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China Open (table Tennis)
The China Open is an annual table tennis tournament in China, run by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It is currently part of the ITTF World Tour. History The tournament was first held in 1988, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule every year since the Tour's inception in 1996. China's Ma Long holds the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with eight, while Wang Nan, Zhang Yining and Li Xiaoxia of China all share the record for most women's singles tournament wins, with five each. In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that Chengdu has been chosen as one of six cities to host a "World Tour Platinum" event in 2017. These events will replace the Super Series as the top tier of the ITTF World Tour. Champions Individual Events 1988–1989 1991–2017 2018–present Team Events See also *Asian Table Tennis Union *Chinese Table Tennis Association Chinese Table Tennis Association () is a national non-governmental, nonprofit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITTF World Tour
The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles, and Under-21 Men's and Women's Singles. The tour has its own points system, with players accumulating points based on their performances in the tournaments they enter. Since 2017, the ITTF also announced that the World Tour would be split into two tiers, with six World Tour Platinum, the new top tier of World Tour, and six regular World Tour events. The players who gain the most points in each of the seven different categories will be invited to participate in the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the end of the year. Overview ITTF Pro Tour (1996–2011) Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted): ITTF World Tour (2012–present) Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoko Uchiyama
is a Japanese table tennis player. She competed in the women's singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1968 births Living people Japanese female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of Japan Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in table tennis Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Table tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalian
Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the southern tip of Liaodong peninsula, it is the southernmost city in both Liaoning and the entire Northeast. Dalian borders the prefectural cities of Yingkou and Anshan to the north and Dandong to the northeast, and also shares maritime boundaries with Qinhuangdao and Huludao across the Liaodong Bay to west and northwest, Yantai and Weihai on the Shandong peninsula across the Bohai Strait to the south, and North Korea across the Korea Bay to the east. As of the 2020 census, its total population was 7,450,785 inhabitants whom 5,106,719 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 6 out of 7 urban districts, Pulandian District not being conurbated yet. Today a financial, shipping, and logistics center for East Asia, Dalian has a signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Saive
Jean-Michel Saive (born 17 November 1969) is a Belgian former professional table tennis. Saive competed at seven consecutive Olympics between 1988 and 2012, and he was also a winner in singles at European Championship 1994. Personal life Born in Liège, Saive began playing as a small boy. His father was the tenth-ranked Belgian player, and his mother won the Belgian ladies' doubles championships when she was pregnant with him. At the age of thirteen, Saive was the fourth-ranked Belgian player and joined the national team. His younger brother Philippe Saive is also a table tennis player. Career In 1985 Saive was ranked best player in Belgium, a place which he kept until 2011 without interruption. In 1994 he made it to world number one for 515 days (from 9 February 1994 to 8 June 1995 and from 26 March 1996 to 24 April 1996). Jean-Michel Saive won a total of 130 medals (51 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze) in international singles tournaments. Some of his important titles ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangzhou
Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. Hangzhou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been one of China's most renowned and prosperous cities for much of the last millennium. It is a major economic and e-commerce hub within China, and the second biggest city in Yangtze Delta after Shanghai. Hangzhou is classified as a sub-provincial city and forms the core of the Hangzhou metropolitan area, the fourth-largest in China after Guangzhou-Shenzhen Pearl River agglomeration, Shanghai-Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou conurbation and Beijing. As of 2019, the Hangzhou metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of 3.2 trillion yuan ($486.53 billion), making it larger than the economy of Nigeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qiao Hong
Qiao Hong (; born November 21, 1968 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a former female Chinese table tennis player. She is now the coach of the women's national table tennis team and a member of the Chinese Olympic Committee. Table tennis career She won four Olympic medals including two gold medals. Her ten World Championship medals included five gold medals. She was ranked second by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) for a long time, Qiao Hong and long-time world No. 1 Deng Yaping formed one of the most feared double combos. She joined ITTF Hall of Fame in 2005. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References External linksChinese Olympic Committee profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lü Lin (table Tennis)
Lü Lin (; born April 6, 1969 in Wenling) sports-reference.com is a player and Olympic champion. He uses a pen-grip topspin style, and is best known for the combination of him and Wang Tao in men's doubles championships. He won a gold medal in men's doubles at the |
Chen Jing (table Tennis)
Chen Jing (; born 20 September 1968 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a retired table tennis player and Olympic champion for China, and later Olympic medalist for Chinese Taipei. Early life Chen Jing was born on September 20, 1968 in Wuhan, Hubei Province. At the age of 11, she was the champion of the youth bracket in a table tennis tournament hosted by the Children's Palace in Wuhan, and was selected for the Hubei Province team. At the age of 18, she was selected for the Chinese national team. Professional career She received a golden medal in ''singles'' and a silver medal in ''doubles'' at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Tabletennis" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 7, 2008) In 1991, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Shentong
Yu Shentong (, born 8 June 1968) is a Chinese former table tennis player who played at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Table tennis career He won two World Championship medals; a bronze medal in the men's singles at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships and a silver medal in the men's team event. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References 1968 births Living people Table tennis players from Shaanxi Sportspeople from Xi'an Chinese male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for China World Table Tennis Championships medalists 20th-century Chinese people 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Wenge
Ma Wenge (Chinese: 马文革; born March 27, 1968) is a table tennis player from China. He won a bronze medal in 1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... Games in men's single, as well as men's team champion of 1995 and 1997 world table tennis championship (together with Wang Tao, Ding Song, Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang). He won the Men's singles in the Table Tennis World Cup in 1989 and 1992 and was a silver medalist in 1990. References 1968 births Chinese male table tennis players Olympic bronze medalists for China Living people Olympic medalists in table tennis Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players from Tianjin Table tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deng Yaping
Deng Yaping (; born February 6, 1973) is a Chinese table tennis player, who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997. She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. Early life and education Deng was born in Zhengzhou, Henan, on February 6, 1973. Career Deng began playing table tennis at age of five, and four years later she won the provincial junior championship. She was age 13 when she won her first national championship. Despite her success, she was initially denied a spot on the national team because she was so short (she stood only 1.5 metres feet 11 inchestall). She was finally included on the national team in 1988. She teamed with Qiao Hong to win her first world championship title in the women's doubles competition in 1989. Two years later in 1991, Deng won her first singles world championship. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she won a gold medal in both the sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Zhibin
Chen Zhibin (born 21 October 1962) is a Chinese former international table tennis player and current coach. He won a bronze medal at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships in the mixed doubles with Gao Jun. In 2000, Chen Zhibin became a German citizen and represented Germany. From 2011 to 2014 he worked as national coach in the Netherlands for the women's and since 2016 he has been the national coach of the women's team in Singapore. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References External links * Naturalised table tennis players Table tennis players from Xinjiang Chinese male table tennis players German male table tennis players Living people 1962 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
