Lay Jian Fang
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Jian Fang Lay aka Jian Fang Lay-Hong (Chinese:洪劍芳), is a right-handed Australian ladies table tennis
player. She plays penhold, with a long pimple rubber at one side for use of attacking, blocking as well as chopping. She is currently number 1 female player in Australia, as well as number 141 in the world.
Born in Wen Zhou, China
, Lay moved to Melbourne
in the early 1990s and eventually became a three time Victorian champion as well as winning several titles in other Victorian tournaments. She was selected in the Australian national team in 1994 and participated in the Sydney
, Athens
and Beijing
Olympic Games
. Lay also competed at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games where she took home a total of three silver and two bronze medals.
At June 2008, she eventually returned to the number 1 female in Victoria and Australia after staying at number 3 spot since 2007. She was first qualified to the Beijing Olympics after beating Stephanie Sang at the Oceania Qualifiers at Nouméa, New Caledonia.
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. She plays penhold, with a long pimple rubber at one side for use of attacking, blocking as well as chopping. She is currently number 1 female player in Australia, as well as number 141 in the world.
Born in Wen Zhou, China
China
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, Lay moved to Melbourne
Melbourne
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in the early 1990s and eventually became a three time Victorian champion as well as winning several titles in other Victorian tournaments. She was selected in the Australian national team in 1994 and participated in the Sydney
2000 Summer Olympics
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, Athens
2004 Summer Olympics
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and Beijing
2008 Summer Olympics
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Olympic Games
Olympic Games
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. Lay also competed at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games where she took home a total of three silver and two bronze medals.
At June 2008, she eventually returned to the number 1 female in Victoria and Australia after staying at number 3 spot since 2007. She was first qualified to the Beijing Olympics after beating Stephanie Sang at the Oceania Qualifiers at Nouméa, New Caledonia.