Li Bin (table tennis player)

Li Bin
Other spellings:	李斌 / 李斌
Nation:	Hungary
Date of birth:	May 31, 1988
Place of birth:	Beijing
Size:	171 cm
Weight:	63 kg
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand , attack
Best world ranking :	146 (December 2008)
Clubs as active: -2008 Statisztika Petőfi SC 2008-2010 TuS Bad Driburg

Li Bin ( Chinese李斌 / 李斌, Pinyin Lǐ Bīn ; born May 31, 1988 in Beijing ) is a former Hungarian table tennis player of Chinese origin. With the team she became European champion in 2007 . She is right-handed and uses the European shakehand stick position as a handle .

Career

Even in her youth, Li was one of the best players in her country. In 2003 she was European School Champion, and in 2004 in mixed. At the same event, the native Chinese won two silver medals with the team and two bronze medals. With the Budapest club Statisztika Petőfi SC, she was two-time Hungarian team champion from 2003 to 2008. In 2008 she moved to the German Bundesliga for TuS Bad Driburg , where she stayed until at least 2010.

She took part in her first adult tournament in 2006. So Li was able to play in her first World Cup , the Hungarian team reached the quarter-finals.

In 2007, Li and the team won bronze at the World Team Cup . At the European Championships in the same year, she was eliminated early in singles, doubles and mixed, but secured the gold medal in the team competition.

In 2008, Li Bin still took part in the European Championships , where she and the team reached 2nd place, as well as in the World Cup , which again ended up in the quarter-finals.

In January 2013 she was listed for the last time in the ITTF world rankings and then did not appear internationally.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
HUN	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				Quarter finals
HUN	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				Quarter finals
HUN	European Championship ETTU	2008	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 64	last 64		2
HUN	European Championship ETTU	2007	Belgrade	SRB	last 64	last 16	last 64	1
HUN	Pro tour	2012	Panagjurishte	BUL	last 64	last 16
HUN	Pro tour	2010	Warsaw	POLE	last 64	last 32
HUN	Pro tour	2010	Budapest	HUN	last 16	last 32
HUN	World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				3
HUN	Youth World Championship	2006	Cairo	EGY	last 16	last 32	Quarter finals	3
HUN	Youth World Championship	2005	Linz	AUT	last 32	last 16	last 32	2
HUN	Youth World Championship	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 32	last 16	Quarter finals
HUN	European youth championship	2006	Sarajevo	TO	Semifinals	Quarter finals	last 16	3
HUN	European youth championship	2005	Prague	CZE	Quarter finals	Semifinals	last 16	3
HUN	European youth championship	2004	Budapest	HUN		Semifinals	gold	2
HUN	European Schoolchildren Championship	2003	Novi Sad	SRB	gold			2
HUN	Youth TOP 10	2006	Podgorica	MON	Quarter finals
HUN	Youth TOP 10	2005	Malfetta	ESP	3rd place
HUN	Youth TOP 10	2004	Le Creusot	FRA	3rd place

Web links

• Li Bin on the website of (tischtennis-infos.de) (accessed on February 22, 2020)
• Player profile about Li Bin on tabletennis.guide (accessed February 22, 2020)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Access: Bayern table tennis online - season 2008/2009 page 2 - V Böblingen, season report table tennis 2009/2010, page 22
2. ^ Li Bin: ranking history (ITTF). Retrieved February 22, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Li Bin. Retrieved February 22, 2020 . 

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