Leung Chu Yan

Leung Chu Yan
Other spellings:	梁 柱 恩
Nation:	Hong Kong
Date of birth:	April 21, 1979
Place of birth:	Guangdong Province , People's Republic of China
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	65 kg
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Penholder
Trainer:	Chan Kong Wah
Best world ranking :	16 ( February 2005 )

Leung Chu Yan ( Chinese  梁柱恩  /  梁柱恩 , Pinyin Liáng Zhùēn ; born April 21, 1979 in Guangdong Province , People's Republic of China ) is a table tennis player and Olympic participant from Hong Kong .

Career

Leung Chu Yan first appeared internationally in 1996 when he reached the quarter-finals in doubles at the Asian Championships . In 2000 and 2003 he was here with his doubles partner Cheung Yuk in the final.

Since 1997 (until 2013) he took part in 14 world championships . He won bronze twice, namely in 2006 and 2008 in the team competition. In 2000 , 2004 , 2008 and 2012 he qualified for participation in the Olympic Games, where he finished fourth with the team in 2012.

The first contact with the German Bundesliga came in 1998. However, as Post SV Telekom Mülheim withdrew its team from professional sport, the planned commitment was not made. In 2003 he joined the Würzburger Hofbräu association. With his men's team he became German champion in the 2004/05 season and reached the final of the ETTU Cup in 2005 and 2007 . In 2007 he moved to TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen , and one year later to SV Plüderhausen . Here he was the German Cup winner in 2008/09 and won the ETTU Cup. In the 2009/10 season he played for 1. FC Saarbrücken , since 2010 again for SV Plüderhausen, before joining SVS Niederösterreich in 2012 .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2005	Jeju-do	COR	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2003	Bangkok	THA	last 16	silver
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	2000	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Asian Championship ATTU	1996	Kallang	SIN		Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Cup	2000	Mumbai	IND	Semifinals
HKG	Asian Cup	1997	Pune	IND	4th Place
HKG	Asian Cup	1996	New Delhi	IND	Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Games	2006	Doha	QAT		Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Games	2002	Busan	COR		Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Games	1998	Bangkok	THA	last 16
HKG	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	no participants			4th Place
HKG	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	Lost 1st stage	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2012	Kobe	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2012	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2012	Doha	QAT	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2012	Budapest	HUN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Stockholm	SWE	last 16	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Incheon	COR	last 32
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Shenzen	CHN	last 32
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Władysławowo	POLE	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER		Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2010	Cairo	EGY	Quarter finals	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2010	Kobe	JPN	last 32	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Suzhou	CHN	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2009	Velenje	SVN	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 16			3rd place
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 32
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Yokohama	JPN	last 16			5th place
HKG	Pro tour	2008	Velenje	SVN	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2007	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 64	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Shenzhen	CHN	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	TPE	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 64	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	last 64	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 16	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 64	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Shenzhen	CHN	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Doha	QAT	last 64	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2005	Velenje	SLO	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	Last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Aarhus	THE	silver	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Warsaw	POLE	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Changchun	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Wuxi	CHN	Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2004	Pyeongchang	COR		last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Malmo	SWE	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Johor Bahru	MAS	Quarter finals	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	last 64	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Rio	BRA	last 16	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Rio	BRA	last 16	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV		Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung city	COR	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Qingdao	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Courmayeur	ITA	Semifinals	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Doha	QAT	last 64	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2002	Cairo	EGY	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2002	catfish	AUT	last 64	gold
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Farum	THE		Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Skovde	SWE	last 32	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Seoul	COR	Quarter finals	silver
HKG	Pro tour	2001	Hainan	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	2000	Farum	THE	1 round	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2000	Umeå	SWE	1 round	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	2000	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	1 round
HKG	Pro tour	2000	Kobe	JPN	1 round	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	2000	Changchun	CHN	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Prague	CZE	1 round	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	1 round	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	1 round	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Kobe	JPN	last 16	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	last 32	1 round
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Melbourne	OUT	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Zagreb	HRV	1 round	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	1999	Hopton-on-Sea	CLOSELY		1 round
HKG	Pro tour	1998	Jinan	CHN		1 round
HKG	Pro tour	1998	Melbourne	OUT	1 round
HKG	Pro tour	1998	Wakayama	JPN	1 round
HKG	Pro tour	1998	Kota Kinabalu	MAS	last 32	last 16
HKG	Pro tour	1997	Squid	SWE	1 round
HKG	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 64
HKG	Pro tour	1997	Chiba	JPN	last 32
HKG	Pro tour	1997	Ipoh	MAS	last 32	Scratched
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2006	Hong Kong	HKG		SF
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2005	Fuzhou	CHN		Quarter finals
HKG	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2004	Beijing	CHN	last 16	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	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1997	Hong Kong	HKG	last 16	Quarter finals
HKG	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 16
HKG	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				9th place
HKG	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 32	last 16
HKG	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN			last 16
HKG	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				3rd place
HKG	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	last 32	Quarter finals
HKG	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				3rd place
HKG	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 64	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				5th place
HKG	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 32	Quarter finals	last 16
HKG	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 128	last 16	last 128	21st place
HKG	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				21.-24. space
HKG	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 32	Quarter finals	last 32
HKG	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	2nd round	last 64	last 64	26th place
HKG	World cup	2011	Magdeburg	GER				5th place
HKG	WTC World Team Cup	2009	Linz	AUT	3rd place
HKG	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				2nd place

Web links

• Leung Chu Yan biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (English)
• Leung Chu Yan Article about Leung Chu Yan on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (English)
• Leung Chu Yan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1998/6 p. 8
2. ↑ Change of club to Würzburg ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 1, 2013)
3. ↑ Change of club from Würzburg to Ochsenhausen ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 1, 2013)
4. ↑ Change of club from Ochsenhausen to Plüderhausen ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 1, 2013)
5. ↑ Change of club from Plüderhausen to Saarbrücken ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed July 1, 2013)
6. ↑ Change of club from Saarbrücken to Plüderhausen ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed July 1, 2013)
7. ↑ ÖTTV Newsletter No. 95, August 2013 (accessed on August 29, 2013)
8. ↑ Leung Chu Yan Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed July 30, 2013)

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