Chuang Chih-Yuan

Chuang Chih-Yuan
Chuang at the 2013 World Cup
Other spellings:	莊智淵
Nation:	Chinese Taipei
Date of birth:	April 2, 1981
Place of birth:	Kaohsiung
Size:	167 cm
Weight:	60 kg
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Current world rankings :	15th
Best world ranking :	3 (December 2003)

Chuang Chih-Yuan ( Chinese  莊智淵  /  庄智渊 , Pinyin Zhuāng Zhìyuān ; born April 2, 1981 in Kaohsiung ) is a Taiwanese table tennis player who played for Werder Bremen in Germany. He took part in the Olympic Games for the fourth time in 2016. In 2013 he won the world championship in doubles.

Career

Chuang Chih-Yuan's parents were Taiwanese national team players. He made his first international appearances in 1998 in ITTF Pro Tour tournaments, in which he often participates so successfully to this day (2015) that he has always reached the Grand Finals since 2000. He won the singles in 2002, and in 2008 he made it to the finals with his compatriot Wu Chih-Chi in doubles . At the Asian Championships , he was second with the Taiwanese team in 2000 and 2003.

In 2004 he qualified for the first time to take part in the Summer Olympics . Here he was eliminated in the singles quarter-finals against the Chinese Wang Hao , the doubles with Chiang Peng-Lung went two rounds further. At the next Olympic Games in 2008 he lost singles in the third round against Yang Zi (Singapore). In 2012 he reached the semi-finals in the singles and was then defeated by the German Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the battle for the bronze medal .

From 2000 until today (2016) he took part in all 17 world championships . It wasn't until 2013 that he won a medal when he won the first ever World Championship title for Taiwan in doubles with Chen Chien-An after beating the Chinese duo Hao Shuai / Ma Lin 4-2 in the final . He also took part in all 14 World Cups between 2002 and 2015 and made it to the quarter-finals there a total of six times.

Activities in Germany

In 2000, Chuang Chih-Yuan joined the German Bundesliga club TTF Ochsenhausen for the first time - coming from the Chin.Taipei team . A year later he moved to SV Plüderhausen , at the end of the 2001/02 season he returned to TTF Ochsenhausen, with which he became German champion in 2004. He stayed here until 2006 when he left Germany for Taiwan. After an interlude at the Spanish club Tenis de M. Caja, he was committed again in 2008 by Ochsenhausen. He later played in France at Levallois Sport . From the 2012/13 season he joined SV Werder Bremen , with whom he became German champion in his first season and with 21 wins from 24 games had the best individual record in the league. In 2014 he returned to Taiwan. He currently plays for the French club GV Hennebont .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
TPE	Asian Championship ATTU	2012	Macau	MAC	Quarter finals
TPE	Asian Championship ATTU	2009	Lucknow	IND		Quarter finals	Quarter finals
TPE	Asian Championship ATTU	2007	Yangzhou	CHN	last 16	Semifinals
TPE	Asian Championship ATTU	2005	Jeju-do	COR	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
TPE	Asian Championship ATTU	2003	Bangkok	THA	Quarter finals			2
TPE	Asian Championship ATTU	2000	Doha	QAT				2
TPE	Asian Cup	2013	Hong Kong	HKG	3rd place
TPE	Asian Cup	2008	Sapporo	JPN	5th place
TPE	Asian Cup	2006	Kobe	JPN	6th place
TPE	Asian Games	2010	Guangzhou	CHN	Quarter finals
TPE	Asian Games	2006	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Quarter finals
TPE	Asian Games	2002	Busan	COR	silver
TPE	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32			13
TPE	Olympic games	2012	London	GB	4th Place
TPE	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 32			7th
TPE	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2013	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2013	Kuwait City	KUW	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2013	catfish	AUT	Semifinals	silver
TPE	Pro tour	2012	Bremen	GER	Semifinals	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2012	Kobe	JPN	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2012	Almeria	ESP	gold	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2012	Kuwait City	KUW	Semifinals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2012	Doha	QAT	last 16	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	last 16	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2011	Santiago de Chile	CHI	gold
TPE	Pro tour	2011	Kobe	JPN	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2011	Incheon	COR	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2011	Shenzen	CHN	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	last 64	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SLO	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2010	catfish	AUT	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2010	Budaörs	HUN	silver	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2010	Incheon	COR	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2010	Velenje	SVN	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2009	Seoul	COR	last 16	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2009	Tianjin	CHN	last 16	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2009	Bremen	GER	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	silver			5
TPE	Pro tour	2008	Salzburg	AUT	silver			3
TPE	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2008	Yokohama	JPN	last 32			5
TPE	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN	last 16			5
TPE	Pro tour	2008	Santiago	CHI	Quarter finals	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2008	Belo Horizonte	BRA	last 32	silver
TPE	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2008	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2008	Velenje	SVN	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 64
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Shenzhen	CHN	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	TPE	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Nanjing	CHN	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 32	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Seongnam	COR	Semifinals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	2006	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 32	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 16	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2006	Singapore	SIN	silver	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2006	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2006	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2006	Zagreb	HRV	last 64
TPE	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2005	Shenzhen	CHN	last 64
TPE	Pro tour	2005	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	2005	Taipei	TPE	Semifinals	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2005	Suncheon	COR	last 16	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2005	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2004	Aarhus	THE	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	silver
TPE	Pro tour	2004	Chicago	United States	silver	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2004	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Semifinals	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2003	Malmo	SWE	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	silver
TPE	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2003	Rio	BRA	gold	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2002	Eindhoven	NED	silver	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2002	Kobe	JPN	silver	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2002	Qingdao City	CHN	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	2002	Courmayeur	ITA	Quarter finals	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2002	Doha	QAT	silver
TPE	Pro tour	2002	catfish	AUT	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Farum	THE	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Skovde	SWE	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Rotterdam	NED	last 32	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Bayreuth	GER	last 16	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Yokohama	JPN	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Seoul	COR	last 32	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Fort Lauderdale	United States	Semifinals	Rd 1
TPE	Pro tour	2001	São Paulo	BRA	Quarter finals	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Hainan	CHN	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	2001	Chatham	CLOSELY	last 32	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2000	Umeå	SWE	Quarter finals	Rd 1
TPE	Pro tour	2000	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	Semifinals
TPE	Pro tour	2000	Toulouse	FRA	Rd 1	Rd 1
TPE	Pro tour	2000	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 16	last 16
TPE	Pro tour	2000	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	Rd 1
TPE	Pro tour	2000	Kobe City	JPN	Quarter finals	Rd 1
TPE	Pro tour	2000	Zagreb	HRV	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	1999	Prague	CZE	last 32	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	Rd 1
TPE	Pro tour	1999	Linz / Wels	AUT	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	1999	Bremen	GER	last 32
TPE	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	last 16	Rd 1
TPE	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	last 32	Rd 1
TPE	Pro tour	1999	Melbourne	OUT	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro tour	1998	Wakayama	JPN	Rd 1	Rd 1
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2015	Lisbon	POR	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2014	Bangkok	THA	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2013	Dubai	UAE	last 16	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2012	Hangzhou	CHN	Semifinals
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2011	London	CLOSELY	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2010	Seoul	COR	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2009	Macau	MAC	last 16
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2008	Macau	MAC	Quarter finals	silver
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2007	Beijing	CHN	last 16
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2006	Hong Kong	HKG	last 16
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2005	Fuzhou	CHN	last 16
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2004	Beijing	CHN	last 16
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2002	Stockholm	SWE	gold
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2001	Hainan	CHN	Quarter finals
TPE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2000	Kobe City	JPN	last 16
TPE	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 16		last 16
TPE	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				17th
TPE	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 128	last 32	last 64
TPE	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				3
TPE	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 16	gold
TPE	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				7th
TPE	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 64	last 32	last 16
TPE	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				17th
TPE	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 32	last 64
TPE	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				6th
TPE	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	last 64	last 32
TPE	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				13
TPE	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 64	Quarter finals	last 32
TPE	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				7th
TPE	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 16	last 16	last 32
TPE	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 64	last 16	last 64	16
TPE	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				5-8
TPE	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 32	last 64	last 64
TPE	World cup	2017	Liege	BEL	last 16
TPE	World cup	2015	Halmstad	SWE	Quarter finals
TPE	World cup	2014	Dusseldorf	GER	Quarter finals
TPE	World cup	2013	Verviers	BEL	Quarter finals
TPE	World cup	2012	Liverpool	GB	Quarter finals
TPE	World cup	2011	Paris	FRA	9-12 space
TPE	World cup	2010	Magdeburg	GER	Quarter finals
TPE	World cup	2009	Moscow	RUS	13-16 space
TPE	World cup	2008	Liege	BEL	9-12 space
TPE	World cup	2007	Barcelona	ESP	9-12 space
TPE	World cup	2006	Paris	FRA	Quarter finals
TPE	World cup	2005	Liege	BEL	9-12 space
TPE	World cup	2004	Hangzhou	CHN	9-12 space
TPE	World cup	2003	Jiangyin	CHN	9-12 space
TPE	World cup	2002	Jinan	CHN	9-12 space

Web links

• Never Alone - Chuang Chih-Yuan article from July 12, 2015 on Butterfly (accessed July 21, 2015)
• Chuang Chih-Yuan biography on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English) (accessed on August 2, 2012)
• Chuang Chih-Yuan Article about Chuang Chih-Yuan on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed August 2, 2012)
• Chuang Chih-Yuan in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed September 21, 2018)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
2. ↑ Chih-Yuan Chuang wins the world championship in doubles ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: www.werder.de, May 19, 2013, accessed on May 22, 2013.
3. ↑ Change of club from Taiwan to Ochsenhausen - DTS magazine , 2000/6, p. 25 + 2000/8, p. 36
4. ↑ Change of club from Ochsenhausen to Plüderhausen - DTS magazine , 2001/6, p. 25
5. ↑ Change of club from Plüderhausen to Ochsenhausen - DTS magazine , 2002/6, p. 15
6. ↑ club AC Ochsenhausen to Taiwan - magazine DTS 2006/8, p 31,
7. ↑ Change of club Spain to Ochsenhausen ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). In: www.tischtennis.de, accessed on August 2, 2012
8. ↑ Change of club Levallois to Bremen ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). In: www.tischtennis.de, accessed on August 2, 2012
9. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/7, p. 20
10. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2014/6, p. 23
11. ↑ Gare du Voeu Hennebont. In: www.fftt.com. January 1, 1999, accessed August 15, 2016 (French).  
12. ↑ Chuang Chih-Yuan results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed May 22, 2013)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chuang is the family name here, Chih-Yuan is the first name.