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Name | FAN Zhendong | ||
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Date of Birth | 22 JAN 1997 | |
Residence | Gender | Male | ||
Height | 173 cm | Weight | 77 kg | |
Discipline | Table Tennis |
Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
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World Championships | ||||
1 | Team | 2014 | Tokyo, JPN | |
3rd Round | Singles | 2013 | Paris, FRA | |
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | ||||
3 | Singles | 2013 | Dubai, UAE | |
ITTF World Tour | ||||
1 | Singles | 2014 | Kuwait Open, KUW | |
1 | Men's Doubles | 2014 | China Open, CHN | |
1 | Singles | 2013 | German Open, GER | |
1 | Singles | 2013 | Polish Open, POL | |
2 | Singles | 2013 | Swedish Open, SWE | |
3 | Singles | 2014 | China Open, CHN | |
3 | Men's Doubles | 2014 | Qatar Open, QAT | |
Quarterfinal | Men's Doubles | 2014 | Kuwait Open, KUW | |
Quarterfinal | Singles | 2013 | China Open, CHN | |
Quarterfinal | Men's Doubles | 2013 | Swedish Open, SWE | |
Quarterfinal | Men's Doubles | 2013 | German Open, GER | |
Quarterfinal | Men's Doubles | 2013 | Polish Open, POL | |
3rd Round | Singles | 2014 | Qatar Open, QAT | |
2nd Round | Singles | 2013 | Qatar Open, QAT | |
1st Round | Men's Doubles | 2013 | Qatar Open, QAT | |
Asian Championships | ||||
1 | Team | 2013 | Busan, KOR | |
3 | Mixed Doubles | 2013 | Busan, KOR | |
Quarterfinal | Singles | 2013 | Busan, KOR | |
East Asian Games | ||||
1 | Singles | 2013 | Tianjin, CHN | |
1 | Team | 2013 | Tianjin, CHN | |
2 | Men's Doubles | 2013 | Tianjin, CHN | |
Youth Olympic Games | ||||
1 | Singles | 2014 | Nanjing, CHN | |
1 | Team | 2014 | Nanjing, CHN | |
World Junior Championships | ||||
1 | Singles | 2012 | Hyderabad, IND | |
1 | Mixed Doubles | 2012 | Hyderabad, IND | |
1 | Team | 2012 | Hyderabad, IND | |
2 | Men's Doubles | 2012 | Hyderabad, IND | |
World Ranking | ||||
2 | Singles | 2014 |
Hobbies | Listening to music, watching television. (stigatabletennis.com, 28 Mar 2014) |
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Occupation | Athlete |
Languages Spoken | Mandarin |
Club | Bayi Dashang [PLA], China |
Coach | Wang Tao [club], CHN; Fan Zhangmao [club], CHN; Liu Guoliang [national], CHN; Wu Jingping [personal], CHN (tabletennista.com, 10 Jul 2014; tabletennista.com, 23 May 2014; tabletennista.com, 15 May 2014) |
Plays | Right (tabletennista.com, 20 May 2014) |
International debut | 2013 for China (tabletennista.com, 10 Jul 2014) |
Additional Information | Start of sporting career He took up table tennis at age five. (stigatabletennis.com, 28 Mar 2014) Reason for taking up this sport His parents thought if he played table tennis it would improve his health, and if he became good enough to join the school sports team he would be exempt from tuition fees. (sports.qianlong.com, 30 Dec 2013) Ambitions To compete at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Korea, and to win a gold medal in singles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (stigatabletennis.com, 28 Mar 2014; tabletennista.com, 23 May 2014) Hero Belarusian table tennis player Vladimir Samsonov. (stigatabletennis.com, 28 Mar 2014) Awards He read the Athlete Oath at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony. (ittf.com, 16 Aug 2014) General YOUNGEST WINNER When he won the 2013 Polish Open in Spala, Poland, at age 16, he became the youngest winner [at the time] of a men's singles event on the International Table Tennis Federation [ITTF] World Tour. (ITTF, 10 Nov 2013) Social Media Hear more from the athlete via their Weibo. |