Xu Haidong (table tennis player)
Xu Haidong 
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| Other spellings: | 徐海東 / 徐海东 |
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 People's Republic of China
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| Date of birth: | June 12, 2000 |
| Place of birth: | Shijiazhuang |
| Size: | 177 cm |
| Weight: | 72 kg |
| Playing hand: | right |
| How to play: | Penholder |
| Current world rankings : | 118 |
| Best world ranking : | 115 (February 2020) |
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Xu Haidong ( Chinese徐海東 / 徐海东, Pinyin Xú Hǎidōng ; born June 12, 2000 in Shijiazhuang ) is a Chinese table tennis player .
Career
Xu made his first international appearances in 2016 when he became the Asian youth champion in singles and won silver with the team, which missed the final for the first time in December at the Youth World Cup due to a semi-final defeat against South Korea. Xu won the title with the team in 2017. From 2018 Xu played regularly on the World Tour , this year he also moved up to No. 1 in the U-18 world rankings and won gold in singles, doubles and with at the World Youth Championship the team.
Play style
Xu Haidong is an attacking player and uses the Asian penholder stick position .
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team | U-21 |
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| CHN | Youth Asian Championship | 2016 | Bangkok | THA | gold | last 16 | 2 | ||
| CHN | Challenge Series | 2019 | Minsk | BLR | last 64 | gold | |||
| CHN | Challenge Series | 2019 | Władysławowo | POLE | Semifinals | Agony | |||
| CHN | Challenge Series | 2019 | Lisbon | POR | last 32 | ||||
| CHN | World Tour | 2020 | Doha | QAT | Agony | ||||
| CHN | World Tour | 2020 | Magdeburg | GER | Agony | ||||
| CHN | World Tour | 2019 | Linz | AUT | Agony | ||||
| CHN | World Tour | 2019 | Bremen | GER | Agony | ||||
| CHN | World Tour | 2019 | Stockholm | SWE | last 32 | ||||
| CHN | World Tour | 2019 | Olomouc | CZE | Agony | ||||
| CHN | World Tour | 2018 | Panagyurishte | BUL | silver | ||||
| CHN | World Tour | 2018 | Olomouc | CZE | Agony | last 16 | |||
| CHN | World Tour | 2018 | Cheng you | CHN | Agony | ||||
| CHN | World Tour | 2018 | Hong Kong | HKG | Semifinals | ||||
| CHN | World Tour | 2016 | Pyongyang | PRK | Quarter finals | last 16 | |||
| CHN | Youth World Championship | 2018 | Bendigo | OUT | gold | gold | Semifinals | 1 | |
| CHN | Youth World Championship | 2017 | Riva del Garda | ITA | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | 1 | |
| CHN | Youth World Championship | 2016 | Cape Town | ZAF | last 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | 1 |
Web links
- Xu Haidong Article about Xu Haidong on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (English)
- World rankings
- Player profile about Xu Haidong on tabletennis.guide (accessed July 3, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Earlier defeat avenged, gold and silver for China in Bangkok. ittf.com, September 21, 2016, accessed July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Korea Republic stuns China to set up final showdown with Japan in Cape Town. ittf.com, December 4, 2016, accessed July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Tried and trusted trio, China supreme. ittf.com, November 29, 2017, accessed July 5, 2020 .
- ^ Age of the shake-hands grip but pen-holder is new leader. ittf.com, July 2, 2018, accessed July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ China steals the show in Bendigo. ittf.com, December 9, 2018, accessed July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Xu Haidong: video, ranking. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Xu Haidong |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 2000 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shijiazhuang |