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Jan-Ove Waldner

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Jan-Ove Waldner is a Swedish former table tennis player regarded as one of the greatest to ever play the sport. He achieved a career grand slam by winning World Championship, World Cup and Olympic gold medals in singles, including the 1992 Barcelona Olympic title that made him the first and only non-Asian men's singles Olympic champion. His extraordinary longevity in elite competition spanned over three decades, earning him the nickname "the Evergreen Tree" in China. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1965 1
Career Highlight
Won the Olympic men's singles gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Games, the first and only non-Asian player to win an Olympic table tennis title, completing a career grand slam. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
Connections

Competed In

1992 Summer Olympics, Competitions
Source Wikipedia, Jan-Ove Waldner
2000 Summer Olympics, Competitions
Source Wikipedia, Jan-Ove Waldner

Long-Form Articles

Why China Called Jan-Ove Waldner Old Wa, Articles

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Table Tennis, Sports
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Nationality

Sweden

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Source Wikidata: Jan-Ove Waldner
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1. Wikipedia, Jan-Ove Waldner
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis." A sporting legend in his native Sweden as well as in China, he is known in China as 老瓦 Lǎo Wǎ 'Old Wa' or 常青树 Cháng Qīng Shù 'Evergreen Tree', because of his extraordinary longevity and competitiveness.
  • Wikipedia or cited reference, description lead (competition-category)
    Jan-Ove Waldner is a Swedish former table tennis player regarded as one of the greatest to ever play the sport.
  • Competed In: 1992 Summer Olympics, Article text
    Waldner won the gold medal in the men's singles at 1992 Summer Olympics, becoming the first and to date only player not from China, Japan, or South Korea to win an Olympic table tennis title.
  • Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Article text
    Eight years later, he won silver in the same event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, narrowly losing to Kong Linghui.
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