Tan Paey Fern is a Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

an Table Tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 Player.

Tan was talent-scouted by ex-National Table Tennis Coach, Mr. Foo Soo Peng, when she was playing table tennis casually with her brother and some friends at the age of 9. Tan was a very determined young girl. She gave up her studies to practice table tennis. Her parents were worried but were very supportive. Tan's skills vastly improved, and she soon turned semi-professional, becoming a full-time professional player in 1993.

Tan Paey Fern is currently ranked 94th in the world as of 7 August 2007.

Achievements

• 2007
  • Commonwealth Championships
    • Gold - Women's Team
    • Bronze - Mixed Doubles (partner: Cai Xiao Li)

• 2006
  • 15th Asian Games
    • Silver - Women's Team
  • 5th South East Asian Championships
    • Gold - Women's Team
    • Gold - Women's Doubles (partner: Zhang Xueling
      Zhang Xueling
      Zhang Xueling is a Singaporean table tennis player.Zhang started playing table tennis at the age of 6 and made her first international appearance in 1999...
      
      )
    • Silver - Women's Singles
    • Silver - Mixed DOubles
  • Commonwealth Games
    • Gold - Women's Team
    • Silver - Women's Doubles (partner: Xu Yan)
    • Bronze - Mixed Doubles (partner: Ho Jia Ren Jason)

• 2005
  • ITTF Korea Open
    • 1st - Women's Doubles (partenr: Zhang Xueling
      Zhang Xueling
      Zhang Xueling is a Singaporean table tennis player.Zhang started playing table tennis at the age of 6 and made her first international appearance in 1999...
      
      )
  • Asian Cup
    • 5th - Women's Singles

• 2004
  • Commonwealth Championships
    • Gold - Women's Team
    • Gold - Women's Doubles
    • Bronze - Women's Singles
  • Oylimpic Games
    • Top 16 - Women's Doubles (partner: Zhang Xueling)

• 2003
  • 22nd SEA Games

• 1997
  • Commonwealth Championships
    • Gold - Women's Team
    • Silver - Women's Singles
    • Silver - Women's Doubles

External links

• ITTF DATABASE