive-date=16 December 2009 |newspaper=Today |date=11 December 2009 }}.</ref> On 13 December, she and her partner Yang defeated compatriots Feng and Gao in an all-Singapore final in the mixed doubles.<ref name="CNA 20091213">{{citation|title=SEA Games: Quah shines as Singapore wins two more golds in swimming|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1024542/1/.html|publisher=[[Channel NewsAsia]]|date=13 December 2009|access-date=2 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116175210/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1024542/1/.html|archive-date=16 January 2010|url-status=live}}.</ref> The following day, in another all-Singapore encounter, she and her partner Feng were beaten by Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu in the women's doubles.<ref name="ST 20091215">{{citation|author=Lin Xinyi|title=Sun and Yu stun Feng and Wang|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=15 December 2009|page=B8}}; {{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong|title=Sun, Yu retain doubles crown|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC091215-0000102/Sun,-Yu-retain-doubles-crown|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5m4Z8d0g4?url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC091215-0000102/Sun,-Yu-retain-doubles-crown|archive-date=16 December 2009|newspaper=Today|date=15 December 2009|page=48|url-status=dead}}.</ref> The following day, she picked up another silver in the singles competition after battling Feng.<ref name="ST 20091216">{{citation|author=Lin Xinyi|title=Table toppers: Singapore paddlers sweep singles golds to finish on a high|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=16 December 2009|page=B10}}; {{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong|title=It will be a big year for table tennis: Feng and Gao Ning win final two golds, as STTA chief looks ahead to 2010|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC091216-0000097/It-will-be-a-big-year-for-table-tennis|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5m4Zl06E8?url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC091216-0000097/It-will-be-a-big-year-for-table-tennis|archive-date=16 December 2009|newspaper=Today|date=16 December 2009|page=65}}.</ref> |
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Together with Feng and Sun, Wang was a member of the team at the [[World Table Tennis Championships|Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships]] in Moscow that defeated China, 17-time winner and the reigning world champion, with a score of 3–1 on 30 May 2010. This was the first time that Singapore had won the event. In the game she played, Wang beat world number one Liu Shiwen.<ref name="ITTF 20100531">{{citation |author=Ian Marshall |title=Singapore sensation, champions of the world, dramatic scenes in Moscow |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=21248&Competition_ID=1896& | |
Together with Feng and Sun, Wang was a member of the team at the [[World Table Tennis Championships|Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships]] in Moscow that defeated China, 17-time winner and the reigning world champion, with a score of 3–1 on 30 May 2010. This was the first time that Singapore had won the event. In the game she played, Wang beat world number one [[Liu Shiwen]].<ref name="ITTF 20100531">{{citation |author=Ian Marshall |title=Singapore sensation, champions of the world, dramatic scenes in Moscow |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=21248&Competition_ID=1896& |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5q8gpXce2?url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=21248&Competition_ID=1896& |archive-date=31 May 2010 |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |date=30 May 2010 |access-date=31 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}; {{citation|author=Lin Xinyi|title=World champions: A gritty Feng leads Singapore to their first table tennis world title|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=31 May 2010|page=B9}}; {{citation |title=World champs!: S'pore beat favourites China in World Team Table Tennis C'ships |url=http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC100531-0000074/World-champs! |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5q8hSeqKI?url=http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC100531-0000074/World-champs! |archive-date=31 May 2010 |newspaper=Today |date=31 May 2010 |page=1 |url-status=dead}}; {{citation |author=Shamir Osman |title=Feng stars in world champs' story: Singapore rock sports world as they stun China in women's team event |url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC100531-0000079/Feng-stars-in-world-champs-story |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5q8h9mrmZ?url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC100531-0000079/Feng-stars-in-world-champs-story |archive-date=31 May 2010 |newspaper=Today |date=31 May 2010 |page=22 }}; {{citation|author=Lin Xinyi|title=How the Singapore team turned the tables on the giants|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=1 June 2010|page=A10}}.</ref> The ''[[Southern Daily]]'' published in [[Guangdong]] criticized Chinese sports authorities for permitting China-born players like Wang, Feng and Li to leave and play for other countries: "For the sake of developing the sport, China has been talking about 'breeding wolves'. Well, now the wolf has grown up and it has returned home to bite."<ref>{{citation|author=Peh Shing Huei|title=Shock loss 'good': Chinese admit their dominance is hurting table tennis|newspaper=The Straits Times (Sport)|date=1 June 2010|pages=B6–B7}}.</ref> |
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On 3 May 2010, the [[Singapore National Olympic Council]] named the national women's table tennis team of which she is a member together with Feng Tianwei, Zena Sim Kai Xin, Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu as Team of the Year (Team Event) for 2009.<ref>{{citation|author=Leonard Lim|title=Feng is top star: Women's table tennis bags a double, but no Sportsman of the Year again|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=4 May 2010|page=B8}}; {{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong|title=Feng the brightest star: Paddler named Sportswoman of the Year, Ting Wen receives special accolade|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC100504-0000126/Feng-the-brightest-star| |
On 3 May 2010, the [[Singapore National Olympic Council]] named the national women's table tennis team of which she is a member together with Feng Tianwei, Zena Sim Kai Xin, Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu as Team of the Year (Team Event) for 2009.<ref>{{citation|author=Leonard Lim|title=Feng is top star: Women's table tennis bags a double, but no Sportsman of the Year again|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=4 May 2010|page=B8}}; {{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong|title=Feng the brightest star: Paddler named Sportswoman of the Year, Ting Wen receives special accolade|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC100504-0000126/Feng-the-brightest-star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505175929/http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC100504-0000126/Feng-the-brightest-star|archive-date=5 May 2010|newspaper=Today|date=4 May 2010|page=24|access-date=4 May 2010|url-status=dead}}.</ref> Later in the year, she clinched the gold in the women's singles at the 2010 Japan Open of the ITTF Pro Tour on 4 July, beating Zhu Yuling 4–0 in less than half an hour.<ref name="ITTF 20100704">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall |title=World Championship gold medallist ends teenage dreams at Japan Open |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=21459&Competition_ID=1956& |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5r3DDSuxf?url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=21459&Competition_ID=1956& |archive-date= 7 July 2010 |publisher=ITTF |date=4 July 2010 |access-date=7 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}; {{citation|author=Frankie Chee|title=Wang Yuegu triumphs at Japan Open|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=5 July 2010}}; {{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong |title=S'pore's Wang regains Japan Open crown |url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC100705-0000062/Spores-Wang-regains-Japan-Open-crown |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5r3DXS5yy?url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC100705-0000062/Spores-Wang-regains-Japan-Open-crown |archive-date=7 July 2010 |newspaper=Today |date=5 July 2010 |page=20 }}.</ref> |
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At the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Delhi]], Wang and her colleagues Feng and Li beat the hosts to take the [[table tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's team|women's team]] gold medal on 8 October.<ref name="ITTF 20101008">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall |title=Gold for Singapore, honour for India at Commonwealth Games |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22222&Competition_ID=1997& | |
At the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Delhi]], Wang and her colleagues Feng and Li beat the hosts to take the [[table tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's team|women's team]] gold medal on 8 October.<ref name="ITTF 20101008">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall |title=Gold for Singapore, honour for India at Commonwealth Games |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22222&Competition_ID=1997& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003172626/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22222&Competition_ID=1997& |archive-date=3 October 2012 |publisher=ITTF |date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> She also won the [[table tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Mixed doubles|mixed doubles]] competition with Yang on 12 October,<ref name="ITTF 20101012">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall |title=Yang Zi and Wang Yuegu add to Commonwealth gold medal haul |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22255&Competition_ID=1997& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315041208/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22255&Competition_ID=1997& |archive-date=15 March 2012 |publisher=ITTF |date=12 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> took silver with Feng in the [[table tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's doubles|women's doubles]] on 14 October,<ref name="ITTF 20101014">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall |title=Delight for India but top two steps of podium belong to Singapore |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22274&Competition_ID=1997& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003172429/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22274&Competition_ID=1997& |archive-date=3 October 2012 |publisher=ITTF |date=14 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> and clinched the bronze medal in the [[table tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|singles]] the day before.<ref name="ITTF 20101013">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall |title=Feng Tianwei secures women's singles Gold at First Attempt |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22266&Competition_ID=1997& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315062904/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22266&Competition_ID=1997& |archive-date=15 March 2012 |publisher=ITTF |date=13 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> Subsequently, at the [[2010 Asian Games]] in [[Guangzhou]], Wang and her teammates Feng and Li achieved the silver in the [[table tennis at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's team|women's team]] event on 16 November.<ref name="ITTF 20101116">{{citation|author=Ian Marshall |title=Awesome, breathtaking, humbling, China delivers message to the world |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22543&Competition_ID=2005& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118205049/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22543&Competition_ID=2005& |archive-date=18 November 2010 |publisher=ITTF |date=16 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> |
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===2012 Summer Olympics=== |
===2012 Summer Olympics=== |
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Wang represented [[Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Singapore]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London. In the [[table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|women's singles]], she was defeated 4–1 by Japan's [[Kasumi Ishikawa]] in the quarterfinals on 31 July.<ref>{{citation|author=Tan Yo-Hinn|title=Wang lets fly at officials after loss|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120801-0000062/Wang-lets-fly-at-officials-after-loss| |
Wang represented [[Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Singapore]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London. In the [[table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|women's singles]], she was defeated 4–1 by Japan's [[Kasumi Ishikawa]] in the quarterfinals on 31 July.<ref>{{citation|author=Tan Yo-Hinn|title=Wang lets fly at officials after loss|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120801-0000062/Wang-lets-fly-at-officials-after-loss|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731224225/http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120801-0000062/Wang-lets-fly-at-officials-after-loss|archive-date=31 July 2012|url-status=dead|newspaper=Today|date=1 August 2012}}.</ref> She also participated in the [[table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team|women's team competition]] with Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei. They were beaten 0–3 by Japan in the semifinals, but took the bronze medal on 7 August by edging South Korea out 3–0. Feng defeated Kim Kyung Ah 11–9, 11–8, 4–11, 13–11; and Li also successfully fended off [[Seok Ha Jung]] 11–5, 11–8, 6–11, 11–8. Li and Wang then succeeded in the doubles game against Seok and Dang Ye Seo 11–9, 11–6, 6–11, 11–5. This marked the first time Singapore had won more than one medal at an Olympic Games.<ref name="ST 20120808">{{citation|author=Terrence Voon|title=Women's team clinch 2nd bronze for Singapore|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=8 August 2012|page=1|quote=[I]t is the first time that Singapore will be heading home from any Olympics with more than one medal}}. See also {{citation|author=Terrence Voon|title=Bronze marks end of an era: The STTA's priority now should be to rebuild a new team around Feng|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=8 August 2012|page=B27}}; {{citation|author=Philip Goh|title=S'pore paddlers clinch team bronze|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120808-0000061/Spore-paddlers-clinch-team-bronze|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69lew8S0l?url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120808-0000061/Spore-paddlers-clinch-team-bronze|archive-date=8 August 2012|newspaper=Today|date=8 August 2012|page=1}}; {{citation|author=Tan Yo-Hinn|title=Jiawei's starring role: Veteran paddler's experience helps S'pore to women's team bronze medal|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120808-0000047/Jiaweis-starring-role|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69lf7b6xy?url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120808-0000047/Jiaweis-starring-role|archive-date=8 August 2012|newspaper=Today|date=8 August 2012|page=60}}.</ref> |
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==Retirement== |
===Retirement=== |
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On 29 August 2012, Wang announced to ''The Straits Times'' that she had submitted her resignation from competitive sports on 24 August<ref>{{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong|title=Now for the next generation: STTA angling for mix of local and foreign talents for future after Wang Yuegu's retirement|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120831-0000077/Now-for-the-next-generation| |
On 29 August 2012, Wang announced to ''The Straits Times'' that she had submitted her resignation from competitive sports on 24 August<ref>{{citation|author=Low Lin Fhoong|title=Now for the next generation: STTA angling for mix of local and foreign talents for future after Wang Yuegu's retirement|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120831-0000077/Now-for-the-next-generation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831001548/http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120831-0000077/Now-for-the-next-generation|archive-date=31 August 2012|url-status=dead|newspaper=Today|date=31 August 2012|page=64}}.</ref> to spend more time with her mother and husband. |
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Wang indicated that she would like to start a family, and to study economics and management, or [[sport psychology]]. She said: "It's the right time to leave. I'm getting old, I've been injured, and I've a family now. It's time to give our youth paddlers a chance. If it's still the three of us [Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei and herself] at [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio in 2016]], it's not good for the development of Singapore sport."<ref>{{citation|author=Lin Xinyi|title=Wang hangs up her bat: Paddler's retirement marks end of S'pore sport's most successful team|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=30 August 2012|page=B28}}.</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
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⚫ | Wang was married to Gabriel Lee, a Taiwanese based in Germany. In July 2016, she started divorce proceedings against Lee within a month of giving birth to her first child,<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 October 2016|title=坐月期间办离婚 王越古:原因大家明白|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/znews/sports/story20161015-678064|access-date=14 September 2019|website=早报|language=en}}</ref> and was divorced three months later.<ref>{{Cite web|title=本地前乒乓女将王越古宣布离婚:原因大家明白|url=https://www.8world.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-others/article/20161015-lif-wang-yuegu-439926|access-date=14 September 2019|website=www.8world.com}}</ref> It was reported that Lee was having an affair with a mother of four children prior to the divorce.<ref>{{Cite web|title=本地前乒乓女将王越古 微博曝出前夫出轨内幕 – 8频道新闻及时事节目|url=https://www.channel8news.sg/news8/mostread/20170509-sg-wangyuegu/3711476.html|access-date=14 September 2019|website=Channel 8 News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=新加坡眼|date=10 May 2017|title=新加坡女乒名将王越古,狠爆渣男前夫出轨记录|url=http://www.yan.sg/henbaozgananqianfuchuguan/|access-date=14 September 2019|website=新加坡眼|language=zh-CN}}</ref> |
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==Medals== |
==Medals== |
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|align=center|'''Women's singles'''<ref>{{citation|title=Our stars: Wang Yuegu |url=http://www.stta.org.sg/OurStarDetail.aspx?SID=7 | |
|align=center|'''Women's singles'''<ref>{{citation|title=Our stars: Wang Yuegu |url=http://www.stta.org.sg/OurStarDetail.aspx?SID=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215055510/http://www.stta.org.sg/OurStarDetail.aspx?SID=7 |archive-date=15 February 2012 |publisher=Singapore Table Tennis Association |year=2012 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> |
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|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[Silver medal|Silver]] |
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|ITTF Pro Tour Korean Open<br />[[Jeonju]], [[Jeollabuk-do]], South Korea |
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|align=center|'''Women's singles'''<ref>{{citation|title=Women's singles – semi finals|url=http://www.ittf.com/competitions/matches_per_round2.asp?competition_ID=1570&rnd=4&s_Event_Type=WS|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=11 June 2008| |
|align=center|'''Women's singles'''<ref>{{citation|title=Women's singles – semi finals|url=http://www.ittf.com/competitions/matches_per_round2.asp?competition_ID=1570&rnd=4&s_Event_Type=WS|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=11 June 2008|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922160115/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/matches_per_round2.asp?competition_ID=1570&rnd=4&s_Event_Type=WS|archive-date=22 September 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> |
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|align=center bgcolor=#CD7F32|[[Bronze medal|Bronze]] |
|align=center bgcolor=#CD7F32|[[Bronze medal|Bronze]] |
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|align=center|'''Women's singles'''<ref name="2007 C'wealth"/><ref>{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Sun Bei Bei adds to collection of titles at Commonwealth Championships|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story.asp?ID=11839&Competition_ID=1650&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=5 June 2008| |
|align=center|'''Women's singles'''<ref name="2007 C'wealth"/><ref>{{citation|author=Ian Marshall|title=Sun Bei Bei adds to collection of titles at Commonwealth Championships|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story.asp?ID=11839&Competition_ID=1650&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|date=5 June 2008|access-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922160030/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story.asp?ID=11839&Competition_ID=1650&|archive-date=22 September 2008|url-status=live}}.</ref> |
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|align=center|'''Women's team'''<ref>{{citation|author=Ian Marshall |title=Singapore provides severe test as China retain women's team world title |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=14878&Competition_ID=1678& |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |date=1 March 2008 | |
|align=center|'''Women's team'''<ref>{{citation|author=Ian Marshall |title=Singapore provides severe test as China retain women's team world title |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=14878&Competition_ID=1678& |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |date=1 March 2008 |access-date=16 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302192346/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=14878&Competition_ID=1678& |archive-date= 2 March 2008 }}.</ref><br>(with Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei, Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu) |
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|align=center|'''Women's team'''<ref>{{citation|title=Japan Open 2008 – WSTM2 |url=http://www.ittf.com/world_events/team_Indv_matches1.asp?Tour_Code=1708&Event_Type=WSTM2&P1_Assc=CHN&P2_Assc=SIN |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |date=May 2008 | |
|align=center|'''Women's team'''<ref>{{citation|title=Japan Open 2008 – WSTM2 |url=http://www.ittf.com/world_events/team_Indv_matches1.asp?Tour_Code=1708&Event_Type=WSTM2&P1_Assc=CHN&P2_Assc=SIN |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |date=May 2008 |access-date=16 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527052422/http://www.ittf.com/world_events/team_Indv_matches1.asp?Tour_Code=1708&Event_Type=WSTM2&P1_Assc=CHN&P2_Assc=SIN |archive-date=27 May 2008 }}.</ref><br>(with Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei) |
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|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[Silver medal|Silver]] |
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|align=center|24 May 2008 |
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|ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen Japan Open<br />[[Yokohama]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], Japan |
|ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen Japan Open<br />[[Yokohama]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], Japan |
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|align=center|'''Women's team'''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/medals?discId=45 | title=2008 Summer Olympics Medals |
|align=center|'''Women's team'''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/medals?discId=45 | title=2008 Summer Olympics Medals – Table Tennis | access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref><br>(with Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei) |
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|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[Silver medal|Silver]] |
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|align=center|'''Women's singles'''<ref>{{citation|title=Spaniard Maintains Outstanding Form to Prevent All Singaporean Final |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=21716&Competition_ID=1967& |publisher=Ian Marshall |date=15 August 2010 | |
|align=center|'''Women's singles'''<ref>{{citation|title=Spaniard Maintains Outstanding Form to Prevent All Singaporean Final |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=21716&Competition_ID=1967& |publisher=Ian Marshall |date=15 August 2010 |access-date=20 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820120319/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=21716&Competition_ID=1967& |archive-date=20 August 2010 }}.</ref> |
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|align=center bgcolor=#CD7F32|[[Bronze medal|Bronze]] |
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*{{citation|title=Athlete biography: WANG Yue Gu|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/202323.shtml|publisher=[[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing 2008]], [[Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games|Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad]]|year=2008| |
*{{citation|title=Athlete biography: WANG Yue Gu|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/202323.shtml|publisher=[[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing 2008]], [[Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games|Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad]]|year=2008|access-date=18 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818152155/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/202323.shtml|archive-date=18 August 2008}}. |
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*{{citation|title=WANG Yue Gu|url=http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=110000&s_Assoc=&s_Gender=&s_Name=&s_Player_ID=&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation| |
*{{citation|title=WANG Yue Gu|url=http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=110000&s_Assoc=&s_Gender=&s_Name=&s_Player_ID=&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|access-date=23 August 2008}}. |
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*{{citation|title=WANG Yuegu's results of competitions|url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7652|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation| |
*{{citation|title=WANG Yuegu's results of competitions|url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7652|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|access-date=7 January 2011}}. |
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*{{citation|title=World ranking record for WANG Yuegu (SIN)|url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=110000&U18=0&U21=0&Siniors=1&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation| |
*{{citation|title=World ranking record for WANG Yuegu (SIN)|url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=110000&U18=0&U21=0&Siniors=1&|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|access-date=7 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212190311/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=110000&U18=0&U21=0&Siniors=1&|archive-date=12 February 2011}}. |
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*[http://www.snoc.org.sg Official website of the Singapore National Olympic Council] |
*[http://www.snoc.org.sg Official website of the Singapore National Olympic Council] |
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*[http://www.stta.org.sg Official website of the Singapore Table Tennis Association] |
*[http://www.stta.org.sg Official website of the Singapore Table Tennis Association] |
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**{{citation|title=Our stars: Wang Yuegu|url=http://www.stta.org.sg/OurStarDetail.aspx?SID=7| |
**{{citation|title=Our stars: Wang Yuegu|url=http://www.stta.org.sg/OurStarDetail.aspx?SID=7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215055510/http://www.stta.org.sg/OurStarDetail.aspx?SID=7|archive-date=15 February 2012|publisher=Singapore Table Tennis Association|year=2012|url-status=dead}} |
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*[http://www.teamsingapore.com.sg Official website of Team Singapore, managed by the Singapore Sports Council] |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080917150723/http://www.ssc.gov.sg/publish/teamsingapore/en/games/Olympics/Beijing2008/beijing_2008/our_athletes.detail.html?athleteID=1632 Wang Yuegu at the Team Singapore website] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080917150723/http://www.ssc.gov.sg/publish/teamsingapore/en/games/Olympics/Beijing2008/beijing_2008/our_athletes.detail.html?athleteID=1632 Wang Yuegu at the Team Singapore website] |
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Full name | Wang Yuegu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Anshan, Liaoning | 10 June 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) (2008)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 5th (October 2010)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wang Yuegu (Chinese: 王越古; pinyin: Wáng Yuègǔ, pronounced [wǎŋ ɥêkù]; born 10 June 1980) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player who was ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean table tennis player on the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in Suncheon, Südkorea, where she and Sun Beibei took the silver medal in the women's doubles. On 24 September 2006, Wang achieved her first gold medal on the Pro Tour at the Japan Open in Yokohama. She repeated the feat against her compatriot Li Jiawei on 12 November at the ITTF Pro Tour German Open in Bayreuth. In June 2007, Wang helped Singapore sweep the women's team, women's doubles and mixed doubles gold trophies at the 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Jaipur.
Representing Singapore for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she was a member of the silver medal-winning women's table tennis team, consisting of Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and herself. This marked the first time that Singaporeans had won an Olympic medal since Singapore's independence in 1965. The medal came 48 years after weightlifter Tan Howe Liang won the country's first medal, a silver in weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. In May 2010 the trio of Wang, Feng Tianwei and Sun stunned the reigning champion China 3–1 in the Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, making Singapore world champion for the first time.
Wang won the women's team bronze medal with Feng and Li at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She announced her retirement from competitive sports in August 2012.
Early years
Wang Yuegu was born on 10 June 1980[1] in Anshan, Liaoning.[2][4] In December 2004 she relocated to Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme as this offered her more opportunities to prove herself at the international level.[5] She subsequently became a Singapore citizen.
Career
Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean on the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in Suncheon, South Korea, where she and Sun Beibei took the silver medal in the women's doubles.[6][7] Later that year, she and Sun went on to take two more silvers in doubles matches at the Chinese Taipei Open[8] and Volkswagen (China) Open.[9]
In 2006, Wang came third in the women's singles at the ITTF Pro Tour Chinese Taipei Open held in Taipei, bettering that effort by taking the singles silver medal at the subsequent ITTF Pro Tour Korea Open.[10] On 24 September, Wang achieved her first gold medal on the Pro Tour at the Japan Open in Yokohama, beating China's Guo Yan who was then the number one seed and ranked third in the world.[5][11] The achievement brought her into the top ten of the women's world ranking list for the first time in her career.[12] Wang repeated her gold-winning feat against compatriot Li Jiawei on 12 November at the ITTF Pro Tour German Open in Bayreuth.[13] In June 2007, Wang helped Singapore sweep the women's team,[14] women's doubles[15] and mixed doubles[16] gold trophies at the 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Jaipur. On 20 April 2008, top-seeded Wang beat Li again to the women's singles title at the Brazilian Open.[17] As a singles player, she was ranked seventh in the world as of August 2008.[3]
2008 Summer Olympics
Wang represented Singapore for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's table tennis team tournament with her teammates Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei. On 14 August the team defeated the Netherlands 3–0 to reach the semifinals, but not before a gruelling five-game doubles match against the Dutch players Li Jie and Elena Timina which Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu eventually won 3–2.[18] During the semifinals against South Korea's Dang Ye-Seo, Kim Kyung-Ah and Park Mi-Young on 15 August, Wang and Li beat Kim and Park in the doubles match, but Wang lost her singles match to Dang. Singapore eventually triumphed over South Korea 3–2.[19]
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On 17 August, Wang and her teammates gained Singapore a silver medal in women's table tennis after losing to China in three matches.[20] In the doubles match, Wang and Li were bested by China's Zhang Yining and Guo Yue. This is the first time Singapore has won an Olympic medal since Singapore's independence in 1965. The medal comes 48 years after Tan Howe Liang won the country's first medal, a silver in weightlifting in the lightweight category at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[21]
Wang and her teammates received byes into the third round of the singles tournament.[22] However, Wang's Olympics came to an end after she was defeated 1–4 by the Dominican Republic's Wu Xue. Seeded fifth in the tournament, Wang was expected to overcome Wu, ranked 50th in the world by the ITTF, without difficulty but made numerous unforced errors. She had beaten Wu at all previous encounters.[23] Team manager Antony Lee attributed Wang's loss to the fact that Wu had played above her usual standard, and that Wang had been unable to cope with the spin from Wu's left-handed serves.[22]
At a victory celebration in Singapore on 25 August, Vivian Balakrishnan, the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, announced that Wang, Feng and Li would be presented with the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal). This is only the third time the medal will be awarded to athletes, the two previous recipients being weightlifter Tan Howe Liang (1962) and swimmer Joscelin Yeo (2006).[24]
In May 2009, the national table tennis women's team, composed of Wang and her teammates Feng, Li and Sun Beibei, were awarded the Team of the Year (Event) prize at the Singapore Sports Awards.[25]
Events between 2008 and 2012
On 22 November 2008, despite crashing out of the singles event earlier, Wang and her teammates Feng and Li won the top title and US$8,000 at the ITTF Pro Tour ERKE German Open in Berlin.[26] In an all-Singapore singles final at the Polish Open in Warsaw on 30 November, Wang took silver against Feng who achieved her first professional singles title.[27] She was fifth in Today newspaper's list of athletes of the year for 2008.[28]
On 24 May 2009, Wang and Yang Zi beat Gao Ning and Sun Beibei to the mixed doubles gold in an all-Singaporean final at the 18th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Glasgow. The next day, Wang also took the singles title from her teammate Yu Mengyu.[29]
Wang participated in the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos. She was a member of the Singapore women's team with Feng Tianwei and Sun Beibei that beat Thailand 3–0 on 10 December 2009.[30] On 13 December, she and her partner Yang defeated compatriots Feng and Gao in an all-Singapore final in the mixed doubles.[31] The following day, in another all-Singapore encounter, she and her partner Feng were beaten by Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu in the women's doubles.[32] The following day, she picked up another silver in the singles competition after battling Feng.[33]
Together with Feng and Sun, Wang was a member of the team at the Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow that defeated China, 17-time winner and the reigning world champion, with a score of 3–1 on 30 May 2010. This was the first time that Singapore had won the event. In the game she played, Wang beat world number one Liu Shiwen.[34] The Southern Daily published in Guangdong criticized Chinese sports authorities for permitting China-born players like Wang, Feng and Li to leave and play for other countries: "For the sake of developing the sport, China has been talking about 'breeding wolves'. Well, now the wolf has grown up and it has returned home to bite."[35]
On 3 May 2010, the Singapore National Olympic Council named the national women's table tennis team of which she is a member together with Feng Tianwei, Zena Sim Kai Xin, Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu as Team of the Year (Team Event) for 2009.[36] Later in the year, she clinched the gold in the women's singles at the 2010 Japan Open of the ITTF Pro Tour on 4 July, beating Zhu Yuling 4–0 in less than half an hour.[37]
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Wang and her colleagues Feng and Li beat the hosts to take the women's team gold medal on 8 October.[38] She also won the mixed doubles competition with Yang on 12 October,[39] took silver with Feng in the women's doubles on 14 October,[40] and clinched the bronze medal in the singles the day before.[41] Subsequently, at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, Wang and her teammates Feng and Li achieved the silver in the women's team event on 16 November.[42]
2012 Summer Olympics
Wang represented Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In the women's singles, she was defeated 4–1 by Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa in the quarterfinals on 31 July.[43] She also participated in the women's team competition with Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei. They were beaten 0–3 by Japan in the semifinals, but took the bronze medal on 7 August by edging South Korea out 3–0. Feng defeated Kim Kyung Ah 11–9, 11–8, 4–11, 13–11; and Li also successfully fended off Seok Ha Jung 11–5, 11–8, 6–11, 11–8. Li and Wang then succeeded in the doubles game against Seok and Dang Ye Seo 11–9, 11–6, 6–11, 11–5. This marked the first time Singapore had won more than one medal at an Olympic Games.[44]
Retirement
On 29 August 2012, Wang announced to The Straits Times that she had submitted her resignation from competitive sports on 24 August[45] to spend more time with her mother and husband.
Wang indicated that she would like to start a family, and to study economics and management, or sport psychology. She said: "It's the right time to leave. I'm getting old, I've been injured, and I've a family now. It's time to give our youth paddlers a chance. If it's still the three of us [Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei and herself] at Rio in 2016, it's not good for the development of Singapore sport."[46]
Personal life
Wang was married to Gabriel Lee, a Taiwanese based in Germany. In July 2016, she started divorce proceedings against Lee within a month of giving birth to her first child,[47] and was divorced three months later.[48] It was reported that Lee was having an affair with a mother of four children prior to the divorce.[49][50]
Medals
Event | Medal | Date | Competition |
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Women's doubles[7] (with Sun Beibei) |
Silver | 12 June 2005 | International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour Volkswagen Korean Open Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, South Korea |
Women's doubles[8] (with Sun Beibei) |
Silver | 19 June 2005 | ITTF Pro Tour TMS Chinese Taipei Open Taipei, Chinese Taipei |
Women's doubles[9] (with Sun Beibei) |
Silver | 18 September 2005 | ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen (China) Open Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China |
2006 | |||
Women's singles[51] | Silver | 1–4 June 2006 | ITTF Pro Tour Korean Open Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea |
Women's singles[52] | Bronze | 11 June 2006 | ITTF Pro Tour TMS Chinese Taipei Open Taipei, Chinese Taipei |
Women's singles[11] | Gold | 24 September 2006 | ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
Women's singles[13] | Silver | 1–5 November 2006 | ITTF Pro Tour Eurosib Russian Open Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Women's singles[13] | Gold | 12 November 2006 | ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr German Open Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany |
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Women's team[14][15] (with Sun Beibei and Tan Paey Fern) |
Gold | 2 June 2007 | 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
Mixed doubles[15][16] (with Yang Zi) |
Gold | 4 June 2007 | 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
Women's singles[15][53] | Silver | 5 June 2007 | 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
Women's doubles[15] (with Sun Beibei) |
Gold | 5 June 2007 | 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
2008 | |||
Women's team[54] (with Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei, Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu) |
Silver | 1 March 2008 | Evergrande Real Estate World Team Table Tennis Championships Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China |
Women's singles[17] | Gold | 20 April 2008 | ITTF Pro Tour Brazilian Open Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
Women's team[55] (with Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei) |
Silver | 24 May 2008 | ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen Japan Open Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
Women's team[56] (with Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei) |
Silver | 13–17 August 2008 | 2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, People's Republic of China |
Women's team[26] (with Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei) |
Gold | 22 November 2008 | ITTF Pro Tour ERKE German Open Berlin, Germany |
Women's singles[27] | Silver | 30 November 2008 | ITTF Pro Tour Polish Open Warsaw, Poland |
2009 | |||
Mixed doubles[29] (with Yang Zi) |
Gold | 24 May 2009 | 18th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships Glasgow, Scotland |
Women's singles[29] | Gold | 25 May 2009 | 18th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships Glasgow, Scotland |
Women's team[30] (with Feng Tianwei, Sim Kaixin Zena, Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu) |
Gold | 10 December 2009 | 25th Southeast Asian Games Vientiane, Laos |
Mixed doubles[31] (with Yang Zi) |
Gold | 13 December 2009 | 25th Southeast Asian Games Vientiane, Laos |
Women's doubles[32] (with Feng Tianwei) |
Silver | 14 December 2009 | 25th Southeast Asian Games Vientiane, Laos |
Women's singles[33] | Silver | 15 December 2009 | 25th Southeast Asian Games Vientiane, Laos |
2010 | |||
Women's team[34] (with Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei, Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu) |
Gold | 30 May 2010 | Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships Moscow, Russia |
Women's singles[37] | Gold | 4 July 2010 | ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |
Women's singles[57] | Bronze | 15 August 2010 | ITTF Pro Tour Korean Open Incheon, South Korea |
Women's team[38] (with Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei) |
Gold | 8 October 2010 | 19th Commonwealth Games Delhi, India |
Mixed doubles[39] (with Yang Zi) |
Gold | 12 October 2010 | 19th Commonwealth Games Delhi, India |
Women's singles[41] | Bronze | 13 October 2010 | 19th Commonwealth Games Delhi, India |
Women's doubles[40] (with Feng Tianwei) |
Silver | 14 October 2010 | 19th Commonwealth Games Delhi, India |
Women's team[42] (with Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei) |
Silver | 16 November 2010 | 16th Asian Games Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
2012 | |||
Women's team[44] (with Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei) |
Bronze | 7 August 2012 | 2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom |
See also
- Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- List of Singapore world champions in sports
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References
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- WANG Yue Gu, International Table Tennis Federation, retrieved 23 August 2008.
- WANG Yuegu's results of competitions, International Table Tennis Federation, retrieved 7 January 2011.
- World ranking record for WANG Yuegu (SIN), International Table Tennis Federation, archived from the original on 12 February 2011, retrieved 7 January 2011.
External links
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- Official website of the Singapore National Olympic Council
- Official website of the Singapore Table Tennis Association
- Our stars: Wang Yuegu, Singapore Table Tennis Association, 2012, archived from the original on 15 February 2012
- Wang Yuegu at the Team Singapore website
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Table tennis players from Anshan
- 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
- Asian Games medalists in table tennis
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore
- Olympic bronze medalists for Singapore
- Olympic medalists in table tennis
- Olympic silver medalists for Singapore
- Olympic table tennis players for Singapore
- Recipients of the Pingat Jasa Gemilang
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore
- Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- SEA Games medalists in table tennis
- SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
- World Table Tennis Championships medalists
- Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games