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Hungarian Open (table Tennis)
The Hungarian Open is an annual table tennis tournament held in Hungary by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It is currently part of the ITTF World Tour. History The Hungarian Open was first included on the ITTF Pro Tour schedule in 2010. It returned to the schedule in 2012 as part of the rebranded ITTF World Tour, and after not appearing in 2013 the tournament made its second return in 2014 as part of the new third-tier Challenge Series. In 2016, the tournament was promoted to the second-tier Major Series, and in August 2016 it was confirmed that the event would keep its place on the schedule as part of the revamped ITTF World Tour in 2017. Champions 2010–2018 2019– See also * European Table Tennis Union References External links International Table Tennis Federation {{ITTF World Tour Table tennis competitions ITTF World Tour Table tennis competitions in Hungary Recurring sporting events established in 2010 2010 establishments in Hu ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koki Niwa
is a Japanese male table tennis player. He is the gold medalist at the 2010 Youth Olympics and he won the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in 2010 (doubles) and 2011 (singles). On 21 April 2012, he defeated Ma Long of China, World Rank no 1, to become the first player to be qualified for 2012 Olympics from the Asian Olympic Qualifiers. Since 2012 he has been playing for the German Team TTC matec Frickenhausen. He won the 2014 Russian Open singles title. Career Junior career Niwa had a prolific junior career beginning in 2008. He reached the quarter-finals at the 2008 India Junior Open in Pune, India, and won the doubles title with his partner Yuki Hirano. At the 2008 World Junior Championships in Madrid, Spain, he partnered with Kenta Matsudaira to reach the semi-finals. The following year, Niwa partnered with Asuka Machi to win the 2009 ITTF Cadet Challenge and ITTF Junior Circuit Finals in Tokyo, Japan. At the 2009 World Junior Table Tennis Championships, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sang-su
Lee Sang-su (born 13 August 1990) is a South Korean table tennis player. He won two singles titles at the ITTF Pro Tour, the first one was in 2010. He reached semifinals in singles event at the 2017 World Championships. Lee Sangsu represented South Korea at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ... in the men's team event after winning the Olympic trials held in February 2021. Singles titles References 1990 births Living people South Korean male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for South Korea Universiade medalists in table tennis World Table Tennis Championships medalists Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in table tennis Asian Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeong Sang-eun
Jeong Sang-eun (, born 2 April 1990) is a Chinese-South Korean table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ... player. An ethnic Korean born in China, he became a naturalized South Korean in 2005. Achievements Major events ''Men's singles'' ITTF Tours ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' References Table tennis players from Jilin People from Wangqing County 1990 births Living people Chinese male table tennis players South Korean male table tennis players Chinese emigrants to South Korea Naturalised table tennis players Naturalized citizens of South Korea Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Chinese sportspeople of Korean descent Asian Games medalists in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misako Wakamiya
Misako Wakamiya (born 23 May 1989) is a Japanese table tennis player. Her highest career ITTF ranking was 24.https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=misako-wakamiya-109928 TT References 1989 births Living people Japanese female table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Tianyi
Jiang Tianyi (; born 28 February 1988) is a male table tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2008 Brazil Open. In 2010, he won 3 doubles titles on the ITTF Pro Tour, including 2010 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, formerly named ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for al .... References External links * Hong Kong male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players of Hong Kong Living people Table tennis players from Shandong 1988 births Sportspeople from Jinan Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Chinese male table tennis players Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong Medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Jia
Liu Jia (Chinese: 刘佳; born 16 February 1982 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese-born Austrian left-handed table tennis player. Early life From 1992 to 1995, Liu attended Shichahai Sporting High School in Beijing. Afterward she became a member of professional club Shian Nuntan, where she played with Zhang Yining. Despite Liu's successes as a Cadet and Junior, competition within the Chinese team was strong and prospects for a future international career were dim. Instead of following a call to Japan, Liu travelled to Austria when the opportunity arose to play for Austrian team Linz AG Froschberg. She arrived in March 1997 without speaking either German or English, but quickly learned German within the year that she settled in Austria. She won the first International Austrian Youth Championships soon after her arrival. On 16 February 1998, her 16th birthday, she became an Austrian citizen and a member of the Austrian table tennis squad. Husband David Arvidsson is an internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Habesohn
Daniel Habesohn (born 22 July 1986 in Vienna) is an Austrian table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of the Austrian team in the men's team event. Habesohn competed in the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, upsetting Japanese player and number 15 seed Kenta Matsudaira (7-11, 11-13, 11-6, 12-10, 13-11, 7-11, and 11-8). He then went on to lose to Chinese player and number 33 seed Lin Gaoyuan (1-11, 2-11, 6-11, 11-8, and 4-11). He teamed with Robert Gardos in the Men's Doubles Event, dropping out in the first round in a close match with the Belarusian Duo of Vladimir Samsonov Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonaŭ ( be, Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player ... and Pavel Platonov (7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, and 9-11). In 2021, he competed in the 2020 Olympics.https://olympics.c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szombathely
Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and ''Gyöngyös'' (literally "pearly"), where the Alpokalja (Lower Alps) mountains meet the Little Hungarian Plain. The oldest city in Hungary, it is known as the birthplace of Saint Martin of Tours. Etymology The name ''Szombathely'' is from Hungarian ''szombat'', "Saturday" and ''hely'', "place", referring to its status as a market town, and the medieval markets held on Saturday every week. Once a year during August they hold a carnival to remember the history of "Savaria". The Latin name ''Savaria'' or ''Sabaria'' comes from ''Sibaris'', the Latin name of the river ''Gyöngyös'' (German ''Güns''). The root of the word is the Proto-Indo-European word ''*seu'', meaning "wet". The Austrian overflowing of the Gyö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ding Ning
Ding Ning (; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding won her second world title in women's singles by defeating her compatriot Liu Shiwen 4–3 in the final. At the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf Ding defeated Zhu Yuling 4–2 in the final, becoming World Champion for the third time. She won the women's table tennis singles gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she beat compatriot Li Xiaoxia in the women's singles final. She previously won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. She was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. She is one of the most successful female table tennis players (alongside Li Xiaoxia, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining) having won the gold medal in each of the Table Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Lin (table Tennis)
Ma Lin (; born February 19, 1980) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. He learned to play table tennis at the age of five and became a member of the provincial team in 1990. In 1994, he joined the Chinese national team. Ma Lin is the only male player ever to win Olympic gold in Singles, Doubles and Team. Additionally, he previously held a professional era record of 5 major titles (4 World Cups and 1 Olympic Gold), having won more World Cups than any other male table tennis player in history. (Note: as of 2020, Ma Lin is now tied with Fan Zhendong for the most World Cup wins of all male players with 4 World Cups each.) He has since been surpassed by Ma Long, who has won 7 major titles. Since retiring in December 2013, Ma Lin has been serving as the head coach of the Guangdong provincial table tennis team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Qi (table Tennis)
Chen Qi (; born April 15, 1983) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. He won the gold medal in men's doubles at the 2004 Summer Olympics with Ma Lin, and is the youngest male ever to hold this title at age 20. In December 2013, Chen Qi announced his retirement and became the head coach of the Jiangsu provincial table tennis team. Chen Qi was born in Nantong, Jiangsu, where he began to receive training at Nantong Spare-time Sports School in 1990. He became a member of the provincial team at the age of 12. Joined the No. 2 national team in 1999 and then the No. 1 national team in October 2002. Chen Qi became a member of the National Team at age 15. He is a fast attacking player and had been placed eight in the ITTF World Men's Table Tennis ranking. From March 2006 till January 2007, he was in the sixth place. From January 2004, he had been within the top ten ranks. At the 2004 ITTF Pro Tour in Kobe, Japan, Chen Qi won the singles title. He had been the runner-up at the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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