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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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ARG | World cup | 2006 | Paris | FRA | last 16 |
Web links
- Liu Song in the database of sports-reference (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b song LIU. October 31, 2010, accessed August 8, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Growing in confidence, Argentina on the rise. May 27, 2020, accessed August 29, 2020 (UK English).
- ↑ magazine DTS , 1998/8 page 8 + 1998/11 page 22
- ↑ Players matches. Retrieved August 8, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Liu Song |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Guilin |