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Zhang Jike
Zhang Jike (; born 16 February 1988) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. Zhang became the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam when he won gold in men's singles at the Olympic games in London 2012. The first three are Jan-Ove Waldner (in 1992), Liu Guoliang (in 1999), and Kong Linghui (in 2000). Zhang won the Grand Slam in only 445 days. He won, consecutively, first WTTC 2011, then World Cup 2011, and then London Olympics 2012, which made him the fastest player ever to win a Grand Slam. After the first Grand Slam, he won WTTC 2013 and World Cup 2014. Early life On February 16, 1988, Zhang was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province to Zhang Chuanming (张传铭) and Xu Xiying (徐锡英). His father is a table-tennis coach. He was named after the Brazilian soccer coach Zico. According to his father, the first time Zhang played table-tennis was on March 5, 1992, at age of 4. Career In 2011, Zhang first played in the singles eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qingdao
Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Initiative that connects Asia with Europe. It has the highest GDP of any city in the province. Administered at the sub-provincial level, Qingdao has jurisdiction over seven districts and three county-level cities (Jiaozhou, Pingdu, Laixi). As of the 2020 census, Qingdao built-up (or metro) area made of the 7 urban Districts (Shinan, Shibei, Huangdao, Laoshan, Licang, Chengyang and Jimo) was home to 7,172,451 inhabitants. Lying across the Shandong Peninsula and looking out to the Yellow Sea, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest. Qingdao is a major seaport and naval base, as well as a commercial and financial center. It is home to electroni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 World Table Tennis Championships
The GAC GROUP 2011 World Table Tennis Championships was held at the Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands from May 8 to May 15, 2011. This decision was announced in February 2008. It was the 51st edition contested. The tournament was organised by the ITTF and The Netherlands Table Tennis Association (NTTB). GAC GROUP was the title sponsor of the Championships. Events and schedule Five individual events were contested at the Championships. Qualification rounds were held from May 8 to 9. Medal summary Medal table Events Champions Men's singles Zhang Jike def. Wang Hao, 12–10, 11–7, 6–11, 9–11, 11–5, 14–12. Women's singles Ding Ning def. Li Xiaoxia, 12–10, 13–11, 11–9, 8–11, 8–11, 11–7. Men's doubles Ma Long / Xu Xin def. Chen Qi / Ma Lin, 11–3, 11–8, 4–11, 11–4, 11–7. Women's doubles Guo Yue / Li Xiaoxia def. Ding Ning / Guo Yan, 11–8, 11–5, 13–11, 11–8. Mixed doubles Zhang C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
The men's team tournament of the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 28 February to 6 March 2016. ''All times are local (UTC+8 UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...)'' Championship division The top three teams of each group advanced. Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- ---- ----Group B ---- ---- ---- ----Group C ---- ---- ---- ----Group D ---- ---- ---- ----Knockout stage The gro ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia from 28 February to 6 March 2016. Seeding The top sixteen teams of the first division and the top two teams of the second division at the 2014 World Team Championships were guaranteed a place in the first division, along with the top six placed teams in the world rankings not already qualified. Schedule Five individual events were contested. Qualification rounds were held from 26–27 April. Medal summary Medal table Medalists Results Men's team Women's team See also *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 53rd edition of the men's doubles championship. Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year. Xu Xin and Zhang Jike won the title by defeating Fan Zhendong and Zhou Yu 12–14, 11–7, 11–9, 9–11, 11–7, 11–9 in the final. Seeds Matches were best of 5 games in qualification and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw. # Chiang Hung-chieh / Huang Sheng-sheng ''(second round)'' # Kenta Matsudaira / Koki Niwa ''(semifinals)'' # Tang Peng / Wong Chun Ting ''(third round)'' # Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan ''(second round)'' # Robert Gardos / Daniel Habesohn ''(third round)'' # Fedor Kuzmin / Grigory Vlasov ''(second round)'' # Xu Xin / Zhang Jike (champions) # Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov ''(second round)'' # Tan Ruiwu / Wang Zengyi ''(second round)'' # He Zhi Wen / Carlos Machado ''(second round)'' # Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Zhang Jike was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals. Ma Long defeated Fang Bo 11–7, 7–11, 11–4, 11–8, 11–13, 11–4 in the final to win the title. Seeds Matches were best of 7 games in qualification and in the 128-player sized main draw. # Ma Long (champion) # Xu Xin ''(fourth round)'' # Zhang Jike ''(semifinals)'' # Fan Zhendong ''(semifinals)'' # Jun Mizutani ''(quarterfinals)'' # Dimitrij Ovtcharov ''(second round)'' # Timo Boll ''(quarterfinals)'' # Marcos Freitas ''(third round)'' # Vladimir Samsonov ''(fourth round)'' # Chuang Chih-yuan ''(first round)'' # Koki Niwa ''(fourth round)'' # Tang Peng ''(quarterfinals)'' # Fang Bo ''(final)'' # Gao Ning ''(fourth round)'' # Joo Sae-hyuk ''(fourth round)'' # Wong Chun Ting ''(fourth round)'' # Robert Gardos ''(second round)'' # Tiago Apolónia ''(second round)'' # Panagiotis Gionis ''(third round)'' # Yuto Muramatsu ''(second round)'' # Jung Young-sik ''(third round)'' # Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Table Tennis Championships
The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Suzhou from 26 April to 3 May 2015. The Championship was staged in China for the fifth time and was the 53rd edition of the individual competition. The decision was announced by ITTF in March 2012. Suzhou became the first Chinese host city at prefecture level which had accumulated sufficient experience by hosting three China Open tournaments from 2009 through 2011. Schedule Five individual events were contested. Qualification rounds were held from 26–27 April. /ref> Medal summary Medal table Events References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
The men's team tournament of the 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 28 April to 5 May 2014. All matches were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ..., Japan. Medalists Championship division The top three teams of each group played for places 1–12. Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Places 1–12 =Round of 16= ---- ---- ---- =Quarterfinals= ---- ---- ---- =Semifinals= ---- =Final= Places 13–24 Second division The top three teams of each group played for places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from 28 April to 5 May 2014. The Championships was staged in Japan for the seventh time and was the 52nd edition of the team competition. The decision was announced by ITTF in May 2011, after several sporting events including the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships were shifted from Japan due to the Tōhoku earthquake and the following Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Seeding The first division (Championship Division) comprised 24 teams. The top eighteen teams of the first division and the top two teams of the second division at the 2012 World Team Championships were guaranteed a place in the competition. The other four spots were based on the latest ITTF Computer World Team Ranking before the Championships. Medal summary Events Medal table Results Men's team Women's team References External links *ITTF.com {{World championships in 2014 2014 World Table Tennis Championships World Tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Zhang Jike successfully defended the title by defeating Wang Hao 11–7, 11–8, 6–11, 14–12, 5–11, 11–7 in the final. Seeds Singles matches were best of 7 games in qualification matches and best of 7 games in the 128-player sized main draw. # Xu Xin ''(semifinals)'' # Ma Long ''(semifinals)'' # Wang Hao ''(final)'' # Zhang Jike (champion) # Timo Boll ''(quarterfinals)'' # Chuang Chih-yuan ''(fourth round)'' # Dimitrij Ovtcharov ''(fourth round)'' # Ma Lin ''(second round)'' # Jun Mizutani ''(first round)'' # Vladimir Samsonov ''(fourth round)'' # Yan An ''(quarterfinals)'' # Jiang Tianyi ''(first round)'' # Gao Ning ''(fourth round)'' # Adrian Crișan ''(second round)'' # Koki Niwa ''(fourth round)'' # Marcos Freitas ''(fourth round)'' # Bastian Steger ''(second round)'' # Adrien Mattenet ''(second round)'' # Chen Chien-an ''(third round)'' # Patrick Baum ''(quarterfinals)'' # Tang Peng ''(third round)'' # Taku Takakiwa ''(second round)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Table Tennis Championships
The 2013 World Table Tennis Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from May 13 to May 20, 2013. The Championships were the 52nd edition of the World Table Tennis Championships. These were the first Championships since 2003 in which China did not win all five competitions and the first since 1993 in which they won fewer than four gold medals. China's ten-Championships long streak of men's doubles titles came to an end as Chuang Chih-yuan and Chen Chien-an of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) beat a Chinese duo for their nation's first-ever gold medal. China's eleven-Championships long streak of mixed doubles titles (since 1989) came to an end as Kim Hyok-Bong and Kim Jong of North Korea beat a South Korean team in the finals. However, China did have the top four finishers in both the men's and women's singles and won 14 of 20 medals overall. Zhang Jike took the men's title, marking his fourth consecutive World or Olympic first-place finish, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
The men's team tournament of the 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from March 25 to April 1, 2012. at Dortmund, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee .... The draw was held on February 22. China once again won the final, beating Germany 3–0. Medalists Championship division Players list Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Place 1–12 =First round= ---- ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
