Wang Liqin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang (王).
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Wang Liqin (Chinese: 王励勤) (born June 18, 1978, Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese table tennis player. As of December 5, 2007, he is ranked 3rd in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old.
Contents |
[edit] Style
Wang Liqin uses the shakehand grip. He plays a forehand dominated style with the occasional backhand loop to open a topspin rally. His above average height allows him additional leverage for acceleration and momentum, creating more powerful shots.
[edit] Awards
Wang won the gold medal in doubles at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and the bronze medal in singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece. For most of 2005, he ranked as the world's best table tennis player.
Wang Liqin won his first World Championship in Osaka, Japan in 2001. In 2003, Wang made it to the quarter-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships. He has since won two more World Championships - 48th WTTC 2005 in Shanghai, China and 49th WTTC 2007 in Zagreb, HRV. Wang Liqin is ranked #3 in the world for Men's Singles, based on the ITTF World Ranking page as of May 2008(www.ittf.com).
Wang and his teammates won the 2006 world table tennis team championships, beating Korea in the finals. Wang has won the highest number of pro tours, winning over 20. Wang now plays for the Shanghai city team.
He recently won the 2007 Men's Singles World Table Tennis Championship in Zagreb coming back from a 1-3 deficit to Ma Lin in a best of 7 match.
At the 2007 Pro Tour Grand Final he has won the final with Chen Qi against Wang Hao/Ma Lin.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Biography at CCTV.com
Hobbies www.Gameinformer.com The article can be found in the fifth issue 2007
| Preceded by Liu Guoliang |
World Table Tennis Champion 2001 |
Succeeded by Werner Schlager |
| Preceded by Werner Schlager |
World Table Tennis Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by Wang Liqin |
| Preceded by Wang Liqin |
World Table Tennis Champion 2007 |
Succeeded by Defending Champion |
