Paul Drinkhall

Paul Drinkhall
Paul Drinkhall at the 2011 English Open
Nation:	United Kingdom
Date of birth:	January 16, 1990
Place of birth:	Middlesbrough
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand (attack)
Current world rankings :	55 (April 2020)
Best world ranking :	32 (September 2016)

Paul Drinkhall (born January 16, 1990 in Middlesbrough ) is a British table tennis player . He took part in the Olympic Games in London in 2012 and in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 .

Career

ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open

Paul Drinkhall achieved his first international successes at the European Youth Championships. In 2005 he won the singles and with the team, he also reached the final in mixed with Margaryta Pesotskaya (Ukraine). In 2006 he finished second in doubles with Darius Knight (England). Gold medals followed in 2007 in mixed with Elizabeta Samara (Romania) and with the team, and in 2008 in singles, doubles with Darius Knight (England) and in mixed with Ekaterina Kolodyazhnaya (Russia).

Paul Drinkhall took part in eleven world championships since 2005 (until 2016) . In 2010 he reached a place in the top 100 for the first time in the world rankings , but fell back several times in the following years. In 2012 he was nominated by the British Table Tennis Federation for the Summer Olympics , where he finished in the last 32 singles. In that year he moved to the German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen and also took part in the World Cup for the first time with a wildcard .

In 2007, 2009 and 2012 Paul Drinkhall was English champion in singles, from 2006 to 2009 in doubles (with Alan Cooke and three times with Darius Knight) and from 2008 to 2011 in mixed with Joanna Parker .

After winning the Spanish Open in April 2014, after 18 years without an English victory, he became the second English player after Carl Prean to win a World Tour tournament. As a result, he moved into the top 100 in the world for the fifth time. At the World Cup , he was part of the English team, which qualified for the Championship Division of the next World Cup by placing 25th. At the Russian Open he moved into the finals by winning against Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Marcos Freitas, among others , and he also qualified for the Grand Finals in Bangkok, where he was eliminated in the second round. In January 2015 he reached 33rd place, a temporary record in the world rankings. In June he reached the semi-finals at the European Games and lost the game for third place against Kou Lei , who had previously eliminated Drinkhall's teammate Liam Pitchford .

In 2016, Drinkhall surprisingly reached the main round with the English team at the World Cup . There England narrowly beat Poland and then also 3-2 against the team from France, against whom they had lost 3-0 in the group stage. In the semifinals, the team lost to Japan and won bronze, the first World Cup medal since 1983 and the first time that a team that had just advanced into the Championship Division could win a medal. Drinkhall qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and reached the round of 16 in the singles, in the team competition the United Kingdom again won 3-2 against France and then lost 3-0 to eventual winner China. As a result of the Olympic Games, Drinkhall moved up to 32nd place in the world rankings, which was a new record. For the 2016/17 season he joined the Spanish club UCAM Cartagena, and in 2017 the Polish first division club PKS Kolping Frac Jarosław. The English team surprisingly missed qualifying for the Championship Division of the 2017 European Championship , and the following year Drinkhall's move to German Bundesliga club TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt was announced. After bronze at the Team World Cup , the English team also successfully started the 2018 World Cup with Drinkhall - among other things, Taiwan and vice world champion Japan were beaten - a quarter-final defeat against Sweden meant that.

societies

Paul Drinkhall played for several German Bundesliga clubs, each for one season until 2012. The club stations:

• until 2007 Middlesbrough
• 2007–2008 TTV patrons
• 2008–2009 TTC indeland Jülich
• 2009–2010 SV Plüderhausen
• 2010–2011 TTC Nodo Ekeren
• 2011–2012 Sterilgarda Tennistavolo
• 2012–2014: Werder Bremen
• 2014–2015: TTC Nodo Ekeren
• 2015-2016: Boulogne-Billancourt
• 2016–2017: UCAM Cartagena Tenis de Mesa
• 2017–2018: PKS Kolping Frac Jarosław
• 2018–2020: TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt
• since mid-2020: Morez Haut-Jura

Private

Paul Drinkhall's older brother, Bryan, was also a table tennis player who was listed in the world rankings in 2003 and 2004. On August 9, 2013, Paul Drinkhall married the English table tennis player Joanna Parker , with whom he has had a son since 2015.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CLOSELY	Commonwealth Championship	2009	Glasgow	SCO	Semifinals
CLOSELY	European Championship	2012	Herning	THE	last 64	last 16
CLOSELY	European Youth Championship (Cadets)	2005	Ostrava	CZE	gold		silver	1
CLOSELY	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	2008	Terni	ITA	gold	gold	gold
CLOSELY	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	2007	Bratislava	SVK			gold	1
CLOSELY	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	2006	Sarajevo	BIH		silver
CLOSELY	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 16			5
CLOSELY	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 32			9
CLOSELY	Challenge Series	2019	Belgrade	SRB	gold	last 16
CLOSELY	World Tour	2020	Doha	QAT	Agony	silver
CLOSELY	World Tour	2018	Stockholm	SWE	Agony	Semifinals
CLOSELY	World Tour	2018	Panagyurishte	BUL	last 32	Semifinals
CLOSELY	World Tour	2017	Gold coast	OUT	Semifinals	last 16
CLOSELY	World Tour	2014	Almeria	ESP	gold
CLOSELY	World Tour	2013	catfish	AUT	last 64
CLOSELY	World Tour	2012	Bremen	GER	last 64
CLOSELY	World Tour	2012	Velenje	SLO	last 64
CLOSELY	World Tour	2012	Budapest	HUN	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	last 64	last 16
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2011	Almeria	ESP	last 64	last 16
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 32	Quarter finals
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2010	Warsaw	POLE	last 32
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	last 32
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2009	Warsaw	POLE	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 32	Quarter finals
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2009	Tianjin	CHN	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE	last 32
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2008	Salzburg	AUT	last 16			9
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN				9
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	last 64
CLOSELY	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2014	Bangkok	THA	last 16
CLOSELY	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2011	London	CLOSELY	last 16
CLOSELY	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	last 64	last 64
CLOSELY	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				Quarter finals
CLOSELY	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 64	last 64
CLOSELY	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				Semifinals
CLOSELY	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 64	last 64
CLOSELY	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				25th
CLOSELY	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				29
CLOSELY	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 128	Agony	last 64
CLOSELY	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				38
CLOSELY	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 128		last 64
CLOSELY	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				30th
CLOSELY	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	Agony	Agony	no participants
CLOSELY	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				32
CLOSELY	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	Agony	Agony	last 64
CLOSELY	World cup	2012	Liverpool	CLOSELY	13-16 space
CLOSELY	Youth World Championship	2008	Madrid	ESP	silver
CLOSELY	Youth World Championship	2007	Palo Alto	United States	last 16
CLOSELY	Youth World Championship	2006	Cairo	EGY	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
CLOSELY	World Junior Circuit	2007	Funchal Madeira	POR	gold
CLOSELY	World Junior Circuit	2007	San Salvador	ESA	gold
CLOSELY	World Junior Circuit	2007	Platja d Aro	ESP	gold
CLOSELY	World Junior Circuit	2007	Montreal	CAN	gold
CLOSELY	World Junior Circuit	2007	Montreal	CAN	gold
CLOSELY	World Junior Circuit	2006	Funchal Madeira	POR	gold
CLOSELY	World Junior Circuit	2005	Richmond	CAN	Semifinals
CLOSELY	World Junior Circuit Finals	2007	Cape Town	RSA	Semifinals

Web links

• Homepage ( accessed July 29, 2012)
• Paul Drinkhall biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed July 29, 2012)
• Paul Drinkhall Article about Paul Drinkhall on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed July 29, 2012)
• Paul Drinkhall in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed June 25, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Youth European Championships (accessed on January 7, 2016)
2. ↑ Great Britain Team Announced for London 2012 Olympic Games (English) ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 29, 2012)  
3. ↑ ^{a b} pauldrinkhall.com - About (accessed October 14, 2016)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Johannes Eickhoff: Bergneustadt obliges Drinkhall , article from February 5, 2018, accessed on February 5, 2018
5. ↑ Change of club from Middlesbrongh to patrons ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 29, 2012)
6. ↑ Change of club Gönnern to Jülich ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 29, 2012)
7. ↑ Change of club Jülich to Plüderhausen ( Memento of February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 29, 2012)
8. ↑ Change of club from Plüderhausen to Belgium ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 29, 2012)
9. ↑ Change of club from Italy to Bremen ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 29, 2012)
10. ↑ Magazine table tennis , 2020/5 Page 10
11. ↑ Brother Bryn ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 29, 2012) 
12. ↑ Marriage - table tennis magazine , 2013/9 page 7
13. ↑ Sohn - magazine tischtennis , 2015/6 page 7
14. ^ Paul Drinkhall results from ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 25, 2014)