Liu Song (table tennis player)

Liu Song ( Chinese  劉松  /  刘松 , Pinyin Liú Sōng ; born May 12, 1972 in Guilin ) is a former Argentine table tennis player of Chinese origin.

Liu Song
Other spellings:	劉松 / 刘松
Nation:	Argentina
Date of birth:	May 12, 1972
Place of birth:	Guilin
Size:	170 cm
Weight:	60 kg
Playing hand:	Left
How to play:	Shakehand (attack)
Best world ranking :	49 (February 2001)

Career

Liu started playing table tennis at the age of nine. He was a member of the Chinese national team between 1990 and 1994 and won the China Junior National Individual Championships in 1991.

In 1990 his family moved to Argentina and settled in the Floresta district of the city of Buenos Aires . Liu followed in 1995 and became an Argentine citizen. In 1996 he reached the semifinals of the US Open. He won all Argentine championships between 1995 and 2001, but moved between Argentina and Europe in 1997 to play professionally. He later moved to Bordeaux , where he has lived since 2001 and played for the local team SAG Cestas in France's premier league.

In his career, he represented his country four times at the Olympic Games and took part in a total of nine world championships . His other successes include gold medals at the Latin American Championships in individual (1998, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010) and team (2006).

In the 1990s, Liu Song was also active in Germany. He became champions of the 2nd Bundesliga South with 1. FC Bayreuth in 1998 and then moved to Switzerland.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
ARG	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 64
ARG	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	immediately excluded
ARG	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	last 32
ARG	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	last 64	last 64
ARG	Pan American Games	2011	Guadalajara	MEX	gold			3
ARG	Latin American Championship	2012	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Agony			2
ARG	Latin American Championship	2011	Guadalajara	MEX		gold	last 16	3
ARG	Latin American Championship	2010	Cancun	MEX	gold			2
ARG	Latin America Cup	2014	Asunción	PAR	Agony
ARG	Latin America Cup	2012	San Jose	CRC	silver
ARG	Latin America Cup	2011	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Agony
ARG	Pro tour	2014	Buenos Aires	ARG	Quarter finals
ARG	Pro tour	2011	Lausanne	SUI	Quarter finals
ARG	Pro tour	2011	Vienna	AUT	last 64	last 64
ARG	Pro tour	2011	Santiago de Chile	CHI	silver	gold
ARG	Pro tour	2010	Warsaw	POLE	last 64	last 32
ARG	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 64	last 16
ARG	Pro tour	2009	Warsaw	POLE	last 64	last 64
ARG	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 32
ARG	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	Agony	last 64
ARG	Pro tour	2006	Singapore	SIN	last 16	last 16
ARG	Pro tour	2006	São Paulo	BRA	Semifinals	last 16
ARG	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64	last 32
ARG	Pro tour	2004	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	last 16
ARG	Pro tour	2001	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32
ARG	Pro tour	2001	Bayreuth	GER	last 64
ARG	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 32	last 128
ARG	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				33
ARG	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 64	last 32
ARG	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				36
ARG	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 128	last 64
ARG	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				45
ARG	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	CRO	last 32	last 32
ARG	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				37
ARG	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 128	last 64
ARG	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 128
ARG	World cup	2010	Magdeburg	GER	ICC Group (1st place)
ARG	World cup	2006	Paris	FRA	last 16

Web links

• Liu Song in the database of sports-reference (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} song LIU. October 31, 2010, accessed August 8, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Growing in confidence, Argentina on the rise. May 27, 2020, accessed August 29, 2020 (UK English). 
3. ↑ magazine DTS , 1998/8 page 8 + 1998/11 page 22
4. ↑ Players matches. Retrieved August 8, 2020 . 

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