Jean-Philippe Gatien

Jean-Philippe Gatien (2013)

Jean-Philippe Gatien (born October 16, 1968 in Alès ) is a former French table tennis player and was one of the best players in the world in the 1990s. He became world champion in 1993 by beating Jean-Michel Saive in the final.

youth

Jean-Philippe Gatien's career was promoted by his father René († 2000 at the age of 66), who played table tennis himself and was president of the French league. From 1981 Jean-Philippe Gatien attended the National Sports Institute (Institut National du Sport) in Paris, from which he graduated with a business diploma.

As a youth he was with the French team in 1985 and 1986 vice European champion. From 1988 to 2002 he won the national championship 13 times in singles, eight times in doubles and twice in mixed. In 1988 he won the European Nancy Evans Cup with his club Levallois UTT .

Adult

In 1992 he was runner-up in the men's singles (as world number one at number 1) and third in doubles in 2000 . In 1993 he became world champion in men's singles, in 1997 he won the European ranking tournament Europe TOP-12 . Men's team: World Cup: 3rd place (1995), 2nd place (1997), European champion in 1994 and 1998 and 1990 in mixed (with Wang Xiaoming ).

Jean-Philippe Gatien ended his sporting career on May 15, 2004 due to numerous injuries.

Private

Jean-Philippe Gatien has a brother who is 5 years older than him. He has been married to Nathalie since August 6, 1994.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
FRA	European Championship	2003	Courmayeur	ITA	Quarter finals
FRA	European Championship	2000	Bremen	GER	last 16	gold
FRA	European Championship	1998	Eindhoven	NED	Semifinals	Quarter finals		1
FRA	European Championship	1996	Bratislava	SVK	Semifinals			2
FRA	European Championship	1994	Birmingham	CLOSELY		Quarter finals		1
FRA	European Championship	1992	Stuttgart	GER	Quarter finals		silver
FRA	European Championship	1990	Gothenburg	SWE	Semifinals		gold
FRA	European Championship	1988	Paris	FRA	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
FRA	European Championship	1986	Prague	TCH				2
FRA	EURO TOP12	2000	Alassio	ITA	3
FRA	EURO TOP12	1999	Split	HRV	3
FRA	EURO TOP12	1998	Halmstad	SWE	7th
FRA	EURO TOP12	1997	Eindhoven	NED	1
FRA	EURO TOP12	1996	Charleroi	BEL	3
FRA	EURO TOP12	1995	Dijon	FRA	3
FRA	EURO TOP12	1994	Arezzo	ITA	5
FRA	EURO TOP12	1993	Copenhagen	THE	5
FRA	EURO TOP12	1992	Vienna	AUT	5
FRA	EURO TOP12	1991	Hertogenbosch	NED	4th
FRA	EURO TOP12	1988	Ljubljana	YUG	9
FRA	Mediterranean Games	1993	Meze	FRA	gold
FRA	Mediterranean Games	1991	Athens	GRE	gold	.
FRA	Mediterranean Games	1987	Latakia	SYR		silver
FRA	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	last 32	bronze
FRA	Olympic games	1996	Atlanta	United States	immediately excluded	Quarter finals
FRA	Olympic games	1992	Barcelona	ESP	silver	Quarter finals
FRA	Olympic games	1988	Seoul	COR	immediately excluded	immediately excluded
FRA	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 32	Scratched
FRA	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV	last 32
FRA	Pro tour	2002	Courmayeur	ITA	last 16	Quarter finals
FRA	Pro tour	2001	Rotterdam	NED	last 64
FRA	Pro tour	2001	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	gold
FRA	Pro tour	2000	Toulouse	FRA	last 32	silver
FRA	Pro tour	2000	Kobe City	JPN	last 32
FRA	Pro tour	2000	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	Quarter finals
FRA	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	Semifinals	gold
FRA	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	last 16	Semifinals
FRA	Pro tour	1999	Bremen	GER	last 16	last 16
FRA	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
FRA	Pro tour	1999	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 16	Quarter finals
FRA	Pro tour	1999	Zagreb	HRV	Semifinals	gold
FRA	Pro tour	1999	Hopton-on-Sea	CLOSELY	last 32	last 16
FRA	Pro tour	1999	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
FRA	Pro tour	1998	Sundsvall	SWE	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
FRA	Pro tour	1998	Courmayeur	ITA	last 16	gold
FRA	Pro tour	1998	Beirut	LIB	Quarter finals	silver
FRA	Pro tour	1998	Ji 'Nan City	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
FRA	Pro tour	1998	Melbourne	OUT	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
FRA	Pro tour	1998	Wakayama	JPN	Quarter finals	last 16
FRA	Pro tour	1998	Kota Kinabalu	MAS	last 16	Semifinals
FRA	Pro tour	1998	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	Quarter finals
FRA	Pro tour	1998	Doha	QAT	last 16	Quarter finals
FRA	Pro tour	1997	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32	last 16
FRA	Pro tour	1997	Doha	QAT	last 16	silver
FRA	Pro tour	1996	Lyon	FRA	Quarter finals
FRA	Pro tour	1996	Belgrade	YUG		Quarter finals
FRA	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1999	Sydney	OUT	Quarter finals	silver
FRA	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1998	Paris	FRA	last 16	Semifinals
FRA	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 16	last 64
FRA	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals	no participants	6th
FRA	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				13-16
FRA	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 16	last 16	no participants
FRA	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	Quarter finals	Semifinals	no participants	2
FRA	World Championship	1995	Tianjin	CHN	last 16	Semifinals	no participants	4th
FRA	World Championship	1993	Gothenburg	SWE	gold	last 16	no participants	7th
FRA	World Championship	1991	Chiba City	JPN	Quarter finals	last 32	Quarter finals	11
FRA	World Championship	1989	Dortmund	FRG	last 128	Quarter finals	last 128	17th
FRA	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	last 64	last 32	last 32	13
FRA	World cup	1998	Shantou	CHN	9-12. space
FRA	World cup	1996	Nimes	FRA	9-12. space
FRA	World cup	1995	Nimes	FRA	4th
FRA	World cup	1994	Taipei	CHN	gold
FRA	World cup	1991	Kuala Lumpur	MAS	silver
FRA	World cup	1990	Chiba City	JPN	9-12. space
FRA	WTC World Team Cup	1995	Atlanta	United States				5
FRA	WTC World Team Cup	1994	Nimes	FRA				3
FRA	WTC World Team Cup	1991	Barcelona	ESP				3

literature

• Christophe Wyrzykowski: France's new star plays table tennis with perfect aesthetics : Jean-Philippe Gatien , translation: Heide Goetze, DTS magazine , 1989/9 pp. 40–42
• Rahul Nelson: The Masters - Jean-Philippe Gatien , DTS magazine , 1992/11 pp. 36–38
• Manfred Schillings: The new world champion has learned from defeat - with a clear head to the title , DTS magazine , 1993/6 p. 40
• Christophe Wyrzykowski: Jean-Philippe Gatien , translation: Heide Goetze, DTS magazine , 1995/1 pp. 41–44

Web links

• Entry in French database (accessed September 17, 2012)

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Jean-Philippe Gatien results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 7, 2011)