Goi Rui Xuan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Native name | 魏睿萱 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Singapore | 26 February 2001|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed Shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Goi Rui Xuan (born 26 February 2001) is a Singaporean table tennis player. Her highest career ITTF ranking was 188. [1]
Goi studied at Singapore Sports School for four years, and had deferred her diploma studies which was offered as part of a through-train programme, to train full time. [2]
In 2017, Goi participated in table tennis mixed doubles event at the 2017 Asean School Games with Gerald Yu, and won gold. [3]
In 2018, Goi qualified for the table tennis singles event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, and represented Singapore. [4] [5] In 2019, Goi participated in table tennis women's doubles event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games along with Wong Xin Ru, and won bronze medal. [6]
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