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Alexis Lebrun
Alexis Lebrun (; born 27 August 2003) is a French table tennis player and a three-time French national champion, from years 2022 to 2024. He also became European champion in 2024 and won the Europe Top-16 tournament in 2025, consolidating his status as a top European player. he is ranked 8th in the world in the ITTF world rankings. Alexis plays also with his brother Félix and after their victory at the WTT Finals in 2024, they became world number one in doubles. Life and career Early life Alexis Lebrun discovered table tennis when he was three years old. His father Stephane Lebrun was a number 7 table tennis player of France and doubles champion of France. His uncle Christophe Legoût is a former member of French national team, and Alexis' younger brother Félix Lebrun is also a table tennis player. Early career (2020–2022) Alexis Lebrun became the junior national champion of France in singles table tennis in 2020 and repeated his success in 2021. In 2022, he defeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 European Table Tennis Championships
The 2022 European Table Tennis Championships were held in Munich, Germany, from 13 to 21 August 2022, as part of the 2022 European Championships. Medalists Medal table Participating nations 225 players from 39 nations. References External links European Table Tennis Union Results book {{European championships in 2022 2022 European Table Tennis Championships, European Table Tennis Championships, 2022 2022 in table tennis, European Championships 2022 in European sport, Table Tennis 2022 in German sport, European Table Tennis Championships International sports competitions hosted by Germany Sports competitions in Munich August 2022 sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe Top-16
The Europe Top 16, also known as the Europe Top 16 Cup and previously known as the Europe Top 12, is a table tennis tournament organised annually by the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU), featuring the highest-ranked players in Europe. History The first event was held in 1971 in Zadar, Yugoslavia (now part of Croatia) as an experimental classification tournament. Twelve male players and six female players took part, with István Jónyer and Beatrix Kisházi, both from Hungary, winning the inaugural men's and women's competitions respectively. The tournament would go on to be held each year in different venues, and would become known as the Europe Top 12. From 1971 until 1989, the tournament used a round-robin format; all players played each other once, with the champion being the player who accumulated the most wins. From 1990, there was a change of format; the twelve players were divided into two round-robin groups, with the top two players from each group progressing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly (brand)
is a major table tennis apparel and equipment supplier using the brand name Butterfly, based in Japan with offices in Moers, Germany (''Tamasu Butterfly Europe''), Shanghai (''Tamasu Butterfly China'') and Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ... (''Tamasu Butterfly Korea''). The company was founded in 1950 in Yanai city, Japan, by Hikosuke Tamasu, a Japanese table tennis player at the time. Butterfly sponsors top players and coaches in different countries such as USA, Korea, Canada, Germany, Japan, Poland, and many more. Butterfly is not only a corporation that supplies table tennis players with equipment and clothes, but also sponsors tournaments, open camps for training, and have clubs located in the Americas. The Butterfly blades use carbon materials such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darko Jorgić
Darko Jorgić (born 30 July 1998 in Trbovlje) is a Slovenian table tennis player. He represented his country at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won three Europe Top-16 Championships. Career 2021 Jorgić has been in the Top 20 in the world continuously since 2020. He upset Liam Pitchford in a tight 4–2 match (last four games were all decided by two points) in the round of 32 in the men's singles event at the Tokyo Olympics. In the round of 16, Jorgić pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament as he defeated Tomokazu Harimoto to advance into the quarter-finals. Playing Style Jorgić has a unique serve as he likes to serve with his backhand from the far forehand corner. This allows him to give wide angles to his opponent's short forehand and sets up his big backhand for the third ball. Overview of titles and successes Singles Major competitions Olympic Games World Championships European Championships References External links Darko Jorgic at Table T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukuoka
is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is the nearest point among Japan's main islands to the Asian mainland. Although humans occupied the area since the Jomon period, some of the earliest settlers of the Yayoi period arrived in the Fukuoka area. The city rose to prominence during the Yamato period. Because of the cross-cultural exposure, and the relatively great distance from the social and political centers of Kyoto, Osaka, and later, Edo (Tokyo), Edo (Tokyo), Fukuoka gained a distinctive local culture and dialect that has persisted to the present. Fukuoka is the most populous city on Kyushu, Kyūshū island, followed by Kitakyushu. It is the largest city and metropolitan area west of Keihanshin. The city was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Table Tennis (ITTF)
World Table Tennis, stylized as WTT, is an organization created by the International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF in 2019 that runs commercialized table tennis tournaments. Its inaugural tournament was held in November 2020 in Macao. It is distinguished from the predecessor ITTF World Tour by various rules changes and big prize money for commercialized purposes. The head of its council is Liu Guoliang, a former Olympic gold medalist and former head coach of China. Background In 1926, the ITTF was founded by William Henry Lawes of Wymondham, England. The nine founding members were Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Weimar Republic, Germany, Hungary, India, Sweden and Wales. The first international tournament was held in January 1926 in Berlin, and the first World Table Tennis Championships was held in December 1926 in London. It was the only event for over 50 years that was run and managed commercially by the ITTF. In 1980, the Table Tennis World Cup, ITTF World Cups wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Table Tennis Championships
The European Table Tennis Championships is an international table tennis competition for the national teams of the member associations of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). First held in 1958, the ETTU organised the European Championships every two years in even-numbered years until 2002, when they changed to odd-numbered years. Since 2007, the competition has been contested annually. Editions European Table Tennis Championships The Championships include seven events: men's singles, doubles and team; women's singles, doubles and team, and mixed doubles. From 2009 until 2013, the mixed doubles tournament was organised separately from the other events. In 2015, the ETTU announced that from 2016 the Championships would feature only individual events (men's singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles) in even-numbered years, with only team events taking place in odd-numbered years. European Under-21 Table Tennis Championships European Youth Table Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis At The 2023 European Games
Table tennis at the 2023 European Games in Kraków took place from 23 June to 1 July 2023 at Hutnik Arena. The winners of the mixed doubles event qualified for the Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Olympic Games. Qualification Maximum quota per NOC: 2 athletes in each singles event, 1 team (4 athletes) in each team event and 1 pair in the mixed doubles. Medal summary Medals were awarded to 29 athletes from 7 nations. Medal table Medalists References External linksEuropean Table Tennis Union {{Events at the 2023 European Games Table tennis at the 2023 European Games, Sports at the 2023 European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan Zhendong
Fan Zhendong (, pronounced ; born 22 January 1997) is a Chinese professional table tennis player. After joining the Chinese national table tennis team in 2012 as the youngest member, he went on to become the youngest ITTF World Tour Champion and the youngest World Table Tennis Champion. From December 2013 to December 2024, Fan was ranked top five in the world according to the ITTF -- this eleven year streak is the longest in men's singles history. Fan is the reigning Olympic gold medallist in men's singles, with his victory at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris making him the 6th male player (and 11th player overall) to achieve a Grand Slam. He is also a two-time team event gold medallist, as well as a two-time World Champion and four-time World Cup champion in men's singles. Fan's attacking style of play involves explosive footwork and powerful loops on both forehand and backhand wings. His thick-set build has led fans and commentators to affectionately refer to him as "Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Lutz
Camille Lutz (born 17 July 2002) is a French table tennis player. She is older sister of Charlotte Lutz. Biography At the age of 6, she started playing table tennis in Hochfelden under encouragement of her mother who played regionally. Her first trainer Jérôme Richert also accompanied her with Can Akkuzu. She won two gold medals at French table tennis championship in women's singles and mixed doubles events respectively. In February 2024, was a bronze medalist at the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships The 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Busan, South Korea from 16 to 25 February 2024. Quarterfinalists of the event qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Bid Busan was selected as the first South Korean city to host World .... France's team was defeated in the semi-final by China. It has been 33 years since the French women's team has won a medal at the World Team Championships (the last also being a bronze medal in 1991). References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Gauzy
Simon Gauzy (born 25 October 1994) is a French table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ... in the men's singles event, in which he was eliminated in the third round by Kou Lei, and as part of the French team in the men's team event. He is a 3-time French National champion in singles. References External links * 1994 births Living people Olympic table tennis players for France Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games Table tennis players at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for France European Games bronze medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Legoût
Christophe Legoût (born 6 August 1973 in Montbéliard, Doubs) is a French table tennis player. He is also left-handed, and uses the classic grip and Butterfly Legout blade. Table tennis career Since he became a member of the national team in 1991, Legout is considered one of France's most prominent and popular table tennis players in its sporting history. He is a multiple-time French champion in both the singles and doubles tournaments, and has won a total of ten medals (three golds and seven silver) in the same discipline at the ITTF World Tour series. Legout is previously a member of the table tennis team at the Levallois Sporting Club in Paris, before he moved to Provence to train for Istres Ouest Provence, under his personal coaches Jean Claude and Stéphane Lebrun. Legout made his official debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he competed only in the men's doubles tournament. Legout and his partner Patrick Chila placed second in the preliminary pool round aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
