Table tennis: Feng Tianwei joins Sport Singapore and pursues overseas master's at the same time
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- 26 Sep 2022
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Feng Tianwei is set to join Sport Singapore as an employee, the national sports agency revealed on Monday.
It announced that the Republic's most bemedalled Olympian and top table tennis player will join its sport development group, working on the development of sport pathways for children and youths, particularly in table tennis.
She is also set to embark on a two-year master's in sport industry management concurrently, at the Physical Education Teaching and Research Department of Peking University.
A spokesman added that she will work part-time, committing approximately eight to 10 hours a week, and her studies will equip her for a wider scope of career opportunities at SportSG in the future.
Feng, who will leave for Beijing at the end of September, said: "Like other high-performance athletes, I have come to a point to transit beyond my playing days. I am very pleased with what I have done for Singapore so far and, it is now time for me to give back to Singapore in a different way.
"I love sport and I do want to understand and learn more about the sport ecosystem beyond being an athlete. I believe that pursuing further studies, on top of my experience as an athlete, will give me a better understanding of the region's sport industry, and there will be more I can offer and contribute to the local sporting fraternity thereafter."
While this move rules her out of the Sept 30-Oct 9 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu, China, the 36-year-old added she will continue to train at a lower intensity to maintain her fitness, and "if I am given the opportunity, I will continue to represent Singapore". Read More…
