Na Liu (table tennis player)

Na Liu (* 7. February 1983 in the province of Liaoning ) is a British table tennis player of Chinese origin.

Life

Na Liu grew up in Liaoning Province. Her father was the director of a football academy, her mother was a former table tennis player. At the age of seven, Na Liu started playing table tennis herself. She was trained here by her mother. She quickly achieved sporting success. First at the provincial level, then at the national level.

Through her father, who accompanied a football team from his academy to a tournament in Northern Ireland , she got to know the country and decided to study there. In 2001, at the age of 18, Na Liu moved to Northern Ireland. In 2008 she received British citizenship. In 2010 she took part in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi for Northern Ireland . In 2012 she was part of the British delegation to the Summer Olympics in London .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
IRL	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	no participants			9
IRL	Pro tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	last 64
IRL	Pro tour	2012	Almeria	ESP		last 16
IRL	Pro tour	2012	Almeria	ESP		last 16
IRL	Pro tour	2011	Stockholm	SWE	last 64
IRL	Pro tour	2011	Shenzen	CHN		last 16
IRL	Pro tour	2011	Almeria	ESP	last 64
IRL	Pro tour	2009	Warsaw	POLE	last 64
IRL	Pro tour	2009	Bremen	GER	last 64
IRL	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE	last 32	Quarter finals
IRL	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 64
IRL	Pro tour	2008	Salzburg	AUT	last 32
IRL	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 128

Web links

• Short biography on the Daily Telegraph website
• Na Liu in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on www.teamgb.com
2. ↑ Na Liu (table tennis player) Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on October 9, 2013)