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)

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
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

1. ↑ ^{a b} magazine tischtennis , 2006/12 p. 47
2. ↑ 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)
3. ↑ Ian Marshall: 2005 KOREAN Open , June 9, 2005 (accessed August 14, 2012)
4. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/3, p. 32.
5. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2006/8, p. 3.
6. ↑ Change of club from Singapore to Kroppach ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on August 14, 2012)
7. ↑ Change of club from Kroppach to Austria ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on August 14, 2012)
8. ↑ 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)