Jan-Ove Waldner

Jan- Ove Waldner ( born October 3, 1965 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish table tennis player. He was twice world champion (1989 and 1997), European Champion (1996 ) and once Olympic champion (1992 ) in singles. He also won the Swedish championship ten times. He is one of the best table tennis players of all time and was until 2012 when TTC Rhön- bubble Fulda Maberzell in the Bundesliga under contract.

Material and style of play

Waldner first played Banda Banda Coppa on an offensive blade. Following the acquisition of Banda Donic he played a developed especially for him covering that bore his name. This has been adapted several times covering the current development and referred to with additions such as platinum or platinum X1. Wood default, he switched to a carboxylic wood of his name. Its extremely designed to tactics and technique of play earned him the nickname of Mozart. Legendary are his feel for the ball and his change of pace. He dominated both quite hard knocks and the wait-and -round game.

Career

As Waldner was five years old, his parents discovered his talent for table tennis. They promoted him and his older brother Kjell- Ake ( born August 17, 1963 from 1996 coach of the Swedish women's national team). When he was 6 years old, he played for the first time in a club. Thus he became the youngest was 9 years old Swedish champion in his age group. Although he was also talented for tennis and football, but he is now focused on table tennis. After leaving school he was 15 years old professional. A year later, he won a tournament in his first Porsche (Note: He has to date no driver's license ).

To date, Waldner belongs to the absolute world top. He won numerous medals, such as

At World Championships gold twice in single (1989 against Jörgen Persson and 1997 against Vladimir Samsonov; 1997 World Champion without dropping a set ), four gold medals with the Swedish team, two silver medals in the individual (1987 against Jiang Jialiang and 1991 against Jörgen Persson ) and four silver medals in the team.
One gold at European Championships in singles, three - time gold in doubles, seven - time Gold with the Swedish team, two silver medals in singles and one silver medal in the team
At the Olympic Games ever one gold and one silver

He was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal - 1992.

Between 1980 and 2002 he played 269 games for the Swedish national team. Of which he won 220 games, 49 games were lost. Thus, its success rate is almost 82 percent. A foot injury in 2002 forced him into a 14 -month break. Despite his age of 37, he subsequently found their way into the world's top back.

Because of his talent and his elegant game, he has also been called the Mozart of table tennis. It is characterized by variable mark-ups, well-placed setbacks, game overview and ball security. Other strengths are its stroke variations and unexpected tempo changes with pre-and backhand. 2001 wrote the book " Secrets of a TT- genius" about Waldner.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Waldner celebrated a keenly awaited comeback and demonstrated by its advance to the semifinals once again, that he himself was to the age of 38 years in the position yet, the Chinese table tennis supremacy to defy. Noteworthy were his victories against Timo Boll, Germany's best tennis players, and against Ma Lin, one of the best Chinese.

Many products, such as woods and even the first time pads, bore his name. In addition Waldner denies numerous exhibition matches against other well-known table tennis player.

The end of 2004 opened in Beijing Waldner own restaurant called "W".

Clubs

Waldner played in several clubs and also several years in the German Bundesliga:

Achievements

World Championships 1983 Tokyo: 2nd place team
1985 in Gothenburg: 2nd place team
1987 in New Delhi: 2nd place in individual, 2nd place team
1989 in Dortmund: 1st place in individual, 1st place with team
1991 in Chiba: 2nd place in individual, 1st place with team
1993 in Gothenburg: 3rd place in individual, 1st place with team
1995 in Tianjin: 2nd place team
1997 Manchester: 1st place in individual, 2nd place in the doubles (with Jörgen Persson )
1999 in Eindhoven: 3rd place in individual
2000 in Kuala Lumpur: 1st place with team
2001 in Osaka: 3rd place with team
2004 in Doha: 4th place with team

European Championships In Budapest in 1982: 2nd place in individual ( lost to Mikael Appelgren after a 2-0 set lead )
1986 in Prague: 1st place in doubles (with Erik Lindh ), 1st place with team
1988 Paris: 3rd place in individual, 1st place in doubles (with Mikael Appelgren ), 1st place with team
1990 in Gothenburg: 1st place with team
1992 in Stuttgart: 1st place with team
1994 Birmingham: 2nd place in individual ( lost to Jean -Michel Saive ), 2nd place team
1996 in Bratislava 1st place in individual, 1st place in doubles (with Jörgen Persson ), 1st place with team
2000 in Bremen: 1st place with team, 3rd place in the individual
2002 in Zagreb: 1st place with team

Olympic games Barcelona 1992: 1st place in individual
Sydney 2000: 2nd place in individual
Athens 2004: 4th place in individual

Ranking Tournament Europe TOP 12 1984 in Bratislava 1st place
In 1986 in Södertälje: 1st place
1987 in Basilej: 2nd place
1988 in Ljubljana: 1st place
1989 in Charleroi: 1st place
1990 in Hanover: 2nd place
1991 Hertogenbosh: 2nd place
In Copenhagen in 1993: 1st Place
1994 Arezzo: 2nd place
1995 in Charleroi: 1st place
1996 in Dijon: 1st place
1997 in Eindhoven: 3rd place
1998 in Halmstad: 3rd place

European Masters Cup 1991/92 in Bonn: 1st place
1992/93 in Karlsruhe: 1st place
1994/95 in Hameln: 3rd place
1995/96 in Hameln: 2nd place
1997/98 in Bensheim: 3rd place

European Nations Cup 1992/93 in Karlsruhe: 1st place with Sweden
1993/94 in Bayreuth: 1st place with Sweden
1994/95 in Karlsruhe: 1st place with Sweden

World Cup 1983 in Barbados: 2nd place individual
1990 in Chiba: 1st place individual
1991 in Kuala Lumpur: 3rd place individual
1994 Taipei: 4th place individual
1996 Nimes: 2nd place individual

International Championships 1982 South Korea ( Seoul ): 1st place individual
1982 France: 2nd place individual
1983 Sweden Open: 1st Place Individual
1984 Germany ( Duisburg ): 2nd place individual, 1st place with Sweden
1985 Czechoslovakia: 2nd place individual
1985 Poland: 1st place individual
1986 Germany ( Karlsruhe ): 1st Single, 2nd in doubles (with Erik Lindh )
1986 France: 1st place individual
1988 Yugoslavia: 2nd place individual
China 1988: 2nd place doubles (with Ulf Bengtsson )
1988 France: 1st place individual
1990 Germany ( Karlsruhe ): 2nd place doubles (with Mikael Appelgren )
1990 U.S. Open: 1st Place Individual
1990 Japan: 1st place individual
1991 Japan: 1st place individual
1992 France: 1st place individual
1995 Sweden Open: 2nd place individual
Finland 1995: 1st place individual
1996 Yugoslavia Open: 1st Place Individual
1996 France Open: 1st Place Individual
1997 Qatar Open: 1st Place Individual
1997 Japan Open: 1st Place Individual
1998 Sweden Open: 3rd place individual, 2nd place double
1998 Kroatian Open: 3rd place individual
1998 Qatar Open: 2nd place individual
1998 Italy Open: 2nd place individual
1999 Qatar Open: 3rd place individual
2000 Bremen: 3rd place individual, 3rd doubles (with Jörgen Persson )
2000 Kroatian Open: 3rd place individual
2001 Denmark Open: 2nd place individual
2001 German Open: 3rd place individual
2001 China Open: 3rd place individual
2002 Austria Open: 2nd place individual

World Allstars Circuit 1990 Athens / GRE: 1st place
1990 Manila / PHI: 1st place
1991 Aarhus / DEN: 1st place
1991 Dubai / UAE: 1st place
1992 Tadotsu / JPN: 1st place
1992 Sanjo / JPN: 2nd place
1992 Kashiwazaki / JPN: 1st place
1992 Paris / FRA: 1st place ( "Champion of Champions" )
1993 Saga / JPN: 1st place
1993 Tadotsu / JPN: 2nd place
1993 Paris / FRA: 1st place ( "Champion of Champions" )

European Youth Championships In Rome in 1979: 2nd place individual
1980 in Poznan: 2nd place individual, 1st doubles (with Jonny Akesson ), 1st place team
1981 in Topolcany: 1st place individual, 1st doubles (with Jonny Akesson )
1982 in Hollabrunn: 1st place individual, 1st doubles (with Jonny Akesson ), 2nd place Mixed ( with Katalin Bolvari )
1983 in Malmö: 1st Single, 2nd place Mixed

Nordic Championships 1981 in Horning: 2nd place individual, 1st doubles (with Jonny Akesson )
1983 in Reykjavik: 2nd place individual, 1st doubles (with Jörgen Persson )
1988 Karl Borg: 1st Single, 2nd in doubles (with Jörgen Persson ), 1st place Mixed

Swedish National Championships 1981 1st place doubles (with Mikael Appelgren )
1982 1st place doubles (with Jonny Akesson ), 1st place Mixed ( with Annelie Hernvall )
1983 1st Place item ( against Mikael Appelgren ), 1st place Mixed ( with Annelie Hernvall )
1984 1st Place item ( against Jörgen Persson )
1985 1st place Mixed ( with Annelie Hernvall )
1986 1 Place item ( against Erik Lindh ), 1st in doubles (with Erik Lindh )
1989 1st Place item ( against Mikael Appelgren )
1991 1st place individual ( against Mikael Appelgren ), 1st in doubles (with Jonny Akesson )
1992 1st place doubles (with Mikael Appelgren )
1994 1st place doubles (with Mikael Appelgren )
1996 1st in single ( against Mikael Appelgren )
1997 1st place individual ( against Jörgen Persson )
1999 1st place doubles (with Jörgen Persson )
2006 1st place individual ( in the final against Jens Lundqvist )
2010 1st Place item ( in the final against Pär Gerell )

Title with the team

1982/1983 Swedish champion
1983/1984 Swedish champion

1984/85 German Cup
1985/86 German Cup
1985/86 winner in the European Cup of Champions
1985/86 German team champion
1986/87 2nd place in the European Cup of Champions

1991/1992 Swedish champion
1994/1995 Swedish champion

1995/1996 Swedish champion
1998/1999 Swedish champion
1999/2000 Swedish champion
2001/2002 Swedish champion

Other successes 1988 Euro -Asia tournament in Ormesby / England. 1st Place Individual
1988 Stiga Grand Prix in Barcelona / Spain: 2nd place individual
1989 IOC Presidents Cup in Seoul / KOR: 1st place
Stiga Grand Prix 1989 in Paris / France: 1st place individual
1990 World Team Cup: 1st place team
1991 IOC Presidents Cup in Matsumoto / JPN: 2nd place
1997 Cup Germany in Trier: 1st place individual
1988, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000 Pondus Cup ( Denmark): 1st place individual
1987, 1989 Pondus Cup ( Denmark): 2nd place individual

Philately

Imaged by the Swedish Post a postage stamp was issued on March 14, 1985 to Jan- Ove Waldner is the ( Michel catalog No. 1326). This postage stamp was taken on the occasion of the World Table Tennis Championships 1985 in Gothenburg for output.

On 27 September 2013 at all a foreigner was first honored with a stamp in the People's Republic of China, Jan- Ove Waldner. The brand was ( a Swedish and a Chinese ) published in two editions at the same time and sold on the first day alone in China in 3,000,000 copies.

The other stamp on this joint issue of Sweden and the People's Republic of China is the Chinese table tennis player Deng Yaping. From the Swedish Post, the two stamps in a stamp block as tenant, with a nominal value of two times 6 SEK were sold. The two Chinese stamps were printed in sheets of switches, each of 16 stamps and a gutter. In addition there was Ersttagsstempel with table tennis motif Stockholm and Beijing.

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