Li Ju
Li Ju 
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| Other spellings: | 李菊 |
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| Date of birth: | 22nd January 1976 |
| Place of birth: | Nantong , PR China |
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Li Ju ( Chinese 李菊 , Pinyin Lǐ Jú ) (born January 22, 1976 in Nantong ) is a former Chinese table tennis player . She won several titles at world championships , she is Olympic champion in doubles.
Career
Li Ju plays right-handed with the shakehand stick position. She started playing table tennis when she was seven.
Li Ju's greatest international successes occurred between 1995 and 2004. She was nominated eight times for world championships. In 1997 she and her partner Wang Nan reached the final in doubles, in 1999 and 2001 they became world champions. She won gold four times with the Chinese team, namely in 1997, 2000 , 2001 and 2004 .
In the ITTF Pro Tour series, she reached the Grand Finals every time from 1996 to 2000 . In 1996 and 1999 she was second in the individual, in 1997 she won the individual competition. With Wang Nan , she won doubles from 1997 to 1999 three times in a row. In 2000 she qualified for the Summer Olympics . Here she won silver in singles and the gold medal in doubles with Wang Nan.
In 1998/99, Li Ju was signed by the German Bundesliga club TTC Langweid . However, it was only used in three major team fights, namely in a semi-finals and in the two finals. She achieved a score of 3: 3 in the individual.
In the ITTF world rankings , Li Ju was ranked second in 2001.
Li Ju retired in 2005 for health reasons. At this time she was ranked 15th in the world.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1998 | Osaka | JPN | gold | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | 1 |
| Asian Championship ATTU | 1996 | Kallang | SIN | Quarter finals | gold | Quarter finals | 1 | |
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1996 | Kallang | SIN | Quarter finals | gold | Quarter finals | 1 |
| CHN | Asian Cup | 1996 | New Delhi | IND | 2 | |||
| CHN | Asian Games | 1998 | Bangkok | THA | silver | gold | 1 | |
| CHN | ASIA TOP12 | 1999 | Kish Island | IRI | 2 | |||
| CHN | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | silver | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2004 | Athens | GRE | Semifinals | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2003 | Johor Bahru | MAS | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2003 | Guangzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2001 | Seoul | COR | last 16 | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2001 | Hainan | CHN | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2000 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Semifinals | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2000 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | silver | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2000 | Chang Chun City | CHN | gold | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1999 | Linz / Wels | AUT | silver | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1999 | Bremen | GER | silver | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1999 | Kobe City | JPN | last 32 | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1999 | Guilin | CHN | gold | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Wakayama | JPN | gold | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Doha | QAT | gold | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Beirut | LIB | Scratched | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Zhuhai | CHN | gold | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Ipoh | MAS | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Melbourne | OUT | silver | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1996 | Belgrade | YUG | gold | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1996 | Bolzano | ITA | gold | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1996 | Kitaku-Shu | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1996 | Kettering | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1999 | Sydney | OUT | silver | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1998 | Paris | FRA | Semifinals | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1997 | Hong Kong | HKG | gold | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1996 | Tian Jin | CHN | silver | Quarter finals | ||
| CHN | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 1 | |||
| CHN | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 32 | gold | Quarter finals | 1 |
| CHN | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 1 | |||
| CHN | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | Quarter finals | gold | last 16 | |
| CHN | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | Semifinals | silver | last 16 | 1 |
| CHN | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 32 | no participants | no participants | |
| CHN | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 128 | last 32 | no participants | |
| CHN | World cup | 2001 | Wuhu | CHN | 5th-8th space | |||
| CHN | World cup | 2000 | Phnom Penh | CAM | gold | |||
| CHN | World cup | 1998 | Taipei | TPE | silver | |||
| CHN | World cup | 1997 | Shanghai | CHN | silver |
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1998/7 p. 32
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/6 pp. 16, 18, 25
- ^ Li Ju results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 11, 2011)
Web links
- Entry in the French database sportquick.com (accessed on September 17, 2012)
- tabletennismaster
1988: Hyun Jung-hwa and Yang Young-ja | 1992: Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong | 1996: Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong | 2000: Wang Nan and Li Ju | 2004: Zhang Yining and Wang Nan
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| SURNAME | Li, Ju |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 李, 菊 |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 22nd January 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantong |
