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Timo Boll
Personal information
Full name	Timo Boll
Nationality	Germany
Playing style	Shakehand grip
Highest ranking	1 (January 2003, January 2011)[1]
Club	Hangzhou Nirui (China).[2]
Born	(1981-03-08) March 8, 1981 (age 31) Erbach, Hesse, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Weight	73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st)[3]
Medal record Men's table tennis Competitor for  Germany Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing Team World Championships Silver 2012 Dortmund Team Bronze 2011 Rotterdam Singles Silver 2010 Moscow Team Bronze 2006 Bremen Team Silver 2005 Shanghai Doubles Silver 2004 Doha Team World Cup Bronze 2010 Magdeburg Singles Silver 2008 Liege Singles Gold 2005 Liége Singles Gold 2002 Jinan Singles European Championships Gold 2011 Gdańsk-Sopot Singles Gold 2011 Gdańsk-Sopot Team Gold 2010 Ostrava Singles Gold 2010 Ostrava Doubles Gold 2010 Ostrava Team Bronze 2009 Stuttgart Singles Gold 2009 Stuttgart Doubles Gold 2009 Stuttgart Team Gold 2008 Saint-Petersburg Singles Gold 2008 Saint-Petersburg Doubles Gold 2008 Saint-Petersburg Team Gold 2007 Belgrade Singles Gold 2007 Belgrade Doubles Gold 2007 Belgrade Team Bronze 2005 Aarhus Doubles Bronze 2003 Courmayeur Singles Silver 2003 Courmayeur Team Gold 2002 Zagreb Singles Gold 2002 Zagreb Doubles Silver 2002 Zagreb Team Silver 2000 Bremen Team

Timo Boll (born March 8, 1981 in Erbach im Odenwald, Hesse) is a German professional table tennis player who currently plays with Borussia Düsseldorf and is the German No.1 of the German Table Tennis National League.^[3] He is No.6 in the World Rankings as of March, 2012.^[1]

Childhood[link]

Already at the age of four years Timo Boll was playing table tennis and at that time was coached by his father. In 1987 he became a member of the TSV Höchst and played there at association level. At the age of eight years he was discovered by Helmut Hampel, a Hessian trainer who promoted him. In 1990, he started to train at the training centre Pfungstadt and four years later changed to FTG Frankfurt with which he took part in the second division, at which time other associations became attentive of him. TTV Gönnern hired him in 1995. Timo Boll was put in position five on the team but, nevertheless, lost only one match in the whole season and thus contributed to the rise of the team in the table tennis national league.

Career[link]

National league and international junior results[link]

At age 14, Timo Boll took together with Frank Klitzsch the title of the youngest player of the national league. Timo Boll celebrated his first international results during the student European championships in Den Haag 1995, where he won three gold medals. After a second place finish in his first junior European Championship 1996, he won during the following two years the title in the singles, in the doubles and with the team. He finished school with a secondary school level I certificate.

International results[link]

In 2002, Timo Boll joined the ranks of the world top-10 players with his Europe-Top-12-Tournament victory against Vladimir Samsonov. He reached final of the European Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb in the singles, and in doubles with Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth the gold medal. The German team was defeated in the finale by a score of 2–3, by the Swedish team. With his victory in the Chinese world cup in Jinan (he beat the world champion Wang Liqin and the Olympic champion Kong Linghui clearly), Timo Boll finished the year at first position in the world rankings in January, 2003. During the European-Championship 2003, Vladimir Samsonov led the Belorussian team to the final victory against the German. He was too strong for Timo Boll. After his elimination in the singles world championship in the second round, he lost the rank of the world's number one table tennis player.

Injury and comeback[link]

Back problems hampered Boll during the first half of 2004. These problems handicapped his preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which he was outclassed in the quarterfinal by Jan-Ove Waldner. After a period marked by public criticism, Timo Boll registered tournament victories in Poland, Austria and Germany. He also reached the semifinal of the Pro Tour in Peking, where he was edged out 3-4 in games by Ma Lin. Early in the 2005 season, Boll's back problems struck again; nevertheless, he won the silver medal in doubles with Christian Süß at the World Championship. After correcting a referee's wrong decision in favour of his opponent in the singles round of sixteen (in which he was defeated), he received the Fair Play Award from the ITTF. The year ended well as he won the Champions League with TTV RE-BAU Gönnern, and the world cup tournament in Liège in Belgium, in which he defeated all three Chinese first-class players. In 2007, he won the European Championship in singles, doubles, and in the team competition.

Draft to Borussia Düsseldorf[link]

In December 2006, Timo Boll signed a 3 year contract with Borussia Dusseldorf. Apart from the financial weakness of his old team and various other considerations, Timo Boll moved for the good training possibilities, in view of the upcoming Olympic Games 2008 and because of the possibility to be able to train there with his doubles partner Christian Süß.

During the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he participated again with the German national team. After victories over Croatia, Canada, Singapore and Japan in preliminary rounds and the semi-final, the team lost 0–3 against the host Chinese team.^[4] As the first-seeded player in 2008, Boll defended his three European Champion titles from the year before.

Technique[link]

Timo Boll is a left-handed player whose best weapon is his forehand topspin drive but is also noted for his extremely quick backhand loop. His blade is the "Timo Boll ALC" with Tenergy 05 rubbers on both sides. His present doubles partner is Christian Süß.

Contract[link]

On 1 July 2007, his three-year contract began with Borussia Dusseldorf.

Private[link]

Timo Boll married his long time girlfriend, Rodelia Jacobi, on 31 December 2002.

Awards[link]

• 1997 Table Tennis Junior Player of the Year
• 1998 German Table Tennis player of the Year
• 2005 Bambi Sport
• 2005 German Sportsmen of the Year 3rd position
• 2006 Sportsmen of the Year in Hessen
• 2007 Fair-Play-Award of Minister (Secretary) of the Interior

Home Secretary

• 2007 German Sportsmen of the Year 2nd position
• 2008 Sportsmen of the Year in Hessen
• 2010 Sportsmen of the Year in Hessen
• 2010 German Sportsmen of the Year 2nd position

Titles[link]

• World Cup 2002 and 2005
• Single European Champion 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011
• Team European Champion 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
• Europe Top-12 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2010^[5]
• European Super Cup 2007, 2008 and 2009
• ITTF Pro Tour (18) and Grand Finals (1): Brasil 2001, Austria 2002, Japan 2003, Poland, Germany and Austria 2004, Japan, Sweden and Grand Finals 2005, China, Germany and Poland 2006, Austria, Germany and Poland 2008, Qatar, Germany, and Poland 2009, Japan 2010.
• Double: European Championship 2002 (together with Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth), 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 (together with Christian Süß), Japan Open 2005, Pro Tour Grand Final 2005, 2009 (together with Christian Süß)
• Double: 2nd position World Championship 2005, 3rd position European Championship 2005 together with Christian Süß
• Team: 2nd position Olympic Games 2008; 2nd position European Championship 2000, 2002, 2003, 2nd position World Championship 2004, 2010; 3rd position World Championship 2006.
• German Championship: 9-times Single-Winner (1998, 2001–2007,2009), 3-times Double-Winner (1999 together with Lars Hielscher, 2005 and 2007 together with Christian Süß
• Champions League: Winner 2005 and 2006 with TTV RE-BAU Gönnern
• 3rd position Qatar and Kuwait Open Single 2007
• 3rd position World Championship Single 2003, 2006
• As the first German number one of the world table tennis rankings (January 2003)

See also[link]

• List of table tennis players

References[link]

External links[link]

• official web page of Timo Boll
• ITTF-profile of Timo Boll
• World ranking Record for Timo Boll
• portrait of Timo Boll
• videos of Timo Boll
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Wang Liqin
Personal information
Full name	Wang Liqin
Nationality	China
Playing style	Shake hands grip
Born	(1978-06-18) June 18, 1978 (age 34) Shanghai, China
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	75.0 kg (165 lb; 11.81 st)
Medal record Men's table tennis Competitor for  China Olympic Games Bronze 2008 Beijing Singles Gold 2008 Beijing Team Bronze 2004 Athens Singles Gold 2000 Sydney Doubles World Table Tennis Championships Silver 2009 Yokohama Singles Gold 2008 Guangzhou Team Gold 2007 Zagreb Singles Silver 2007 Zagreb Doubles Gold 2007 Zagreb Mixed doubles Gold 2006 Bremen Team Gold 2005 Shanghai Singles Bronze 2005 Shanghai Doubles Gold 2005 Shanghai Mixed doubles Gold 2004 Doha Team Gold 2003 Paris Doubles Gold 2001 Osaka Singles Gold 2001 Osaka Doubles Gold 2001 Osaka Team Silver 2000 Kuala Lumpur Team Silver 1999 Eindhoven Doubles Bronze 1999 Eindhoven Mixed Doubles Bronze 1997 Manchester Mixed Doubles World Cup Gold 2007 Magdeburg Team Bronze 2007 Barcelona Singles Bronze 2006 Paris Singles Bronze 2003 Jiangyin Singles Silver 2001 Courmayeur Singles Bronze 2000 Yangzhou Singles Asian Games Gold 2002 Busan Singles Bronze 2002 Busan Doubles Bronze 2002 Busan Mixed Doubles Gold 2002 Busan Team Gold 1998 Bangkok Mixed Doubles Gold 1998 Bangkok Team

Wang Liqin (simplified Chinese: 王励勤; traditional Chinese: 王勵勤; pinyin: Wáng Lìqín; born June 18, 1978, Shanghai, China) is a Chinese table tennis player. As of October, 2011, he is ranked 8th in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old. Wang is the last man since Jiang Jialiang to defend his world title (1987). He holds three majors (3 World Championships). He has been ranked #1 by ITTF for 25 consecutive months, from September 2000 to September 2002, which is the second longest period for being consecutive #1 of the world as of January, 2011.

Style/Equipment[link]

Wang Liqin uses the shakehand grip. He plays a forehand dominated style with the occasional backhand loop to open a topspin rally. His above average height allows him additional leverage for acceleration and momentum, creating more powerful shots. Many often describe him as possessing one of the most unique forehand shots.

Awards[link]

Wang won the gold medal in doubles at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and the bronze medal in singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece, as well as at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. For most of 2004-6, he ranked as the world's best table tennis player.

Wang Liqin won his first World Championship in Osaka, Japan in 2001. In 2003, Wang made it to the quarter-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships. He has since won two more World Championships - 48th WTTC 2005 in Shanghai, China and 49th WTTC 2007 in Zagreb, Croatia. Wang Liqin is ranked #8 in the world for Men's Singles, based on the ITTF World Ranking page as of January 2011(www.ittf.com).

Wang and his teammates won the 2006 world table tennis team championships, beating Korea in the finals. Wang has won the highest number of pro tours, winning over 20. Wang now plays for the Shanghai city team.

He won the 2007 Men's Singles World Table Tennis Championship in Zagreb coming back from a 1-3 deficit to Ma Lin in a scintillating best of 7 match.

At the 2007 Pro Tour Grand Finals he has won the final with Chen Qi against Wang Hao/Ma Lin.

See also[link]

• Table tennis
• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Champions
• Sports in China

References[link]

• Career profile of Wang Liqin Table Tennis Master
• Biography at CCTV.com

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Xu Xin
Personal information
Nationality	China
Playing style	Left-handed, penhold grip
Equipment(s)	Stiga
Highest ranking	4 (March 2012)[1]
Born	(1990-01-08) January 8, 1990 (age 22)[2] Jiangsu, China
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb; 11.8 st)
Medal record Men's table tennis Competitor for  China World Championships Gold 2012 Dortmund Team Gold 2011 Rotterdam Doubles Gold 2010 Moscow Team Silver 2009 Yokohama Doubles World Cup Gold 2011 Magdeburg Team Gold 2010 Dubai Team Gold 2009 Linz Team Universiade Gold 2011 Shenzhen Team Gold 2011 Shenzhen Doubles Gold 2011 Shenzhen Singles

Xu Xin (simplified Chinese: 许昕; traditional Chinese: 許昕; pinyin: Xǔ Xīn; born January 8, 1990 in Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese table tennis player.^[2]

Equipment[link]

He uses a blade Stiga Rosewood V, and in his forehand a Hurricane III (Blue sponge) and a Tenergy 64 in his backhand.

Career records[link]

Singles (as of May 20, 2012)^[3]

• World Championships: round of 16 (2011).
• World Tour winner (×4): Kuwait Open 2010; Slovenian, Qatar Open 2011; Qatar Open 2012.
  Runner-up (×1): Belarus Open 2008; Korea Open 2012
• World Tour Grand Finals appearances: 2. Record: runner-up (2009).
• Asian Championships: SF (2009, 12).
• Asian Cup: 2nd (2011); 3rd (2010).

Men's Doubles

• World Championships: winner (2011); runner-up (2009).
• World Tour winner (×7): Slovenian, Danish, Qatar Open 2009; China Open 2010; English, Qatar Open 2011; Qatar Open 2012.
  Runner-up (×6): China (Suzhou) Open 2009; Qatar, Kuwait Open 2010; UAE Open 2011; Hungarian, Slovenian Open 2012.
• Asian Games: runner-up (2010).
• Asian Championships: winner (2009).

Mixed Doubles

• World Championships: QF (2009).
• Asian Games: winner (2010).
• Asian Championships: winner (2012), SF (2009).

Team

• World Championships: winner (2012).
• World Championships: winner (2010).
• World Team Cup: winner (2009, 10, 11).
• Asian Games: winner (2010).
• Asian Championships: winner (2009, 12).

References[link]

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Chiang Peng-lung
Full name	Chiang Peng-Lung
Nationality	Taiwan
Playing style	Right-handed, penhold grip
Highest ranking	3 (December 2000)[1][2]
Born	(1976-07-24) July 24, 1976 (age 35)[3] Penghu, Taiwan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (190 lb; 13.4 st)
Medal record Men's table tennis Competitor for  Chinese Taipei World Championships Bronze 2007 Zagreb Doubles Bronze 2001 Osaka Singles Bronze 2001 Osaka Doubles Bronze 1997 Manchester Mixed Doubles

Chiang Peng-Lung (traditional Chinese: 蔣澎龍; simplified Chinese: 蒋澎龙; pinyin: Jiǎng Pénglóng; born July 24, 1976 in Penghu, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional table tennis player.^[3]

Career highlights[link]

Singles (as of August 15, 2010)^[4]

• Olympics: round of 16 (2000, 04).^[5]
• World Championships: SF (2001).
• World Cup appearances: 6. Record: 4th (2001).
• Pro Tour winner (3): Czech Open 1999; French Open 2000; Japan Open 2001.
  Runner-up (4): Brazil Open 1999; Croatian, USA Open 2000; Croatian Open 2001.
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 4. Record: SF (1999, 2000, 01).
• Asian Games: QF (1998, 2002, 06).
• Asian Championships: winner (2000).
• Asian Cup: 3rd (2006).
• Asia Top-12: 2nd (1999)

Men's Doubles

• Olympics: QF (2000).
• World Championships: SF (2001, 07).
• Pro Tour winner (7): Qatar, German Open 1999; Croatian, French Open 2000; Qatar, USA Open 2001; Slovenian Open 2008.
  Runner-up (3): Australia, Czech Open 1999; Japan Open 2000.
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 2. Record: SF (2000).
• Asian Games: SF (1998, 2006).
• Asian Championships: winner (2000); SF (1994).

Mixed Doubles

• World Championships: SF (1997).
• Asian Games: runner-up (1994).
• Asian Championships: QF (1996, 98).

Team

• Olympics: 7th (2008).
• World Championships: 6th (2008).
• Asian Championships: 2nd (2000, 03).

References[link]

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