Lin Ju
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 |
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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
- ↑ 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 )
- ↑ World ranking (accessed on October 17, 2016)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2001/6 page 25
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2002/8 page 28
- ↑ Table tennis archive of Hans-Albert Meyer (accessed October 17, 2016)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2006/8 page 31
- ↑ Lin Ju results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed October 17, 2016)
Web links
- Lin Ju biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed October 17, 2016)
- Lin Ju in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed October 17, 2016)
- Lin Ju Article about Lin Ju on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed October 17, 2016)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lin Ju |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lin, Luis |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mato Grosso |