Shirley Zhou | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Xuěnī Zhōu (周雪妮) 3 October 1978 Beijing, China | ||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | |||||||||||||||
Playing style | Fast attack, close to table | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shirley Zhou (born 3 October 1978), born Xueni Zhou (Chinese: 周雪妮; pinyin: Zhōu Xuěnī), is an Australian Table Tennis player who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics.
Shirley is the daughter of Chinese Table Tennis player and national coach of both China and Australia Zhou Lansun.
During her playing career, Shirley also won the following titles and awards:
- 1993 Australian Junior Girls Singles Champion
- 1994 Oceania Open Women Singles Champion
- 1998 Australian National Women Singles Champion
- Victorian Open Senior Women Champion in 1993, 1994 and 1998
- Victorian Open Junior Girls Champion in 1991 and 1992
- Table Tennis Australia Junior Player Of The Year award in 1992, 1993 & 1994
- Table Tennis Victoria Player Of The Year award in 1996 & 1998
- Table Tennis Victoria Junior Hall of Fame member (awarded in 2015)
- Table Tennis Victoria Open Hall of Fame member (awarded in 2010)
References
- "Shirley Zhou Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- http://nationals.tabletennis.org.au/historical_records/junior_1993/u17_indiv.pdf
- https://ittfoceania.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1994-OceaniaChampionships-Open.pdf
- http://nationals.tabletennis.org.au/historical_records/senior_1998/senior_indiv.pdf
- http://nationals.tabletennis.org.au/historical_records/honour_rolls/michael_szabados_award.pdf
- https://www.tabletennisvic.org.au/history/honour-rolls-annual-awards-players/
- https://www.tabletennisvic.org.au/history/honour-rolls-vic-open-junior/
- https://www.tabletennisvic.org.au/history/honour-rolls-vic-open-senior/
- https://www.tabletennisvic.org.au/history/hall-of-fame-junior/
- https://www.tabletennisvic.org.au/history/hall-of-fame-open/
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Table tennis players from Beijing
- Australian female table tennis players
- Chinese female table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic table tennis players for Australia
- Chinese emigrants to Australia
- Naturalised table tennis players
- Table tennis biography stubs
- Australian sportspeople stubs
- Chinese table tennis biography stubs