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Portuguese table tennis player In this Chinese name, the family name is Shao.
Shao Jieni
Personal information
NationalityChinese (before 2015)
Portuguese (after 2015)
Born (1994-01-24) 24 January 1994 (age 30)
Anshan, Liaoning, China
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking43 (23 May 2023)
Current ranking61 (20 February 2024)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Portugal
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nantes Teams
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cluj-Napoca Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Malmö Team
Europe Top-16
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Montreux Singles
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran Team

Shao Jieni (Chinese: 邵杰妮; pinyin: Shào Jiénī, born 24 January 1994) is a Chinese-born Portuguese table tennis player.

Originally from Anshan, Shao Jieni began her professional career in Beijing. In 2010, at the age of sixteen and without speaking any English or Portuguese, she moved to Gondomar, Portugal to play for the Ala de Nun'Álvares de Gondomar club. She registered with the Portugal Table Tennis Federation in April 2013 and became a Portuguese national in August 2015.

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Lily Zhang.

Achievements

ITTF Tours

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Final opponent Score Rank
2015 Nigeria Open Challenge Dina Meshref 4–3 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016 Szandra Pergel 4–1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Indonesia Open Suthasini Sawettabut 4–3 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Final opponents Score Rank
2015 Nigeria Open Challenge Dina Meshref Cecilia Akpan
Offiong Edem 		3–1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Indonesia Open Luo Xue Suthasini Sawettabut
Orawan Paranang 		3–2 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Shao Jieni "Estou muito contente e ansiosa por jogar por Portugal"". Viva Cidade (in Portuguese). 2015-04-23.
  2. ^ Hong Enmeng (2011-07-04). "海外军团凸显鞍山乒乓强大 群众基础雄厚是直接保障". Qianshan Evening News (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  3. ^ "Shao Jieni". 2019 European Games. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  4. "Rank History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  5. "ITTF Eligibility Registration". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. "Jieni Shao". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  7. "Women's Singles - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  8. ^ Cephas, Omaku (14 March 2015). "Table Tennis: Omar Assar, Shao Jieni Triumph in Lagos Open Singles". Information Nigeria. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. "2016 Nigerian Open: Shao Jieni wins in Lagos for second year running". SD Sport. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  10. ^ Marshall, Ian (17 November 2019). "Day of firsts in Batam, titles for Shao Jieni and Harmeet Desai". ITTF. Retrieved 7 February 2020.


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