William Henzell (born 1982) is a

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Australian

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player generally regarded to be the greatest player Australia has produced. He was born in

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and moved to Sweden at the age of 14. His highest international ranking was 90 in 2012. He has represented Australia many times, including securing Australia's first Commonwealth Games table tennis singles medal with a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. William has represented Australia at 3 Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012) with a career best finish of 17th in 2012—Australia's highest singles placing ever. He was inducted into the Australia Table Tennis Hall of Fame at the age of 26, 20 years younger than any other of the inductees. In 2010, William, in partnership with top Australian player Robert Frank, created the online table tennis coaching website ttedge.com.

Career achievements

International

* Represented Australia * 2004, 2008, 2012 Olympic Games * 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 Commonwealth Games * 8 world championships

Achievements

* 2006 Commonwealth Games Men's Singles Silver Medal * 13 times Australian National Champion - 2001, 02, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 * 5 times Australian Open Champion - 2005, 07, 08, 09, 10 * 10 times Oceania Singles Champion - 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

National

* Australian Champion (13 times) 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 * Australia - Ranked no 1 (14 times) 2001–02, 04-15 * International - 99 - August 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Henzell, William 1982 births Living people Australian male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Australia Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people)