Lay Jian Fang

Jian Fang LAY (born March 6, 1973), also known as Jian Fang Lay-Hong (Chinese:洪劍芳), is a right-handed Australian ladies table tennis player. She plays penhold, with a long pimple rubber at one side for use of attacking, blocking as well as chopping. She is currently number 1 female player in Australia, as well as number 141 in the world.

Born in Wen Zhou, China, Lay moved to Melbourne in the early 1990s and eventually became a three time Victorian champion as well as winning several titles in other Victorian tournaments. She was selected in the Australian national team in 1994 and participated in the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games. Lay also competed at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games where she took home a total of three silver and two bronze medals.

At June 2008, she eventually returned to the number 1 female in Victoria and Australia after staying at number 3 spot since 2007. She was first qualified to the Beijing Olympics after beating Stephanie Sang at the Oceania Qualifiers at Noumea, New Caledonia.

References

* [http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/344/Default.aspx?cId=27085&teamId=22 Australian Olympic Committee profile]