Maria Dolgikh (born July 24, 1987) is a Russian table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the first round by Jian Fang Lay. [1] [2]
Maria Esther Andion Bueno was a Brazilian professional tennis player. During her 11-year career in the 1950s and 1960s, she won 19 major titles, making her the most successful South American tennis player in history, and the only one to ever win Wimbledon. Bueno was the year-end No. 1 female player in 1959 and 1960 and was known for her graceful style of play.
Liu Jia is a Chinese-born Austrian left-handed table tennis player.
Mo Zhang is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Canada. She was born in Shijiazhuang, and currently resides in Vancouver.
Lianne Tan is a Belgian badminton player. She competed for Belgium at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo, and 2024 Paris Olympics. She was selected to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics, together with her brother Yuhan. In 2015, she won the silver medal in the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Jamie Chen Subandhi is an American badminton player who competes in the singles and mixed doubles category. In the mixed doubles, she is usually partnered with Phillip Chew. Subandhi won gold along with Chew in the mixed doubles category at the 2015 Pan American Games. In 2016, she competed in the mixed doubles event at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mariia Viktorivna Ulitina is a badminton player from Ukraine and the National Champion of Ukraine. She represented Ukraine in the 2016 Summer Olympics and proceeded to the knockout round after defeating the former world number one Saina Nehwal of India and Lohaynny Vicente of Brazil in the group stage.
Austria competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's twenty-seventh appearance at the Summer Olympics. Austrian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The Austrian Olympic Committee confirmed a squad of 71 athletes, 37 men and 34 women, to compete across 22 sports at the Games. The nation's full roster had one more participant than the previous two Games.
Puerto Rico competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt is a Danish badminton player specializing in singles. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in the women's doubles with Sandra-Maria Jensen. Kjærsfeldt also won a gold medal in 2015 European Games.
Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player. She is a triple gold medalist at the South Asian Games, a double gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, and a bronze medalist at the Asian Games, Asian Championships, and Asian Cup. She is India's number two in women and her world rank is 27 as of Nov 2024.
María Vilas Vidal is a Spanish swimmer. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Jeon Ji-hee, born Tian Minwei, is a Chinese-born South Korean table tennis player of Manchu ethnicity.
Cheng I-ching 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.
Sofia Polcanova is a Moldovan-Austrian table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Jian Fang Lay, and as part of the Austrian team in the women's team event. In 2021, she competed in the 2020 Olympics.
Katarzyna Grzybowska is a Polish table tennis player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Polish women's team in the team table tennis event. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Kim Song-i, and as part of the Polish team in the women's team event.
Fu Yu is a Chinese-born Portuguese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Nanthana Komwong.
Polina Yuryevna Mikhaylova is a Russian table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Viktoria Pavlovich.
Barbora Balážová is a Slovak table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Li Fen.
Hana Matelová is a Czech table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the first round by Zhang Mo. She won the French Championship with ASRTT Etival Clairefontaine on 2018–2019 season.
The 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2016 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 21st edition of the competition, and was held from 8–11 December 2016 in Doha, Qatar.