Table Tennis At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22. 78 athletes from 42 countries took part in the women's single event. The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists. The top 16 seeds in the tournament received a bye to the third round. Seeds 17 through 32 received a bye to the second round, seeds 33 to 50 received a bye to the first round while seeds 51 to 78 contested in the preliminary round. Qualification Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8 UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. It is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population ...). Seeds Seeds for the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peking University Gymnasium
Peking University Gymnasium (), nicknamed China's Spine (), is an indoor arena located in the southeastern part of Peking University in Beijing, China. The gymnasium was constructed for the table tennis events of the 2008 Summer Olympics and the Paralympics. The gymnasium has a floor space of 26,900 m2, 6,000 permanent seats and 2,000 temporary seats. It was completed in August 2007. In November 2011, Khoo Teck Puat donated about 173 million RMB to Peking University Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ... for the construction and the gymnasium was entitled '''Khoo Teck Puat Gymnasium. After the Olympics, the gymnasium was renovated between September 2010 to October 2011. The gymnasium has become a sport complex which includes fitness club, swimming pool and courts and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lin Ling
Lin Ling (; born 9 September 1977) is a table tennis player from China. She started competing for Hong Kong in 2002. Since 2000, she has won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships, the Table Tennis World Cup, and the World Table Tennis Championships. See also * List of table tennis players This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is ... References 1977 births Living people Chinese female table tennis players Hong Kong female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Hong Kong Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Fuzhou Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Table tenn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Viktoria Pavlovich
Viktoria Pavlovich (; Łacinka: Viktoryja Uładzimiraŭna Paŭłovič; born 8 May 1978) is a Belarusian table tennis player who plays for Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahçe SK. She won the women's singles at the 2010 and 2012 European Championships. She was born in Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ..., and resides there. Her twin sister Veronika Pavlovich is an Olympic table tennis player as well. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, singles competition. She competed in both Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, singles and Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles, doubles in 2004. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she reached ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shen Yanfei
Shen Yanfei (; born December 24, 1979, in Hebei, China) is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Spain and resides in Cartagena, Murcia. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition. In May 2011 she qualified directly for the 2012 Summer Olympics. . ITTF. Career records Singles (as of July 6, 2013) *: round of 16 (2012). *[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Li Qian (Polish Table Tennis)
Li Qian (born 30 July 1986 in Baoding) is a Chinese-Polish female table tennis player, who currently lived in Tarnobrzeg and represents the team of Siarka Tarnobrzeg. Career Li Qian became a naturalised citizen of Poland in November 2007. In early 2008, Li Qian became the first ever female Polish table tennis player to take part in the prestigious TOP-12 in Frankfurt am Main. She reached the final, losing to Li Jiao from the Netherlands. She competed for Poland at the Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. In May 2008, she was 26th in the world rank of the International Table Tennis Federation, and fifth in the European rank of the ITTF. In February 2009, she won the TOP-12 in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ..., defeatin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamara Boroš
Tamara Boroš (born 19 December 1977) is a Croatian table tennis player. She is one of the relatively rare European players in modern times who successfully competed at the highest level against Asian players. Boroš was born in a Hungarian family in Senta. As a junior, she played for the local table tennis club STK Senta. After the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars in 1991, she stayed in Sweden, finally settling in Zagreb, Croatia with her parents in 1993. Neven Cegnar became her new coach. Boroš was the World's number 2 player in 2002. At the World Championship in Paris in 2003 she won the bronze medal, and became the first European to win a WC medal after ten years. Only three non-Asian players won medals at the World Championship between 1973 and 2005. She won 12 medals at the European Table Tennis Championships. In 1998 she won silver, and in 2000, 2002 and 2005 she won the bronze medal in women's singles. She is a three-time European Champion in women's doubles (2002, 2003 and 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Haruna Fukuoka
(born 25 January 1984 in Tokushima) is a Japanese table tennis player. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ..., reaching the third round of the singles competition. She also competed in the Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team, team competition, reaching the bronze medal final but losing to South Korea. References 2008 Olympic profile External linksITTF Database 1984 births Living people Japanese female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Japan Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in table tennis FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan FISU World University Games bronze me ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dang Ye-seo
Dang Ye-seo (; ; born April 27, 1981, in Changchun, Jilin, China and originally known as Tang Na 唐娜) is a naturalized South Korean table tennis player. She was part of the table tennis team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ..., and part of the team that won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Team Championships. References External linksAthlete bio at 2008 Olympics site 1981 births Living people Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic table tennis players for South Korea Sportspeople from Changchun South Korean female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Naturalized citizens of South Korea Chinese emigrants to S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gao Jun
Gao Jun ( zh, c=高军, hp=Gāo jūn; born January 25, 1969) is a Chinese American table tennis player. Biography Gao Jun was born in Baoding, Hebei province, China. She now resides in Southern California and is the owner of the California Table Tennis club in Rosemead, CA. She won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the women's double event, with Chen Zihe for the Chinese National Team. She moved to the U.S. in 1994 and became a U.S. citizen. Gao competed for the United States in three consecutive Olympic Games from 2000 to 2008. In 2009, she was inducted into the USATT Hall of Fame. Gao is a nine-time U.S. women's champion and has won eleven U.S. national titles in women's doubles and eight titles in mixed doubles with various partners. She was ranked number 1 in the U.S. prior to the 2012 London Olympics but withdrew from the North American Olympic trials due to an injury. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medali ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wu Jiaduo
Wu Jiaduo ( zh, s=吴佳多, t=吳佳多; born 19 September 1977) is a Chinese-born German table tennis 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 in 1997, studying economics. One year later, she relocated to Germany to further her table tennis career. In 2005, she started to represent Germany at the international tournaments like ITTF Pro Tour. She resides in Düsseldorf, Germany and plays for FSV Kroppach. Career records Singles (as of 3 October 2014) *Olympics: round of 16 (2012). *World Championships: round of 16 (2011). *World Cup 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: Winner (2012). Women's doubles *World Championships: round of 16 (2009 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Park Mi-young
Park Mi-Young ( or ; born November 17, 1981, in Daegu, Republic of Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player. She was part of the table tennis team that won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Park currently plays for the Samsung Life Insurance Table Tennis team and is ranked 24th in the world as of October 2011. She qualified directly for the 2012 Summer Olympics in May 2011. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the last 16 in the women's individual, and placed fourth with the South Korean women's team. Career records Singles (as of February 24, 2015) *Olympics: round of 16 (2008, 2012). *World Championships: round of 16 (2009). *World Cup appearances: 2. Record: 5-8th (2009, 10). * Pro Tour winner (2): Chile Open 2006; Japan Open 2009. Runner-up (1): Polish Open 2009. * Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 3. Record: QF (2009). *Asian Cup: 7th (2006). Women's doubles *World Championships: SF (2007, 09, 11). *Pro Tour winner (6): Swedish Open 2007; Brazil Open 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wang Chen (table Tennis)
Wang Chen (; born January 14, 1974) is a retired table tennis player from the United States. Born in Shanghai, China, she moved to the United States in 2000 and currently resides in New York City. There she met her landlord (Jerry Wartski) who began to sponsor her in tournaments. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ..., reaching the quarterfinals of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition, where they reached the play-off round for the bronze medal. She announced her retirement on August 21, 2008. References External linksWang Chen Table Tennis official site* * 1974 births Living people American female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for the United States Table tennis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |