Pan Li-chun | |
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Nationality | Republic of China |
Born | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 26 February 1982
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand[1] |
Equipment(s) | DHS Hurricane[1] |
Highest ranking | 105 (August 2008)[2] |
Current ranking | 168 (July 2012)[2] |
Club | Taiwan Cooperative Bank[1] |
Pan Li-chun (Chinese: 潘麗春; pinyin: Pān Lìchūn; born 26 February 1982 in Kaohsiung) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.[3] As of July 2012, Pan is ranked no. 168 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] Pan is a member of the table tennis team for Taiwan Cooperative Bank, and is coached and trained by Hsu Long-Chien.[1] Pan is also right-handed, and uses the shakehand grip.[1]
Pan represented the Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's singles. She defeated Egypt's Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz in the unseeded preliminary round, before losing out the first round match to Turkey's Melek Hu, with a set score of 1–4.[4][5]