Feng Tianwei
| Feng Tianwei | |
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Asian Cup 2015 Women Singles Champion
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| Native name | 冯天薇 |
| Nationality |
 Singapore
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| Residence | Singapore |
| Born |
31 August 1986 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China |
| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip |
| Equipment(s) | Butterfly Zhang Jike Blade |
| Highest ranking | 2 (April - September 2010, August 2011) |
| Current ranking | 3 (March 2017) |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Feng Tianwei (simplified Chinese: 冯天薇; traditional Chinese: 馮天薇; pinyin: Féng Tiānwēi, pronounced [fə̌ŋ tjɛ́nwéi]) is a Singapore table tennis player. She moved to Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis the following month.
Feng represented Singapore for the first time in the Olympic Games at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On 15 August 2008, the Singapore team comprising Feng and her teammates Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu defeated South Korea 3–2 in the semifinals. The team lost to China in the final, obtaining the silver medal. This was Singapore's first Olympic medal in 48 years and its first as an independent nation.
On 30 May 2010, the trio of Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Sun Beibei stunned the reigning champions China 3–1 in the Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, making Singapore world champion for the first time.
On 1 August 2012, Feng defeated Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan 4–0 to win the women's singles bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Singapore's first Olympic singles medal since the 1960 Summer Olympics. On 7 August 2012, she was part of the women's team with Li and Wang that achieved the bronze against South Korea. This was the first time Singapore had won two medals at an Olympic Games.
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