Xu Jing (table tennis player)
Xu Jing ( Chinese徐 竞 / 徐 競; Pinyin Xú Jìng; born January 8, 1968 in Liaoning ) is a former Chinese- born Taiwanese table tennis player . She took part in the Olympic Games twice.
Xu Jing 
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| Other spellings: | 徐 竞 / 徐 競 |
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 Chinese Taipei
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| Date of birth: | January 8, 1968 |
| Place of birth: | Liaoning |
| Size: | 170 cm |
| Weight: | 62 kg |
| Playing hand: | right |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Best world ranking : | 53 (February 2000) |
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Career
Xu was born in China but moved to Taiwan with her family at an early age. In her youth she was one of the most successful players in her new country. In 1991 she was able to take part in a world championship for the first time and made it to the second round in doubles.
In 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001, Xu participated in six other world championships. In 2000 she was runner-up with the team, which was Taiwan's best ever result. In 1996 she played for the first time at the Olympic Games , but was eliminated in the preliminary round in the singles against Kim Hyang-mi .
On the Pro Tour she had some successes in doubles: in 1999 she won gold at the Czech Open and in 2000 at the Croatia Open. In 2000 she was able to participate again in the Olympic Games and came there in doubles with Chen Jing in the round of 16, while she failed in the singles in the third round.
Results from the ITTF database (excerpt)
Source:
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| TPE | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| TPE | Olympic games | 1996 | Atlanta | GEO | Agony | Agony | ||
| TPE | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1999 | Sydney | OUT | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| TPE | World cup | 1998 | Taipei | TPE | last 16 | |||
| TPE | Pro tour | 1999 | Prague | CZE | gold | |||
| TPE | Pro tour | 1999 | Melbourne | OUT | gold | |||
| TPE | Pro tour | 2000 | Zagreb | CRO | gold | |||
| TPE | Pro tour | 2000 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | gold | |||
| TPE | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba | JPN | no participants | last 16 | ||
| TPE | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 64 | Quarter finals | Quarter finals
(8th place) |
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| TPE | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | last 16
(12th place) |
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| TPE | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 64 | last 16 | last 64 | |
| TPE | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 64 | Quarter finals | last 64 | |
| TPE | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | silver | |||
| TPE | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 128 | last 64 | last 32 | Quarter finals
(8th place) |
Web links
- Results from Xu Jing on table tennis-infos.de
- Xu Jing in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed January 19, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jing XU - Olympic Table Tennis | Chinese Taipei. June 21, 2016, accessed on January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ 中国 体育 报: 女乒 小花 陈 可变 “硬” 了. January 30, 2018, accessed January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ 自由 體育: - 自由 體育. Retrieved January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Xu Jing. Retrieved January 16, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Xu, Jing |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 徐 竞 / 徐 競 (Chinese); Xú Jìng (Pinyin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese-Taiwanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liaoning |