Adrian Crișan (born 7 May 1980) is a
Romania
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n professional
table tennis
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player who currently plays with SV Werder Bremen. He competed in the
Summer Olympic Games in
2000
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,
2004
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Events January
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,
2008
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,
2012
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and
2016. He ranked as high as #10 in the World Rankings in January 2006, and is ranked #52 .
Crișan is a ten-time singles champion of Romania (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013).
He is currently trained by Cristian Tamaș.
Clubs
*1996–1997: CSM Bistriţa
*1997–1999: 1. FC Bayreuth
*1999–2000: SV Plüderhausen
*2000–2010: TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen
*2010–2015: SV Werder Bremen
*2015–2020: Stella Sport La Romagne
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Romanian male table tennis players
Olympic table tennis players of Romania
Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Living people
1980 births
category:Sportspeople from Bistrița
Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Romania
Romanian Christians
20th-century Romanian people
21st-century Romanian people
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