Wenguan Huang
Wenguan Johnny Huang (born October 5, 1962 in Shunde , China) is a Canadian table tennis player of Chinese descent. So far ( 2007 ) he has participated in 10 world championships for Canada.
Career
Wenguan Huang holds the racket in shakehand style. It covers both sides with knobs on the outside.
In China he was overshadowed by the absolute top players, such as Jiang Jialiang , Teng Yi or Chen Longcan . Therefore, he immigrated to relatives in Canada in the late 1980s. Here he lived with his wife in Toronto. As his name was hard to remember for the Canadians, they called him Johnny Huang . In 1991 he first appeared for Canada at the World Cup , where he a. a. defeated the Chinese Ma Wenge .
In 1992 Wenguan Huang moved to Halle (Westphalia) to compete in the Bundesliga for Spvg Steinhagen . A year later he moved to Montpellier. He continued to play international tournaments for Canada, including all world championships to date ( 2007 ). From 1991 to 2004 he won the North American Championship 11 times and the Commonwealth Championship twice. He won the ITTF ProTour tournament once and came second five times. In 1996, 2000 and 2004 he was represented at the Olympic Games.
Private
Wenguan Huang is married to table tennis player Zhu Juan, who played for VfB Lübeck in the first women's division from 1992 onwards . At the time it was the only married couple with both partners in the 1st Bundesliga.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | Commonwealth Championship | 2000 | Singapore | SIN | Semifinals | silver | ||
| CAN | Commonwealth Championship | 1994 | Hyderabad | IND | gold | gold | gold | |
| CAN | Commonwealth Championship | 1991 | Nairobi | KEN | gold | |||
| CAN | Commonwealth Games | 2002 | Manchester | CLOSELY | silver | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 2004 | Chicago | United States | gold | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 2003 | San Diego | United States | gold | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 2002 | Edmonton | 0 | gold | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 2001 | Fort Lauderdale | 0 | gold | Scratched | ||
| CAN | North America Championship | 2000 | Toranto | 0 | Quarter finals | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1999 | Fort Lauderdale | 0 | gold | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1998 | Winnipeg | 0 | gold | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1997 | Flint | 0 | gold | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1996 | Edmonton | 0 | gold | gold | ||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1995 | South Bend | 0 | gold | gold | ||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1994 | Laval | 0 | Semifinals | 1 | ||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1993 | Augusta | 0 | gold | |||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1992 | Ste Hyacinthe | 0 | gold | gold | ||
| CAN | North America Championship | 1991 | Laval | 0 | silver | |||
| CAN | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 64 | last 32 | ||
| CAN | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | last 32 | immediately excluded | ||
| CAN | Olympic games | 1996 | Atlanta | United States | Quarter finals | immediately excluded | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2004 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2004 | Santiago | CHI | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2003 | Croatia | HRV | last 32 | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2001 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | silver | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2001 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2000 | Farum | THE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2000 | Umeå | SWE | Rd 1 | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2000 | Warsaw | POLE | Quarter finals | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2000 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | Rd 1 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | last 16 | Rd 1 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2000 | Chang Chun City | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 2000 | Zagreb | HRV | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1999 | Prague | CZE | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1999 | Lievin | FRA | last 32 | Scratched | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1999 | Linz / Wels | AUT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1999 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1999 | Kobe City | JPN | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1999 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1999 | Hopton-on-Sea | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | last 32 | Scratched | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1998 | Belgrade | YUG | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1998 | Kota Kinabalu | MAS | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1998 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1998 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1997 | Lyon | FRA | last 16 | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1997 | Linz | AUT | last 16 | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1997 | Gdańsk | POLE | gold | silver | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1997 | Ipoh | MAS | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1997 | Melbourne | OUT | silver | Semifinals | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1997 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 32 | Scratched | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1997 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1996 | Bolzano | ITA | silver | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1996 | Brisbane | OUT | silver | silver | ||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1996 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Semifinals | |||
| CAN | Pro tour | 1996 | Kitaku-Shu | JPN | silver | |||
| CAN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1997 | Hong Kong | HKG | last 16 | |||
| CAN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1996 | Tian Jin | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| CAN | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 42 | |||
| CAN | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | last 64 | last 64 | ||
| CAN | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 32 | |||
| CAN | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 64 | |||
| CAN | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 64 | last 32 | last 16 | 28 |
| CAN | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 21-24 | |||
| CAN | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 32 | last 32 | last 128 | |
| CAN | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 16 | last 16 | last 32 | 25th |
| CAN | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | Quarter finals | 19th |
| CAN | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | last 64 | Agony | Agony | 8th |
| CAN | World cup | 2004 | Hangzhou | CHN | 13-15 space | |||
| CAN | World cup | 2003 | Jiangyin | CHN | 13-16 space | |||
| CAN | World cup | 2002 | Jinan | CHN | 13-16 space | |||
| CAN | World cup | 1999 | Xiaolan | 0 | 9-12 space | |||
| CAN | World cup | 1998 | Shantou | CHN | 13-16 space | |||
| CAN | World cup | 1997 | Nimes | FRA | 9-12 space | |||
| CAN | World cup | 1995 | Nimes | FRA | 9-12 space | |||
| CAN | World cup | 1994 | Taipei | CHN | 5th-8th space | |||
| CAN | World cup | 1993 | Guangzhou | SWE | 3 | |||
| CAN | World cup | 1991 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 5th-8th space | |||
| CAN | WTC World Team Cup | 1991 | Barcelona | ESP | 9 |
literature
- Rahul Nelson: The fastest man in the league: Johnny Huang , DTS magazine , 1992/10 p. 26
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/Biography1.asp?Player_ID=164
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/8, p. 12
- ^ ITTF statistics (accessed on September 8, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huang, Wenguan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huang, Johnny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian table tennis player of Chinese descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th October 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shunde , China |