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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] |
Montbéliard
Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department. History Montbéliard is mentioned as early as 983 as . The County of Montbéliard or Mömpelgard was a feudal county of the Holy Roman Empire from 1033 to 1796. In 1283, it was granted rights under charter by Count Reginald. Its charter guaranteed the county perpetual liberties and franchises which lasted until the French Revolution in 1789. Montbéliard's original municipal institutions included the Magistracy of the Nine Bourgeois, the Corp of the Eighteen and the Notables, a Mayor, and Procurator, and appointed "Chazes", who all participated in the administration of the county as provided by the charter. Also under the 1283 charter, the Count and the people of Montbéliard were required by law to defend Montbéliard, while citizens of Montbéliard were not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Éloi
Damien Éloi (born 4 July 1969 in Vire, Calvados) is a French table tennis player. As of February 2013, Eloi is ranked no. 88 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He is also right-handed, and uses the attacking grip and Tibhar 4S blade. Table tennis career Since he became a member of the national team in 1990, Eloi is considered one of France's top-level 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 seven medals (one gold, five silver, and one bronze) in the same discipline at the ITTF World Tour series. Playing with four-time Olympian Jean-Philippe Gatien (1988–2000), Eloi had won two bronze medals in the men's doubles at the 1995 and 1997 World Table Tennis Championships, held in Tianjin, China, and in Manchester, England, respectively. Eloi is previously a member of the table tennis team at the Levallois Sporting Club in Paris, before he moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as China's List of cities in China by population, second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in North China, Northern China, and is governed as a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality under the direct administration of the Government of the People's Republic of China, State Council with List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji, Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Beijing is a global city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics. This was the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union (with venues in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussia, and Estonian Soviet Socialis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonau (, , born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player. He is known in China as the "Tai Chi Master" because of his superb all-around style, both offensive and defensive.Vladimir Samsonov nbcolympics.com Samsonov competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1996 and 2016, placing fourth individually in Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2016, in addition to equal fifth in Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 1996 and Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2000. Career Samsonov is also known as Mr. ECL (European Champions League (table tennis), European Champions League), for winning a record 13 ECL titles (including two of its predecessor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryu Seung-min
Ryu Seung-min (; ; born August 5, 1982) is a South Korean table tennis player who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's singles competition. His opponent was Wang Hao, a top-seeded player from the Chinese national team. Along the way, he defeated 1992 Olympic champion Jan-Ove Waldner with 4–1. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze and silver medals respectively. Ryu is ranked twenty-fifth in the world as of July 2013. In 2016, Ryu became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), he was a member and Chair of the Athletes' Commission of the South Korean National Olympic Committee from 2016 to 2019. Since 2018, he counts among the ITTF Foundation Ambassadors, promoting sport for development and peace. In March 2022, Ryu signed with World Star Entertainment. Style Ryu Seung-min plays penhold style. Unlike players like Ma Lin and Wang Hao, Ryu never uses the backside of his blade – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles
These are the results of the men's singles competition, one of two events for male competitors in table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Among 64 entries, 16 seeded players were allocated into the draw of knockout A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, ... stage which started from the round of 32. The rest competed in groups of three players per group. Winners of each group advanced to the knockout stage. Seeds # (champion, gold medalist) # ''(quarterfinals)'' # ''(semifinals, bronze medalist)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(Final, silver medalist)'' # ''(quarterfinals)'' # ''(semifinals, fourth place)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(quarterfinals)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(second round)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Sen
Yan Sen (阎森; born August 16, 1975) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. Major performances *1996 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals - 1st doubles *1997 Yugoslavian Open - 1st doubles *1997 World Championships in Manchester - bronze singles *1998 Asian Games - 1st team *1998 Asian Championships - 1st team *1999 World Championships - 2nd doubles (with Wang Liqin), 5th mixed doubles *2000 Sydney Olympic Games - 1st doubles (with Wang Liqin) *2000 World Men's Club Championships - 1st team *2001 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals - 1st doubles (with Wang Liqin) *2001 World Championships - 1st doubles (with Wang Liqin) *2002 Qatar Open - 1st doubles *2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games, officially known as the XIV Asian Games and also known as Busan 2002 (), were an international multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Due to schedule impediments the football tour ... - 1st team; 3rd doubles *2003 World Championships - 1st doubles References- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Liqin
Wang Liqin (; born June 18, 1978) is a Chinese table tennis player. 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. 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. At the end of 2013, Wang Liqin retired from the national team. After years of service in leadership positions at athletic organizations in Shanghai focusing on table tennis and badminton, Wang Liqin has been appointed as the new president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association on April 23, 2025, succeeding Liu Guoliang. Ma Long will serve under him as the new vice-president. Playstyle and equipment Wang changes his playing equipment often. He has perhaps used more than 10 different model of rackets, some of them for a longer period of time, e.g. The Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan-Ove Waldner
Jan-Ove Waldner (; born 3 October 1965),Jan-Ove Waldner profile.'' Swedish Table Tennis Federation in Sweden commonly ''J-O Waldner'' or simply mononymously as ''J-O'' (), is a Swedish former professional table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis."Bishop, G. (August 23, 2008)A Swedish face for China’s beloved sport.''The New York Times''. A sporting legend in his native Sweden as well as in China, he is known in China as 老瓦 ''Lǎo Wǎ'' ("Old Wa") or 常青树 ''Cháng Qīng Shù'' ("Evergreen Tree"), because of his extraordinary longevity and competitiveness. Biography Jan-Ove Waldner was born in Stockholm on 3 October 1965. His athletic potential was recognised at an early age and was displayed in 1982 when, as a 16-year-old, he reached the final of the European Championships, losing to distinguished left-handed teammate Mikael Appelgren, who was perceived then as the logical successor to the first Swedish World Champion, Stellan Bengtsso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jörgen Persson
Jörgen Persson (born 22 April 1966 in Halmstad, Sweden) is a Swedish table tennis player. Career In two memorable World Table Tennis Championships finals he faced fellow Swede Jan-Ove Waldner in 1989 and 1991, losing the former and winning the latter. He also won four World Championship titles in Team. Persson represented Sweden in every Olympic Games from when table tennis was introduced into the Olympic program in 1988 until 2012. After the 2012 Olympics he officially retired. Along with Croatian Zoran Primorac and Belgian Jean-Michel Saive, he was the first table tennis player to have competed at seven Olympic Games. His game is based on a powerful backhand stroke and a regular forehand. His best Olympic result is a fourth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. At the latter, he was the best non-Chinese in the entire event. Post-retirement Persson is the national table tennis team coach for Sweden, which was the winning team at the 2023 European Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Tabachnik
Pablo Ariel Tabachnik (born November 20, 1977, in San Juan, Argentina) is an Argentinian table tennis player. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ... with Oscar Gonzalez. He is a three-time Olympian (2000, 2004, and 2008). See also * List of select Jewish table tennis players References External links * * 1977 births Living people Argentine male table tennis players Pan American Games silver medalists in table tennis Jewish Argentine sportspeople Olympic table tennis players for Argentina Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
