Ko Lai Chak

Ko Lai Chak
Nation:	Hong Kong
Date of birth:	May 10, 1976
Place of birth:	Chancheng
Playing hand:	left handed
How to play:	Penholder
Best world ranking :	20 (November, December 2007)

Ko Lai Chak ( Chinese  高 禮 澤 , Pinyin Gāo Lǐzé ; born May 10, 1976 in Chancheng , China ) is a Chinese table tennis player from Hong Kong who won silver in doubles at the 2004 Olympic Games .

Career

Ko Lai Chak was born in China and started playing table tennis when he was ten. Soon he was part of the Chinese national squad, but could not prevail against the strong competition there. Therefore, he used the opportunity to play for Hong Kong in 2000, where he was promoted by the national coach there Chan Kong Wah . Ko Lai Chak is left-handed and plays penholder style.

Ko Lai Chak achieved many successes in doubles with his standard partner Li Ching . With him he won the Asian Championships in 2003 and 2005 and the Asian Games in 2006. At the Asian Championships, he reached the mixed final twice, in 2005 with Zhang Rui and in 2007 with Tie Yana .

From 2001 to 2011 he was nominated for ten world championships . In 2006 and 2008 he was third with the team from Hong Kong, in 2007 he won bronze in doubles. Also at the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals , this double made it to the semifinals four times in a row from 2004 to 2007. In 2004 and 2008 he took part in the Olympic Games. He won the silver medal with Ko Lai Chak in 2004, the final against the Chinese Chen Qi / Ma Lin was lost.

In 2007 he was signed by the German Bundesliga club Müller Würzburg .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2009	Lucknow	IND	last 16
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2007	Yangzhou	CHN	Semifinals	Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2005	Jeju-do	COR	last 16	gold	silver
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2003	Bangkok	THA	Semifinals	gold	Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Cup	2010	Guangzhou	CHN	4th Place
HKG	Asian Cup	2006	Kobe	JPN	10th place
HKG	Asian Cup	2005	New Delhi	IND	Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Cup	2004	Mahshahr	IRI	Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Games	2006	Doha	QAT		gold	Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Games	2002	Busan	COR	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
HKG	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	Quarter finals			5
HKG	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Wladyslawowo	POLE	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 32
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SVN	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2010	Kobe	JPN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN	last 32			2
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT	last 16	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	last 32	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	last 16	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2007	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 32	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Shenzhen	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Santiago	CHI	Quarter finals	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Velenje	SVN	last 16	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Singapore	SIN	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Kuwait City	KUW	Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Doha	QAT	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Shenzhen	CHN	last 16	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Harbin	CHN	Semifinals	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Taipei	TPE	Quarter finals	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Doha	QAT	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Velenje	SVN	silver	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT	Semifinals	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	last 32	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 16	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Changchun	CHN	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	last 64	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Pyeongchang	COR	last 32	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 32	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Johor Bahru	MAS	last 16	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	last 32	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Rio	BRA	last 16	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV	last 32	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	Semifinals	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Qingdao City	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Courmayeur	ITA	last 32	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Doha	QAT	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Cairo	EGY	last 16	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2002	catfish	AUT	last 64	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Farum	THE	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Skovde	SWE	last 32	Rd 1
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Hainan	CHN	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Chatham	CLOSELY	last 16	Rd 1
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2007	Beijing	CHN		Semifinals
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2006	Hong Kong	HKG		Semifinals
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2005	Fuzhou	CHN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2004	Beijing	CHN		Semifinals
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2003	Guangzhou	CHN		Quarter finals
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2002	Stockholm	SWE		Quarter finals
HKG	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 32	last 16
HKG	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				5
HKG	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 32		Quarter finals
HKG	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				3
HKG	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	Semifinals	Semifinals
HKG	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				3
HKG	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 64	last 16	last 16
HKG	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				5
HKG	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 32	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 64	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	21st
HKG	WTC World Team Cup	2010	Dubai	UAE				5th place
HKG	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Change of club on tischtennis.de ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on September 26, 2011)
2. ^ Ko Lai Chak results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 26, 2011)

Web links

• Ko Lai Chak biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed September 26, 2011)
• Biography ( Memento of July 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 4, 2016)
• Ko Lai Chak Article about Ko Lai Chak on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed September 26, 2011)

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