Lin Ju

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Lin Ju , also Luis Lin (born September 1, 1979 in Fujian (China)) is a table tennis player from the Dominican Republic who has performed internationally since 2003. So far (2016) he has participated in ten world championships and three Olympic Games .

Career

Lin Ju was born in China in 1979, but performed internationally under the flag of the Dominican Republic. Lin Ju is a defender . He achieved top places in tournaments on the American continent. At the Pan American Games , in which he participated in 2003, 2007 and 2011, he won a total of two gold medals in singles and a bronze medal in singles and doubles. He was represented at Latin American Championships from 2005 to 2008. Once gold in singles, three gold in mixed and two silver in singles were the results.

From 2003 to 2014, Lin Ju took part in ten world championships , but never came close to medal ranks.

In 2004, Lin Ju qualified for the first time to participate in the Olympic Games . He only competed in the individual and reached the round of 16 after victories over Ryo Yuzawa (Japan), Alexei Smirnow (Russia) and Jean-Michel Saive (Belgium), where he was eliminated against the Chinese and later silver medalist Wang Hao . At the next two Olympic Games he was again only eligible to play individually, where he only survived the first round. In 2008 he won against Tiago Apolónia (Portugal) and lost to Adrian Crișan (Romania), in 2012 he prevailed against Kim Song-nam (North Korea), but not against Marcos Freitas (Portugal).

In February 2006, he was ranked 39th in the ITTF world rankings .

At times Lin Ju also played in the German Bundesliga . In the 2001/02 season he was active at SV Plüderhausen , as well as in the 2005/06 season when the team became champions of the 2nd Bundesliga South. In 2006 he emigrated to France.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2010 Warsaw POLE last 16
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2010 Velenje SVN last 64
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2009 Warsaw POLE Quarter finals
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2009 Velenje SVN Quarter finals
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2008 Berlin GER last 16
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2007 Toulouse FRA last 64
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2006 Warsaw POLE last 32
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2006 Bayreuth GER last 64
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2006 St. Petersburg RUS last 32 gold
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2006 Guangzhou CHN last 32
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2006 Zagreb HRV last 32
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2006 Velenje SVN last 16
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2005 Gothenburg SWE last 16
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2005 Magdeburg GER last 32
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2005 Zagreb HRV Quarter finals Quarter finals
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2004 catfish AUT last 64
DOM ITTF Pro Tour 2004 Chicago United States silver
DOM Latin America Cup 2011 Rio de Janeiro BRA 5th place
DOM Latin American Championship 2008 Santo Domingo DOM silver gold
DOM Latin American Championship 2007 Guarulhos BRA silver gold
DOM Latin American Championship 2006 Medellin COL Quarter finals
DOM Latin American Championship 2005 Punta Del Este URU gold gold
DOM Olympic games 2012 London CLOSELY last 64
DOM Olympic games 2008 Beijing CHN last 64
DOM Olympic games 2004 Athens GRE last 16
DOM PAN-American Games 2011 Guadalajara MEX Semifinals
DOM PAN-American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro BRA gold
DOM PAN-American Games 2003 Santo Domingo DOM gold Semifinals
DOM World Championship 2014 Tokyo JPN 45
DOM World Championship 2013 Paris FRA last 128 Agony
DOM World Championship 2012 Dortmund GER 50
DOM World Championship 2011 Rotterdam NED last 128 Agony last 32
DOM World Championship 2010 Moscow RUS 53
DOM World Championship 2009 Yokohama JPN last 128 last 64
DOM World Championship 2007 Zagreb CRO last 32 no participants last 128
DOM World Championship 2006 Bremen GER 54
DOM World Championship 2005 Shanghai CHN last 128 Scratched last 32
DOM World Championship 2003 Paris FRA last 128 Agony last 64
DOM World cup 2005 Liege BEL 13-16 space

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ on sports-reference the place of birth Mato Grosso (Brazil) is given: Lin Ju in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
  2. ↑ World ranking (accessed on October 17, 2016)
  3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2001/6 page 25
  4. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2002/8 page 28
  5. ↑ Table tennis archive of Hans-Albert Meyer (accessed October 17, 2016)
  6. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2006/8 page 31
  7. ↑ Lin Ju results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed October 17, 2016)

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personal data
SURNAME Lin Ju
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lin, Luis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dominican table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Mato Grosso