Geng Lijuan
Geng Lijuan (born January 15, 1963 in Hebei ) is a Chinese and Canadian table tennis player . She is a four-time world champion. She has played for Canada since 1989.
Career in China
At the 1983 World Cup she was runner-up in doubles with Huang Junqun, and she won gold with the team. In 1985 she reached the final in singles, doubles (with Dai Lili ) and with the team she won the title. In 1987 she won the last title, namely in mixed with Hui Jun.
Career in Canada
Some time before her marriage, she moved to Canada in 1988 (or 1989) and was allowed to play in that country. For Canada she took part in the 1991 World Championships (quarter-finals in singles), 1993 , 1995 (quarter-finals in singles), 1997 , 1999 (quarter-finals in doubles), 2000 and 2001 .
In 1996 and 2000 she took part in the Olympic Games.
She won the national championship and the North American championship several times.
In 1990 she joined the German Bundesliga club Spvg Steinhagen . After the withdrawal of this club, she moved to Ottawa in 1994 to return to Germany in 1997 to Team Galaxis Lübeck .
Private
In 1983 she met the Romanian table tennis player Horatio Pintea in Canada. This competed in international competitions for Canada since 1983. In 1988 Geng Lijuan moved to Canada, and in June 1989 she married Pintea.
Her sister Geng Lihong came to TTK GW Kiel from China in 1991 .
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1986 | Shenzhen | CHN | Semifinals | Semifinals | gold | |
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1984 | Islamabad | PAH | Semifinals | gold | 1 | |
| CHN | Asian Games | 1986 | Seoul | COR | gold | silver | 2 | |
| CAN | North America Championship | 2002 | Edmonton | 0 | Semifinals | gold | ||
| CAN | North America Championship | 2000 | Toranto | 0 | gold | silver | ||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1999 | Fort Lauderdale | 0 | silver | silver | ||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1998 | Winnipeg | 0 | gold | gold | gold | |
| CAN | North America Championship | 1996 | Edmonton | 0 | gold | gold | ||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1995 | South Bend | 0 | gold | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1994 | Laval | 0 | gold | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1992 | Ste Hyacinthe | 0 | gold | gold | ||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1991 | Laval | 0 | gold | |||
| CAN | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | last 16 | immediately excluded | ||
| CAN | Olympic games | 1996 | Atlanta | United States | last 16 | immediately excluded | ||
| CAN | PAN-American Games | 1999 | Winnipeg | CAN | silver | 2 | ||
| CAN | PAN-American Games | 1995 | Mar del Plata | ARG | gold | gold | gold | 1 |
| CAN | Pro tour | 1999 | Kobe City | JPN | Quarter finals | Rd 1 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1998 | Ji 'Nan City | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1998 | Wakayama | JPN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1998 | Doha | QAT | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | Quarter finals | Rd 1 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1997 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1996 | Lyon | FRA | Quarter finals | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1996 | Bolzano | ITA | Quarter finals | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1996 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | silver | gold | ||
| CAN | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 32 | last 64 | last 16 | 12 |
| CAN | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 17-20 | |||
| CAN | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 32 | Quarter finals | last 128 | |
| CAN | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 16 | last 64 | last 32 | 16 |
| CAN | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | Quarter finals | last 32 | last 32 | 16 |
| CAN | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 32 | last 32 | Quarter finals | |
| CAN | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | Quarter finals | last 16 | last 32 | |
| CHN | World Championship | 1987 | New Delhi | IND | last 16 | last 16 | gold | |
| CHN | World Championship | 1985 | Gothenburg | SWE | silver | gold | last 16 | 1 |
| CHN | World Championship | 1983 | Tokyo | JPN | last 16 | silver | no participants | 1 |
| CHN | World Championship | 1981 | Novi Sad | YUG | last 16 | no participants | last 16 | |
| CAN | World cup | 2000 | Phnom Penh | CAM | 9-12. space | |||
| CAN | World cup | 1998 | Taipei | TPE | 13-16. space | |||
| CAN | World cup | 1997 | Shanghai | CHN | 4th | |||
| CAN | World cup | 1996 | Hong Kong | HKG | 9-12. space | |||
| CAN | World Doubles Cup | 1992 | Las Vegas | United States | Quarter finals |
swell
- Rahul Nelson: Got even better than before? , DTS magazine , 1990/3 page 11
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1992: Singles and doubles with Barbara Chen - DTS magazine , 1992/5 page 38
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1990/6 page 16
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/8 page 14
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1991/6, pp. 9-10
- ↑ ITTF statistics ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 7, 2011)
Web links
- Career (engl.)
- Geng Lijuan in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed March 17, 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geng Lijuan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese and Canadian table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hebei |