Cheung Yuk

Cheung Yuk
Cheung at World Cup 2013
Nation:	Hong Kong
Date of birth:	October 28, 1981
Place of birth:	Wuxi , Jiangsu Province , People's Republic of China
Size:	167.4 cm
Weight:	63 kg
Playing hand:	left handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Trainer:	Chan Kong Wah
Best world ranking :	12 (July 2008)

Cheung Yuk ( Chinese  張 鈺  /  张 钰 , Pinyin Zhāng Yù ; born October 28, 1981 in Wuxi , Jiangsu Province , People's Republic of China ) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong . He took part in the Olympic Games three times.

Career

Together with Leung Chu Yan , Cheung Yuk was vice Asian champion in doubles in 2000 and 2003 . Since 1999 (until 2013) he took part in 14 world championships . He won bronze four times, namely in 2006 and 2008 in the team competition and in 2011 and 2013 in mixed with Jiang Huajun .

In 2000 , 2004 and 2008 he qualified for participation in the Olympic Games, where he finished fifth with the team in 2008.

In 2005 Cheung Yuk moved from the Chinese club TTC of Hating Shu Ji to the German Bundesliga for TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau . With his men's team, he won the German Cup in 2005/06. Today (2013) he plays for the Polish club Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki (at least since 2010)

successes

team

• World Championship: Bronze 2006 and 2008
• Asian Games: Bronze 2002 and 2006

Mixed doubles

• World Championship: Bronze 2011 and 2013
• Asian Games: Gold 2002 , Silver 2010

Award

• Chief Executive's Commendation for Community Service 2011

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2009	Lucknow	IND	Quarter finals	Semifinals
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2005	Jeju-do	COR		Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2003	Bangkok	THA	last 16	silver	Semifinals
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2000	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Asian Cup	2004	Mahshahr	IRI	1st place
HKG	Asian Cup	2000	Mumbai	IND	Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Games	2010	Guangzhou	CHN		Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Asian Games	2006	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Games	2002	Busan	COR	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	gold
HKG	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 32			5
HKG	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE		last 16
HKG	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2013	Incheon City	COR	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2013	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2013	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32
HKG	Pro tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	last 32
HKG	Pro tour	2012	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2012	Doha	QAT	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Stockholm	SWE	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Shenzen	CHN	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Almeria	ESP	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Władysławowo	POLE	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SLO	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Tianjin	CHN	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Warsaw	POLE	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	Semifinals			3
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	Semifinals	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Yokohama	JPN	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN	last 32
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Santiago	CHI	Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Velenje	SVN	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 32
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2007	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Shenzhen	CHN	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	TPE	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Nanjing	CHN	last 32
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 64	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Jeonju	COR	last 32	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 16	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Shenzhen	CHN	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Velenje	SLO	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT	last 16	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Changchun	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Wuxi	CHN	last 16	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Pyeongchang	COR	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Malmo	SWE	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Johor Bahru	MAS	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Rio	BRA	Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Qingdao City	CHN	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Courmayeur	ITA	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Cairo	EGY	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	catfish	AUT	Quarter finals	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Farum	THE	Quarter finals	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Skovde	SWE	last 16	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Seoul	COR	last 32	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Hainan	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2000	Farum	THE	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2000	Umeå	SWE	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2000	Warsaw	POLE	Rd 1	Rd 1
HKG	Pro tour	2000	Kobe City	JPN	Semifinals	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2000	Chang Chun City	CHN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	Rd 1	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA		last 16
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	Rd 1	Rd 1
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2008	Macau	MAC	last 16
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2006	Hong Kong	HKG		Semifinals
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2005	Fuzhou	CHN		Quarter finals
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2004	Beijing	CHN		Quarter finals
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2003	Guangzhou	CHN		silver
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2002	Stockholm	SWE		Semifinals
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2001	Hainan	CHN		silver
HKG	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 64	Semifinals
HKG	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				9
HKG	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 64	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				5
HKG	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 16	Quarter finals	last 32
HKG	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				3
HKG	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	last 32	last 16
HKG	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				3
HKG	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals	last 32
HKG	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				5
HKG	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 64	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 32	last 16	last 32	21st
HKG	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				21-24
HKG	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	no participants	no participants	no participants
HKG	World cup	2009	Moscow	RUS	9-12. space
HKG	WTC World Team Cup	2010	Dubai	UAE				5th place
HKG	WTC World Team Cup	2009	Linz	AUT	3rd place
HKG	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				2

Web links

Commons : Cheung Yuk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Cheung Yuk biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed June 28, 2014)
• Cheung Yuk Article about Cheung Yuk on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 28, 2014)
• Cheung Yuk in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed June 28, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Change of club from China to Grenzau ( memento from June 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on June 16, 2013)
2. ↑ Report on tischtennis.de ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 16, 2013)  
3. ^ Award List , Hong Kong Administration. (English) - search for "CHEUNG Yuk" - (accessed June 17, 2013)
4. ↑ Cheung Yuk results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed July 16, 2013)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Cheung is the family name here, Yuk is the first name.