2008 Table Tennis European Championships
The 2008 European Table Tennis Championships was held in St. Petersburg, Russia from 4–12 October 2008. The venue for the competition was Saint-Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex. Medal summary Men's events Women's events References {{European Table Tennis Championships 2008 European Championships International sports competitions hosted by Russia Table Tennis European Championships Table tennis competitions in Russia Sports competitions in Saint Petersburg 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 ever ... October 2008 sports events in Europe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Russia
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Werner Schlager
Werner Schlager (born September 28, 1972 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria) is a table tennis player and former world champion from Austria. Career Schlager began playing table tennis when he was six years old, learning from his father, Rudolph Schlager and brother, Harald Schlager who were also top Austrian players, making them ideal training partners. In fact, starting out, Schlager became well-versed playing both with and against long pips like his brother. After placing top in numerous singles and doubles tournaments, he won the 2003 Singles World Championship held in Paris beating South Korean Joo Se-Hyuk Joo Sae-hyuk (, ; born 20 January 1980) is a South Korean table tennis player. As a singles player, he was a silver medalist at the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships, a bronze medalist at the 2011 Table Tennis World Cup, and a bronze medal ... in the final to clinch the world title. Werner Schlager was avidly renown for his immense skill in service and receive, which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carla Nouwen
Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include: * Carla, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United * Carla Abellana, Filipina actress and commercial model * Carla Azar, drummer and singer for the band Autolux * Carla Barbarino, retired Italian sprinter and hurdler * Carla Beck, Canadian politician * Carla Berrocal (born 1983), Spanish comics illustrator * Carla Berube, American college basketball coach * Carla Beurskens, prominent long-distance runner from the Netherlands * Carla Blank, American choreographer, writer, and editor * Carla Bley, American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader * Carla Bonner, Australian actress * Carla Borrego, Jamaican basketball and netball player * Carla Boyce (born 1998), Scottish footballer * Carla Boyd, retired Australian basketball player with 2 Olympic medals * Carla Bozulich, lead singer, lyricist ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Linda Creemers
Linda Creemers (born 13 January 1985) is a Dutch table tennis player. Her highest career ITTF ranking was 118.https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=linda-creemers-101974 TT References 1985 births Living people Dutch female table tennis players Sportspeople from Weert 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elena Timina
Elena Timina (born 8 May 1969) is a Russian-born Dutch professional table tennis player. She was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. Career highlights ;Summer Olympic Games: :1992, Barcelona, women's singles, 1st round :1992, Barcelona, women's doubles, quarter final :1996, Atlanta, women's singles, 1st round :1996, Atlanta, women's doubles, quarter final :2012, London, women's team, quarter final ;World Championships: :1989, Dortmund, women's doubles, last 16 :1993, Gothenburg, team competition, 5th :1995, Tianjin, women's doubles, quarter final :1995, Tianjin, team competition, 9th :1997, Manchester, women's doubles, last 16 :1997, Manchester, team competition, 9th ;World Team Cup: :1990, Hokkaidō, 5th :1991, Barcelona, 9th :1994, Nîmes, 1st :1995, Atlanta, 5th :World Doubles Cup: :1992, Las Vegas, women's doubles, quarter final ;Pro Tour Meetings: :1996, Kettering, women's singles, semi final :1996, Kettering, women's doubles, quarter final :1996, Bolzano, women's doubles, quarte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Li Jie (table Tennis)
Li Jie (born 6 March 1984 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Chinese-born Dutch women table tennis player who now represents the Netherlands. She was born in Chengdu, and resides in Den Helder. She currently plays for Spanish team Club Cartagena. Career highlights ;Olympic Games: :2008, Beijing, team competition, 9th :2012, London, team competition, 5th :2008, Beijing and 2012, London, women's singles, round of sixteen ;World Championships: :2015, Suzhou, women's doubles, semi-final :2008, Guangzhou, team competition, 7th :2014, Tokyo, team competition, 5th :2011, Rotterdam and 2015, Suzhou, women's singles, round of sixteen ;European Championships: :2008, St. Petersburg, team competition, winner :2009, Stuttgart, team competition, winner :2011, Gdansk-Sopot, team competition, winner ;European Games: :2015, Baku, women's singles, runner-up :2015, Baku, team competition, runner-up ;Pro Tour Meetings: :2007, Velenje, women's doubles, semi final :2007, Stockholm, women's doubles, qu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Li Jiao (table Tennis)
Li Jiao (born 15 January 1973) is a Chinese-born professional table tennis player who now represents the Netherlands. She resides in Heerhugowaard. Notable matches In the World Team Championship 2014 Quarter Final draw of Netherlands versus the host team Japan, Li, ranked 13th at the time, famously came from behind to defeat both the then World No. 10 Kasumi Ishikawa and World No. 25 Sayaka Hirano, in five sets. The match eventually finished 3–2 to Japan, with the final match of Britt Eerland (Netherlands) versus Kasumi Ishikawa (Japan) also ending in five sets. Career highlights ;Olympic Games: :2008, Beijing, women's singles, last 16 :2008, Beijing, team competition :2012, London, women's singles, last 8 :2012, London, team competition, last 8 ;World Championships: :2005, Shanghai, women's singles, quarter final :2005, Shanghai, mixed doubles, last 32 :2006, Bremen, team competition, 14th :2007, Zagreb, women's singles, last 16 :2007, Zagreb, mixed doubles, last 32 :2008, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jon Persson (table Tennis)
Jon Persson (born 31 May 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Persson made 33 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ... appearances for IF Brommapojkarna and scored five goals. References 1976 births Living people Association football defenders Swedish footballers Allsvenskan players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players IF Brommapojkarna players {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Svensson
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be used ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tiago Apolónia
Tiago André Barata Feio Peixoto Apolónia (born 28 July 1986) is a Portuguese table tennis player for German club TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen and Portugal. As of August 2016, he is ranked the number eighteenth player in the world. Career Born in Lisbon, Apolónia began playing table tennis aged six at his hometown club Estrela da Amadora. As a youth player, he was crowned European Junior Doubles champion in 2004 and won a silver medal in the Doubles competition at the Junior World Championships in 2003, both partnering Marcos Freitas. After playing for German clubs TTC indeland Jülich, 1. FC Saarbrücken and TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen, he arrived at his current club TTC Neu-Ulm in 2019. In 2006, he won his first ITTF Pro Tour Doubles title in São Paulo, partnering João Monteiro. His first ITTF Pro Tour Singles title followed in October 2010 with the Austrian Open in Wels, where he beat Germany's Timo Boll in the final. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beij ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marcos Freitas
Marcos André Sousa da Silva Freitas (born 8 April 1988) is a Portuguese table tennis player who has won European Championships in singles, doubles, and team events. He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he got knocked out in the Round of 64. In the same year he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles at the European Championship with Tiago Apolónia. Three years later at the 2011 Table Tennis European Championships he went on to win the gold medal with his doubles partner Andrej Gaćina. In 2012 he took part on his second Olympics, reaching the Round of 32 in the singles and the quarterfinals in the team event with Tiago Apolónia and João Monteiro. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for Portugal in table tennis, more specifically, Men's team with João Geraldo and Tiago Apolonia. He earned a gold medal. At the European Championships 2015 he won Silver in the Singles Event. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Trinko Keen
Trinko Keen 2007 in Eindhoven Trinko Keen (born 22 September 1971, Wageningen) is a Dutch professional table tennis player. He is the younger brother of Gerdie Keen. Career highlights ;Summer Olympic Games: :1996, Atlanta, men's doubles, 1st round :2000, Sydney, men's singles, last 32 :2000, Sydney, men's doubles, last 16 :2004, Athens, men's singles, last 32 :2004, Athens, men's doubles, last 16 ;World Championships: :1993, Gothenburg, men's singles, last 32 :1993, Gothenburg, men's doubles, last 16 :1995, Tianjin, men's doubles, last 16 :1995, Tianjin, mixed doubles, last 16 :1997, Manchester, men's doubles, last 16 :1999, Eindhoven, men's doubles, last 16 :2001, Osaka, men's doubles, last 32 :2003, Paris, men's singles, last 32 :2005, Shanghai, men's singles, last 32 :2005, Shanghai, men's doubles, last 16 :2007, Zagreb, mixed doubles, last 32 :World Team Cup: :1990, Hokkaidō, 5th ;Pro Tour Grand Finals: :1997, Hong Kong, men's doubles, quarter final :2001, Hainan, men's sing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |