Fang Bo

Fang Bo (Chinese: 方博; pinyin: Fāng Bó; born November 6, 1992) is a Chinese male table tennis player.[3] In 2002, Fang Bo became a member of the Shandong Luneng table tennis club. In 2009, he joined the China national table tennis first team.[4] In the same year December 2009, he won all four team and individual titles at the 2009 World Junior Championships,[5] becoming the first youth player to accomplish this feat in China. At his peak in 2015, he reached the men's singles final at the World Championships by defeating the second-seeded Xu Xin and the defending champion Zhang Jike. Fang Bo then obtained his first world table tennis champion title in 2016 during the World Team Table Tennis Championships. In 2017, he partnered with Petrissa Solja of the German table tennis team and won bronze in the mixed doubles at the World Championships in Düsseldorf, Germany. Fang Bo was ranked fifth in the China National Table Tennis (First) Team after emerging as first runner-up of the 2018 China National Table Tennis Championships. In 2019, Fang Bo successfully led his teammates and Team Tian Jin to win the overall team gold medal in the 2019 China Super League. Concomitantly, Fang Bo represented UMMC at the ETTU Table Tennis Champions League and the team came in second after losing 2:3 to Fakel Gazprom Orenburg in the final leg.

Fang Bo
Personal information
Native name方博
Nationality China
Born (1992-11-06) November 6, 1992
Tongcheng County, Hubei[1]
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Dhs H3 National Blue (FH), Tenergy 05 (BH)
Highest ranking8 (May 2015)[2]
Current ranking304 (October 2019)
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

References

  1. "方博". zgtc.gov.cn (in Chinese). 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-14.
  2. "World ranking Record for FANG Bo (CHN)". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. "Entries at the 2009 World Junior Table Tennis Championships" (PDF). ittf.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  4. "方博 (乒乓球运动员)". Archived from the original on 2017-12-10.
  5. "FANG Bo (CHN)". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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