Wang Zengyi

Wang Zengyi
Wang Zengyi (2007)
Other spellings:	Wang Zeng Yi
Nation:	Poland
Date of birth:	June 24, 1983
Place of birth:	Tianjin , People's Republic of China
Size:	177 cm
Weight:	71 kg
1st professional season:	2004
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Penholder
Current world rankings :	192
Best world ranking :	40 (Feb 2016)
Best national ranking:	1

Wang Zengyi ( Chinese  王 增 羿 , Pinyin Wáng Zēngyì ; born June 24, 1983 in Tianjin , People's Republic of China ) is a Polish table tennis player of Chinese origin.

successes

Among his successes there are several individual Polish championship titles. With Lucjan Błaszczyk he won the silver medal in 2: 4 sets against Timo Boll and Christian Süß in doubles at the 2009 European Championships in Stuttgart . At the European Championships 2013 in Schwechat he was eliminated in the second round against the Russian Kirill Skatschkow , but won the gold medal in doubles alongside the naturalized Croat Tan Ruiwu in the final against the locals Robert Gardos and Daniel Habesohn (4: 1) .

In 2012 he took part in the individual competition at the Olympic Games in London, where he was eliminated after defeating the Brazilian Hugo Hoyama in the second round against He Zhiwen (Spain).

Private

Wang came to Poland at the age of eighteen because of the one-child policy . He lived for a short time in the training center of the Polish Table Tennis Association (PZTS - Polski Związek Tenisa Stołowego ) in Gdansk. There Miao Miao, who later moved to Australia, was able to provide him with translation services. Wang is now married to a Polish woman, has one child with her and is a Polish citizen . While he used to play with sticky bowls , he is now one of the few people who wear glasses in top table tennis .

Wang lives in Grodzisk Mazowiecki and plays for the local Bogoria club .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
POLE	European Championship	2012	Herning	THE	last 64	last 32
POLE	European Championship	2009	Stuttgart	GER		silver
POLE	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 64
POLE	Pro tour	2013	Olomouc	CZE	last 64	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2013	catfish	AUT	last 64	Quarter finals
POLE	Pro tour	2012	Poznań	POLE	last 32	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2012	Bremen	GER	last 64	silver
POLE	Pro tour	2012	Velenje	SLO	last 64	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2012	Budapest	HUN	last 32
POLE	Pro tour	2011	Władysławowo	POLE	last 32	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	last 64	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 64	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2010	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	Quarter finals
POLE	Pro tour	2010	catfish	AUT	last 64
POLE	Pro tour	2010	Budaörs	HUN	last 64
POLE	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	last 64
POLE	Pro tour	2009	Warsaw	POLE	last 64	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 64	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 64
POLE	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE		Quarter finals
POLE	Pro tour	2008	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	gold
POLE	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	Quarter finals			1
POLE	Pro tour	2008	Salzburg	AUT	Semifinals			5
POLE	Pro tour	2008	Velenje	SVN		Quarter finals
POLE	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	last 64	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 64
POLE	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	last 16	Quarter finals
POLE	Pro tour	2007	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 64
POLE	Pro tour	2006	Warsaw	POLE	last 64	gold
POLE	Pro tour	2006	Bayreuth	GER	last 64	Quarter finals
POLE	Pro tour	2006	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 64	Quarter finals
POLE	Pro tour	2006	Belgrade	SRB	last 16	silver
POLE	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 64	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2006	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	last 16
POLE	Pro tour	2006	Velenje	SVN	last 32	Quarter finals
POLE	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 32	silver
POLE	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 64
POLE	Pro tour	2005	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 16	Semifinals
POLE	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	last 64
POLE	Pro tour	2005	Velenje	SLO	last 32	Quarter finals
POLE	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT	last 64
POLE	Pro tour	2004	Aarhus	THE		Quarter finals
POLE	Pro tour	2004	Warsaw	POLE	last 64
POLE	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 64
POLE	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				12
POLE	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 128	last 32	last 32
POLE	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				12
POLE	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 16	last 64
POLE	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				13
POLE	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 128	last 16	last 128
POLE	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				21st
POLE	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 128	Quarter finals

Individual evidence

1. ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
2. ↑ Wang Zengyi results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed October 30, 2013)

Web links

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

• Wang Zengyi's biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed October 30, 2013)
• Wang Zengyi Article about Wang Zengyi on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed October 30, 2013)
• Wang Zengyi in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed October 30, 2013)
• Londyn 2012. Tenis stołowy. Wandżi pokazał stalowe nerwy! Wygrał niemal przegrany mecz z Brazylijczykiem - Wang at the 2012 Olympics in London (Polish)
• Azjata z polskim sercem - An Asian with a Polish heart , Przegląd Sportowy, December 24, 2009, accessed October 30, 2013
• Wang Zeng Yi, czyli pogromca mistrzów - Interview with Wang Zen Yi , Przegląd Sportowy, April 3, 2010, accessed October 30, 2013

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, Zengyi is the first name.