Li Jiao (table tennis)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.
Li Jiao
Personal information
Nationality Netherlands
ResidenceHeerhugowaard, Netherlands
Born (1973-01-15) 15 January 1973 (age 51)[1]
Qingdao, China
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Highest ranking10 (January 2011)[2]
Current ranking31 (August 2016)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing the  Netherlands
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Belgrade Singles
Gold medal – first place 2008 Saint-Petersburg Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Stuttgart Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gdansk-Sopot Singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gdansk-Sopot Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Aarhus Singles

Li Jiao (born 15 January 1973) is a Chinese-born professional table tennis player who now represents the Netherlands.[1] She resides in Heerhugowaard.

Notable matches[edit]

In the World Team Championship 2014 Quarter Final draw of Netherlands versus the host team Japan, Li, ranked 13th at the time, famously came from behind to defeat both the then World No. 10 Kasumi Ishikawa and World No. 25 Sayaka Hirano, in five sets.[3] The match eventually finished 3–2 to Japan, with the final match of Britt Eerland (Netherlands) versus Kasumi Ishikawa (Japan) also ending in five sets.

Career highlights[edit]

Olympic Games
2008, Beijing, women's singles, last 16
2008, Beijing, team competition
2012, London, women's singles, last 8
2012, London, team competition, last 8
World Championships
2005, Shanghai, women's singles, quarter final
2005, Shanghai, mixed doubles, last 32
2006, Bremen, team competition, 14th
2007, Zagreb, women's singles, last 16
2007, Zagreb, mixed doubles, last 32
2008, Guangzhou, team competition, 7th
Pro Tour Grand Finals
2006, Hong Kong, women's singles, last 16
Pro Tour Meetings
2004, Warszawa, women's singles, quarter final
2004, Warszawa, women's doubles, winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2004, Aarhus, women's singles, semi final
2005, Santiago, women's singles, quarter final
2005, Fort Lauderdale, women's singles, quarter final
2006, St. Petersburg, women's singles, semi final
2006, Bayreuth, women's singles, quarter final
2006, Warszawa, women's singles, semi final
2008, Velenje, women's singles, winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2008, Velenje, women's doubles, runner-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2008, Santiago, women's doubles, semi final
European Games
2015, Baku, women's singles, winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015, Baku, team competition, runner-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships
2005, Aarhus, women's singles, semi final
2005, Aarhus, mixed doubles, quarter final
2007, Belgrade, women's singles, winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2008, St. Petersburg, team competition, winner 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Top-12 Championships
2005, Rennes, 3rd 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2006, Copenhagen, 3rd 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2007, Arezzo, 1st 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2008, Frankfurt, 1st 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2010, Düsseldorf, 1st 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2011, Liège, 1st 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "ITTF Biography". ITTF. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  2. ^ "ITTF World Ranking". ITTF. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  3. ^ "ITTF World Championship 2014 Scoresheet". ITTF. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article relating to a Dutch table tennis figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Li_Jiao_(table_tennis)&oldid=1197794634"