Cheng I-ching
Cheng I-ching (Chinese: 鄭怡靜; pinyin: Zhèng Yíjìng; born 15 February 1992) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Li Xiaoxia, and as part of the Chinese Taipei team in the women's team event. Cheng helped Chinese Taipei woman's team win bronze at the World Team Championships and became the first Taiwanese-born medalist at the Woman's World Cup in 2016.
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| Nationality | Taiwanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1992 Tainan, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 5 (February 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 18 (6 March 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cheng represented Taiwan in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the mixed doubles event alongside Lin Yun-ju, in which they won the bronze medal. She is currently also a master's degree student in the Department of Physical Education of Fu Jen Catholic University.
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