Cao Zhen (table tennis player)
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| Cao Zhen 2012, left | |
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 People's Republic of China
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| Date of birth: | January 8, 1987 |
| Place of birth: | Shandong |
| Playing hand: | Right handed |
| How to play: | Offensive, classic (no penholder) |
| Best world ranking : | 11 (Jan. 2005, Aug. 2006, Sept. 2006) |
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Cao Zhen (born January 8, 1987 in Shandong ) is a Chinese table tennis player . She became world champion in mixed in 2009 and 2011.
Career
In 2003 Cao Zhen was at the ATTU Asian Championships junior champion with the Chinese team, in doubles with Peng Luyang she reached the final. In the same year she entered the Junior World Championship in Santiago. Here, too, she was part of the winning team. In singles she reached the semifinals, in mixed with Ma Long she reached the finals.
Also in 2003, she first appeared in an adult tournament. At the Pro-Tour tournament in Johor Bahru , Malaysia , she won singles and doubles. Until 2010 she still appeared in numerous Pro Tour tournaments, for example in 2005 at the German Open , where she won gold in the individual. In 2005 , 2007 , 2009 and 2011 she took part in the World Championships. She was particularly successful in the mixed competition. With Qiu Yike she reached the semifinals in 2005 and 2007, the title she won in 2009 with Li Ping and 2011 with Zhang Chao .
In 2010, Somalia issued a series of stamps featuring Chinese table tennis players, including Cao Zhen.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| CHN | Youth Asian Championship | 2003 | Hyderabad | IND | silver | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kuwait City | KUW | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2010 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2009 | Tianjin | CHN | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2009 | Frederikshavn | THE | last 16 | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2009 | Velenje | SVN | gold | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2008 | Yokohama | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2008 | Changchun | CHN | last 16 | |||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Stockholm | SWE | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | silver | |||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2006 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2006 | Singapore | SIN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2006 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2006 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2005 | Gothenburg | SWE | gold | last 16 | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2005 | Magdeburg | GER | gold | |||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2005 | Yokohama | JPN | last 16 | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2004 | catfish | AUT | silver | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2004 | Leipzig | GER | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2004 | Wuxi | CHN | gold | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2003 | Johor Bahru | MAS | gold | gold | ||
| CHN | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | gold | |||
| CHN | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| CHN | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | CRO | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Youth World Championship | 2003 | Santiago | CHI | Semifinals | Quarter finals | silver | gold |
Web links
- Biography (accessed July 2, 2020)
- ITTF database (accessed July 2, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World ranking (accessed on July 2, 2020)
- ↑ Asian Junior Championships Results 1983-2010 (PDF; 250 kB; accessed on July 2, 2020)
- ↑ Results on tischtennis-infos.de (accessed on July 2, 2020)
- ↑ Tischtennis Magazin, Official Organ of the Table Tennis Association Lower Saxony 11/2005, page 2 ( Online , PDF; 1.6 MB; accessed on July 2, 2020)
- ^ The Table Tennis Collector 59, Feb. 2011, p. 18
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| SURNAME | Cao Zhen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shandong |