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Table Tennis At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
These are the results of the women's singles competition, one of two events for female 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) # ''(final, silver medalist)'' # ''(semifinals, bronze medalist)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(quarterfinals)'' # ''(quarterfinals)'' # ''(quarterfinals)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(quarterfinals)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Sports Centre
The State Sports Centre (known commercially as the Quaycentre) is a multi-use indoor arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and was opened in November 1984. With a total of 3,854 fixed and retractable seats the main arena is a focal point of the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre. An additional 1,152 portable seats can be accommodated on the floor level to bring seated capacity to 5,006. History Basketball and netball In 1986, Centre became home to Sydney's then two National Basketball League (NBL) teams, the Sydney Supersonics and West Sydney Westars. When they merged before the 1988 NBL season to form the Sydney Kings, the new team remained at the centre and would stay for two years before moving to the 12,000 seat Sydney Entertainment Centre (SEC) in 1990. The Centre then hosted local basketball until the formation of a new NBL team in 1998 called the West Sydney Razorbacks (later renamed the Sydney Spirit). The new club called the Centre home from 1998 until the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ni Xialian
Ni Xia Lian ( zh, s=倪夏連; born 4 July 1963) is a Chinese-born Luxembourgish table tennis player who has represented Luxembourg in international competitions since 1991. Born in Shanghai, China, she currently lives with her husband, Tommy Danielsson, in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg. Personal Ni began playing table tennis at age 7, and she joined the Chinese national team when she was a teenager. Career Ni won team and mixed doubles gold medals for China in the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships. She moved to Germany in 1989 and settled in Luxembourg two years later. Her husband, Tommy Danielsson, is her coach and training partner. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She qualified for competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's singles competition. She lost 4–2 to 16-year-old Ariel Hsing from the US in the 2nd round in the London games. She competed for Luxembourg at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiao-Xiao Wang
Xiao-Xiao Wang (born 12 April 1981) is a Chinese-born table tennis player who represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Her doubles partner Chris Xu was also from her hometown Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ... in China. References External links * Chinese emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Naturalised table tennis players Table tennis players from Harbin 1981 births Living people Canadian female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Canada 21st-century Canadian sportswomen 20th-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bose Kaffo
Bose Kaffo (born 14 November 1972 in Surulere, Lagos State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professional table tennis player who competed at five Olympics from 1992 to 2008. She is the second Nigerian woman to compete at five Olympics, after sprinter Mary Onyali. This feat was also achieved in 2008 by fellow table tennis player Segun Toriola. By the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics, only thirteen table tennis players worldwide had appeared at least five Olympics. Her doubles partners at the Olympics were Abiola Odumosu in 1992 and Olufunke Oshonaike from 1996 to 2004. She has won fifteen medals (seven gold) in singles and doubles at six consecutive All-Africa Games from 1987 to 2007, winning at least one medal at each Games. In Singles, she won gold in 1995, silver in 1999 and 2007, and bronze in 2003. In Doubles, she won gold (with Olufunke Oshonaike) in 1995, 1999, and 2003, silver in 1991, and bronze in 2007. In Mixed Doubles, she won gold in 1991 (with Atanda Musa), 1995 (with Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasna Fazlić
Jasna Rather (née Fazlić; December 20, 1970) is an American former table tennis player who played for Yugoslavia and then for the United States, competing on four Olympics: in Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, and Athens 2004 Summer Olympics respectively. Olympics participation In 1988, she won the bronze medal for Yugoslavia in the women's doubles together with Gordana Perkučin. Four years later she competed as an Independent Olympic Participant. In 2000 and 2004 she participated for the United States. Personal life Jasna lived in Zagreb for the most of her childhood and youth. From 1992 to 1997 she was married to Ilija Lupulesku Ilija Lupulesku ( sr-cyr, Илија Лупулеску; ; born October 30, 1967) is a former Yugoslavian and later American table tennis player who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He became a naturalized U.S. cit .... After separating from Lupulesku in 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Csilla Bátorfi
Csilla Bátorfi (born 3 March 1969 in Szombathely) is a Hungarian table tennis player. She competed at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1988 (when the sport first appeared at the Games) to 2004. She won several titles in European Championships. She is the first female table tennis player to compete at five Olympics. Six men share this honor with her: Swede Jörgen Persson, Croatian Zoran Primorac, Belgian Jean-Michel Saive, Serbian-American Ilija Lupulesku, Swede Jan-Ove Waldner, and German Jörg Roßkopf. She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1986 after becoming European champion the same year. See also *List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games Only a small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction competes in multiple Games. 950 athletes (648 men and 302 women) have participated in at least five Olympics from 1896 Summer Olympics ... References 1969 births Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanthana Komwong
Nanthana Komwong (; ; born 13 September 1980) is a Thai table tennis player. At the 2000 Olympics, she did not win through beyond the group stage. She reached the third round in 2004, losing to Viktoria Pavlovich. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the second round of the singles competition. She also reached the second round at the 2012 Summer Olympics, losing to Iveta Vacenovska. She was born in Lampang, and resides in Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim .... References 2008 Olympic profile 1980 births Living people Nanthana Komwong Nanthana Komwong Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Zhou
Shirley Zhou (born 3 October 1978), born Xueni Zhou (), is an Australian table tennis player who competed at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... Shirley is the daughter of Chinese table tennis player and national coach of both China and Australia Zhou Lansun. During her playing career, Shirley also won the following titles and awards: * 1993 Australian Junior Girls Singles Champion * 1994 Oceania Open Women Singles Champion * 1998 Australian National Women Singles Champion * Victorian Open Senior Women Champion in 1993, 1994 and 1998 * Victorian Open Junior Girls Champion in 1991 and 1992 * Table Tennis Australia Junior Player Of The Year award in 1992, 1993 & 1994 * Table Tennis Victoria Player Of The Year award in 1996 & 1998 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geng Lijuan
Geng Lijuan ( zh, s=耿丽娟; born January 15, 1963) is a Chinese-Canadian table tennis player. She is a four-time World Champion, former World #1 and member of the Chinese National Team. Geng retired from the Chinese national team before the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and married her mixed doubles partner in the world championships, a Romanian table tennis player who had emigrated to Canada. She moved to Canada in 1989, then played professionally in a German club for four years. She returned to Ottawa Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ... in 1994, bought a pizza shop with her husband, and expanded it to three shops. She plays table tennis in her spare time and represented Canada internationally in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. Her career includes winning numerous int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suk Eun-mi
Seok Eun-Mi (born December 25, 1976) is a female South Korean table tennis player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal in the women's doubles competition together with Lee Eun-sil in the 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 .... She won the silver medal in the women's doubles competition together with Lee Eun-sil. External links * 1976 births Living people South Korean female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for South Korea Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in table tennis Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krisztina Tóth (table Tennis)
Krisztina Tóth (born 29 May 1974 in Miskolc, Hungary) is a Hungarian table tennis player from Gödöllő (Hungary), who currently resides in Augsburg, Germany. She has won several medals in single, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships, the Table Tennis World Cup, and the World Table Tennis Championships. General interest Tóth began playing table tennis at the age of 8 in her hometown Gödöllő. She was inspired to do so by her uncle, who was a professional table tennis player. She still plays with her very first racket. In 2008, she became an honorary citizen of Gödöllő. Career records Singles (as of 10 November 2011) * Olympics: round of 16 (2000) * World Championships: round of 16 (2001, 05, 09) *World Cup appearances: 6. Record: 9–12th (1997, 98, 2001, 02, 10) * Pro Tour winner (2): 2004 Danish Open; 2005 Russian Open Runner-up (4): 2000 Croatian Open; 2003 Danish Open; 2008 Austrian Open; 2010 Slovenian Open * Pro Tour Grand Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
