Wang Liqin

Wang Liqin
Table tennis world championship 2013
Other spellings:	王 励 勤
Nickname:	Da Li (= muscle man)
Nation:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	June 18, 1978
Place of birth:	Shanghai
Size:	186 cm
Weight:	75 kg
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Trainer:	Li Xiaodong
Best world ranking :	1 (June 2004 - February 2007 (except December 2004), June 2007)

Wang Liqin ( Chinese  王 勵 勤  /  王 励 勤 , Pinyin Wáng Lìqín ; born June 18, 1978 in Shanghai ) is a former Chinese table tennis player . He is a three-time individual world champion.

Overview

Wang Liqin, unlike many other top Chinese table tennis players, plays the European shakehand style. At that time he was considered to be the strongest and best athlete among the world's best table tennis players. After a 1: 3 set deficit and 1: 7 points in the fifth set, he won the world championship title in Zagreb in 2007 with 4: 3 sets against Ma Lin . He himself describes this final as the greatest match of his life.

In 2008 he and Ma Lin became team world champions for the fourth time in a row.

In 1997, Wang Liqin joined the Bundesliga club TTC Jülich . In September 2009, he became assistant director of the Shanghai Table Tennis and Badminton Department.

At the end of 2013, Wang Liqin was eliminated from the Chinese national team.

In 2018 he became a member of the CPPCC . Today (2020) he works as head of division for competitive sports in the Shanghai Sports Administration Office, he is also Vice Rector of the Shanghai Sports Academy and Vice President of the Chinese Table Tennis Association.

successes

Olympic games

See also : Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

• 2008 in Beijing: 3rd place in individual, Olympic champion with the team
• 2004 in Athens: 3rd place in the individual
• 2000 in Sydney: Olympic champion in doubles with Yan Sen

World championships

See also : World Table Tennis Championships

• 2008 in Guangzhou: World Champion with the team
• 2007 in Zagreb: world champion in singles, vice world champion in doubles with Wang Hao and world champion in mixed with Guo Yue
• 2006 in Bremen: world champion with the team
• 2005 in Shanghai: World Champion in singles and in mixed with Guo Yue
• 2004 in Doha: world champion with the team
• 2003 in Paris: World Champion in doubles with Yan Sen
• 2001 in Osaka: world champion in singles, doubles with Yan Sen and with the team
• 2000 in Kuala Lumpur: Vice World Champion with the team

World cup

See also : World Cup (table tennis)

• 2007 : 3rd place
• 2006 : 3rd place
• 2003 : 3rd place
• 2001 : 2nd place
• 2000 : 3rd place

Asian Cup

• 1996: 2nd place in the individual

Pro Tour Grand Final

See also : ITTF Pro Tour

• 2004: 1st place in the individual
• 2000: 1st place in the individual
• 1998: 1st place in the individual

Pro tour

• 2010
  • Singles (Qatar Open)
• 2006
  • Singles (Qatar Open, Japan Open)
• 2005
  • Singles (Qatar Open, Panasonic China Open, VW China Open)
• 2004
  • Singles (China Open, Singapore Open, Korean Open)
• 2003
  • Singles (German Open, Sweden Open)
• 2002
  • Singles (China Open)
• 2001
  • Singles (England Open, China Open, Sweden Open)
• 2000
  • Singles (China Open, Japan Open, US Open, Danish Open)
• 1999
  • Singles (Sweden Open)
• 1998
  • Singles (Lebanon Open)

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	2009	Lucknow	IND	Semifinals	silver		1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	2005	Jeju-do	COR	gold	silver	gold	1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	2000	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	Semifinals	Quarter finals	1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1998	Osaka	JPN	gold	Semifinals	gold	1
CHN	Asian Cup	1996	New Delhi	IND	silver
CHN	Asian Games	2002	Busan	COR	gold	Semifinals	Semifinals	1
CHN	Asian Games	1998	Bangkok	THA		Quarter finals	gold	1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors)	1994	Joetsu Niigata	JPN	gold
CHN	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	bronze			1
CHN	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	bronze
CHN	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	no participants	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Shenzen	CHN	Semifinals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	last 16	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	Quarter finals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	gold	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 64	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Tianjin	CHN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	silver	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Shanghai	CHN	last 16	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	last 32	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 16	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Yokohama	JPN	Semifinals			1
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN	silver			1
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	Semifinals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	Quarter finals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Shenzhen	CHN	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Nanjing	CHN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	Semifinals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	Semifinals	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	silver	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Velenje	SVN	Quarter finals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	gold	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2006	Singapore	SIN	last 16	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2006	Kuwait City	KUW	Quarter finals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2006	Doha	QAT	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2005	Shenzhen	CHN	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2005	Harbin	CHN	gold	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2005	Doha	QAT	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 16	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2004	Changchun	CHN	gold	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2004	Wuxi	CHN	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	gold	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2004	Pyeongchang	COR	gold	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2003	Malmo	SWE	gold	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	Semifinals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	gold	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2002	Farum	THE	last 32	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2002	Warsaw	POLE	Semifinals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2002	Qingdao City	CHN	gold	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2002	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2001	Skovde	SWE	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2001	Hainan	CHN	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2001	Chatham	CLOSELY	gold	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2000	Farum	THE	gold	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2000	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2000	Fort Lauderdale	United States	gold	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2000	Kobe City	JPN	gold	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2000	Chang Chun City	CHN	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	gold	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	silver	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	1999	Linz / Wels	AUT	last 32	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	1999	Bremen	GER	last 16	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	last 16	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	Semifinals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Courmayeur	ITA	Scratched	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Beirut	LIB	gold	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Ji 'Nan City	CHN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Melbourne	OUT	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Wakayama	JPN	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Kota Kinabalu	MAS	Quarter finals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	1997	Lyon	FRA	Semifinals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	1997	Squid	SWE	last 16	silver
CHN	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 32	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	1997	Belgrade	YUG	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	1997	Zhuhai	CHN	last 32	silver
CHN	Pro tour	1997	Chiba	JPN	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	1997	Fort Lauderdale	United States	Semifinals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	1997	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32	silver
CHN	Pro tour	1996	Boras	SWE		Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	1996	Lyon	FRA		gold
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2009	Macau	MAC	Semifinals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2008	Macau	MAC	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2007	Beijing	CHN	Semifinals	gold
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2006	Hong Kong	HKG	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2005	Fuzhou	CHN		Semifinals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2004	Beijing	CHN	gold
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2002	Stockholm	SWE	Quarter finals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2001	Hainan	CHN	silver	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2000	Kobe City	JPN	gold	gold
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1999	Sydney	OUT	last 16	Semifinals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1998	Paris	FRA	gold	gold
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1997	Hong Kong	HKG	silver	Semifinals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1996	Tian Jin	CHN		gold
CHN	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	Quarter finals
CHN	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	silver
CHN	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				1
CHN	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	gold	silver	gold
CHN	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				1
CHN	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	gold	Semifinals	gold
CHN	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				1
CHN	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	Quarter finals	gold	Quarter finals
CHN	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	gold	gold	last 32	1
CHN	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				2
CHN	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 32	silver	Semifinals
CHN	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	last 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals
CHN	World cup	2007	Barcelona	ESP	3rd place
CHN	World cup	2006	Paris	FRA	3rd place
CHN	World cup	2005	Liege	BEL	5th-8th space
CHN	World cup	2004	Hangzhou	CHN	9-12 space
CHN	World cup	2003	Jiangyin	CHN	3rd place
CHN	World cup	2002	Jinan	CHN	5th-8th space
CHN	World cup	2001	Courmayeur	ITA	silver
CHN	World cup	2000	Yangzhou	CHN	3
CHN	World cup	1999	Xiaolan	0	9-12 space
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				1

literature

• Henry James: A muscle man and model player , table tennis magazine , 2006/9 pp. 44–48

Web links

Commons : Wang Liqin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Current world ranking list  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
• Wang Liqin biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed August 5, 2011)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/8 p. 11
2. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2009/11 p. 7
3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2014/1 p. 43
4. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2020/6 page 40
5. ↑ Wang Liqin results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 11, 2011)

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