Wang Yuegu
Wang Yuegu | |
Wang Yuegu (third from right) with Singapore's national team in 2008: Li Jia Wei in the middle , Feng Tianwei on the right . Far left Mrs. Lee Bee Wah , President of the Singapore TT Association | |
Nation: | Singapore |
Date of birth: | June 10, 1980 |
Place of birth: | Liaoning , China |
Playing hand: | Right handed |
How to play: | Shakehand |
Best world ranking : | 5 (October 2010) |
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Wang Yuegu (born June 10, 1980 in Liaoning (China)) is a Singaporean table tennis player from China . In 2012 she took part in the Olympic Games for the second time.
Career
Wang Yuegu was born in China. Under the flag of this nation, she performed at the 1997 Asian Youth Championships, where she was first with the Chinese team. In the same year, she was Chinese individual vice champion. After an injury, she could no longer catch up with the top of China. That's why she emigrated to Japan in 2001 and played here in the Companies League. Four years later, she settled in Singapore and took citizenship there. For eight months she worked at the National Training Center in Toa Payoh (Singapore). From 2005 she started internationally for Singapore.
She made it into the semi-finals three times at the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals in doubles, in 2005 with Sun Beibei , in 2007 with Li Jia Wei and in 2011 also with Li Jia Wei. In addition, she reached the semi-finals in singles in 2008 and 2011. At the Asian Championships she was second with the team in 2007, 2009 and 2012, in 2009 she failed in doubles with Feng Tianwei only in the round of the last four. Since 2007 (until 2012) she took part in all six world championships . Here she had her greatest successes with the team that won gold in 2010 and reached the final in 2008 and 2012 . In 2007 she won bronze in doubles with Li Jia Wei.
Due to her world ranking among the top 20, Wang Yuegu qualified for the first time in 2008 for participation in the Olympic Games . Here she failed in the individual to Wu Xue (Dominican Republic), in the team competition she won silver behind China. In 2012 she also qualified her world ranking position for the Olympic Games. This time she reached the quarter-finals in the singles, with the team she won bronze. After these Olympics, she ended her active career as a competitive athlete.
Activities in Germany
In 2006, Wang Yuegu was signed by the German Bundesliga club TV Busenbach , where she played for one season. In 2008 she joined the FSV Kroppach . At the end of the 2008/09 season she moved to Austria.
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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SIN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2012 | Macau | MAC | 2 | |||
SIN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2009 | Lucknow | IND | Quarter finals | Semifinals | 2 | |
SIN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2007 | Yangzhou | CHN | last 16 | 2 | ||
SIN | Asian Cup | 2011 | Changsha | CHN | 6th place | |||
SIN | Asian Cup | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | 6th place | |||
SIN | Asian Cup | 2007 | Hanoi | VIE | 2 | |||
SIN | Asian Games | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | 2 | |
CHN | Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors) | 1997 | Sanagi Goa | IND | 1 | |||
SIN | Commonwealth Championship | 2009 | Glasgow | SCO | gold | gold | 1 | |
SIN | Commonwealth Championship | 2007 | Jaipur | IND | silver | gold | gold | 1 |
SIN | Commonwealth Games | 2010 | New Delhi | IND | 3rd place | silver | gold | 1 |
SIN | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | last 32 | 2 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Santos | BRA | Quarter finals | gold | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Kobe | JPN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Shanghai | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Incheon City | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Incheon City | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2012 | Incheon City | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Schwechat | AUT | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Suzhou | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Rabat | MAR | Semifinals | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Kobe | JPN | Semifinals | silver | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Incheon | COR | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | gold | gold | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Wladyslawowo | POLE | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dortmund | GER | last 16 | silver | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dubai | UAE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2011 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | catfish | AUT | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Suzhou | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Incheon | COR | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kobe | JPN | gold | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Berlin | GER | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kuwait City | KUW | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2010 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Warsaw | POLE | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Seoul | COR | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Tianjin | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2009 | Bremen | GER | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Warsaw | POLE | silver | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Berlin | GER | last 16 | 1 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Salzburg | AUT | last 16 | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Singapore | SIN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | last 16 | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Yokohama | JPN | Quarter finals | 2 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Changchun | CHN | last 16 | 3 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | gold | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2008 | Kuwait City | KUW | Quarter finals | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Stockholm | SWE | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Toulouse | FRA | Semifinals | silver | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | catfish | AUT | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 16 | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Shenzhen | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Taipei | TPE | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Nanjing | CHN | last 32 | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Seongnam | COR | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Santiago | CHI | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Salwa Cup | KUW | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Doha | QAT | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Velenje | SVN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | Quarter finals | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Bayreuth | GER | gold | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | St. Petersburg | RUS | silver | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Yokohama | JPN | gold | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Singapore | SIN | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Kunshan | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Taipei | TPE | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Jeonju | COR | silver | |||
SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Zagreb | HRV | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2006 | Velenje | SVN | last 64 | silver | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Yokohama | JPN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Shenzhen | CHN | last 16 | silver | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Harbin | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Taipei | TPE | Quarter finals | silver | ||
SIN | Pro tour | 2005 | Suncheon | COR | Quarter finals | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1999 | Melbourne | OUT | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2011 | London | CLOSELY | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2010 | Seoul | COR | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2008 | Macau | MAC | Semifinals | |||
SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2007 | Beijing | CHN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2006 | Hong Kong | HKG | Quarter finals | |||
SIN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2005 | Fuzhou | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
SIN | South East Asian Games | 2009 | Vientiane | LAO | silver | silver | gold | 1 |
SIN | South East Asian Games | 2007 | Nakhon Ratchasima | THA | gold | silver | 1 | |
SIN | World Championship | 2012 | Dortmund | GER | 2 | |||
SIN | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | last 32 | last 16 | Quarter finals | |
SIN | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | 1 | |||
SIN | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | last 64 | Quarter finals | last 16 | |
SIN | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 2 | |||
SIN | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 16 | Semifinals | last 16 | |
SIN | World cup | 2011 | Magdeburg | GER | 3rd place | |||
SIN | World cup | 2011 | Singapore | SIN | 5th-8th space | |||
SIN | World cup | 2010 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 5th-8th space | |||
SIN | World cup | 2009 | Guangzhou | CHN | 9-12 space | |||
SIN | World cup | 2008 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 4th Place | |||
SIN | World cup | 2007 | Cheng you | CHN | 5th-8th space | |||
SIN | WTC World Team Cup | 2010 | Dubai | UAE | 2 | |||
SIN | WTC World Team Cup | 2009 | Linz | AUT | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b magazine tischtennis , 2006/12 p. 47
- ↑ Ian Marshall: Wang Yue Gu Stages Remarkable Recovery to Win Her First ITTF Pro Tour Title , Press Release No.7, September 24, 2006 (accessed August 13, 2012)
- ↑ Ian Marshall: 2005 KOREAN Open , June 9, 2005 (accessed August 14, 2012)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/3, p. 32.
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2006/8, p. 3.
- ↑ Change of club from Singapore to Kroppach ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on August 14, 2012)
- ↑ Change of club from Kroppach to Austria ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on August 14, 2012)
- ↑ Wang Yuegu Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed August 13, 2012)
Web links
- Wang Yuegu biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed August 13, 2012)
- Wang Yuegu Article about Wang Yuegu on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed August 13, 2012)
- Wang Yuegu in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed August 13, 2012)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wang, Yuegu |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wang, Yue Gu; Wang, Jue Gu |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Singaporean table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Liaoning , China |