Wu Jiaduo (; born 19 September 1977) is a Chinese-born German

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.

Personal

At age seven, Wu received specialised table tennis training. In 1995, she became the Zhejiang provincial champion. She enrolled at the

East China University of Science and Technology East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST, ) is a public research university with two campuses located in Shanghai, China. Established in 1952 as East China Institute of Chemical Technology, it has evolved from an institution with ...

in 1997, studying

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. One year later, she relocated to

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to further her table tennis career. In 2005, she started to represent Germany at the international tournaments like

ITTF Pro 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 Single ...

. She resides in

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, Germany and plays for

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Career records

Singles (as of 3 October 2014) * Olympics: round of 16 (2012). *

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: round of 16 (2011). *

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appearances: 3. Record: 5–8th (2011). * Pro Tour runner-up (1): German Open 2008. * Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 5. Record: round of 16 (2007, 08, 09, 11). * European Championships: winner (2009). *

Europe Top-12 The Europe Top 16, also known as the Europe Top 16 Cup and previously known as the Europe Top 12, is a table tennis tournament organised annually by the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU), featuring the highest-ranked players in Europe. History ...

: Winner (2012). Women's doubles *World Championships: round of 16 (2009, 13). *Pro Tour runner-up (1): German Open 2009. *Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 1. Record: SF (2009). *European Championships: SF (2007, 12). Mixed doubles *World Championships: round of 64 (2007, 09). *European Championships: QF (2007). Team *Olympics: 5 (2012). *World Championships: 3rd (2010). *

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: 5th (2007, 2013) * World Cup: 5th (2011)

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* ** ** * * 1977 births Living people German female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Germany Chinese emigrants to Germany Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Linhai Table tennis players from Zhejiang Naturalised table tennis players Naturalized citizens of Germany East China University of Science and Technology alumni German sportspeople of Chinese descent {{Germany-tabletennis-bio-stub