Jeon Ji-hee

Jeon Ji-hee
Jeon Ji-hee
	Jeon in 2023
Personal information
Nationality	South Korean (since 2011)
Born	28 October 1992 (age 31); Langfang, Hebei, China
Height	159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Left-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking	10 (1 February 2022)
Current ranking	21 (20 February 2024)
Club	Mirae Asset Securities
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Summer Universiade
Representing Korea
World Championships

Jeon Ji-hee (Korean: 전지희; Hanja: 田志希; RR: Jeon Ji-hui, born 28 October 1992), born Tian Minwei (Chinese: 田旻炜), is a Chinese-born South Korean table tennis player of Manchu ethnicity.^[6]^[2]^[7]

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.^[8]^[9]

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.^[10]

Jeon represented South Korea in the women's singles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[11] Jeon reached the quarter-finals, where she lost 4–0 to Mima Ito.^[12]

Singles titles

Year	Tournament	Final opponent	Score	Ref
2011	ITTF Pro Tour Morocco Open	Sayaka Hirano	4–3	^[13]
2015	ITTF World Tour, Spanish Open	Sayaka Hirano	4–1	^[14]
	ITTF World Tour, Argentina Open	Yang Ha-eun	4–0	^[15]
	ITTF World Tour, Chile Open	Yoon Sun-ae	4–0	^[16]
2024	WTT Contender Doha	Shin Yu-bin	4–3	^[17]

References

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^ "1000년 이상 같은 나라였다… 전지희 신드롬에 '만주족' 재조명". The JoongAng. 2023-10-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
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^ "Analyzing Jeon Jihee's Serve Strategy Against Olympic Rival Mima Ito". Edges and Nets. 6 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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^ "WTT Contender Doha 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.