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Jan-Ove Waldner[lower-alpha 1] (Swedish: [ˈjɑːn uːvɛ ˈvǎldnɛr]; born 3 October 1965),[1][2] in Sweden commonly J-O Waldner (Swedish: [ˈjiː uː], is a Swedish former table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis."[3][4] A sporting legend in his native Sweden as well as in China,[3] he is known in China as 老瓦 Lǎo Wǎ ("Elder Waldner") or 常青树 Cháng Qīng Shù ("Evergreen Tree"),[5] because of his extraordinary longevity and competitiveness. As of July 2021, he is the only person to win an Olympic table tennis gold medal representing a non-Asian country.

Jan-Ove Waldner
Jan-Ove Waldner
Personal information
Full nameJan-Ove Waldner
Nickname(s)老瓦 (Lǎo Wǎ)
NationalitySwedish
Born (1965-10-03) 3 October 1965 (age 57)
Stockholm, Sweden
Playing styleShakehand grip
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Singles
2000 Sydney Singles
World Championships
1989 Dortmund Singles
1989 Dortmund Team
1991 Chiba Team
1993 Gothenburg Team
1997 Manchester Singles
2000 Kuala Lumpur Team
1983 Tokyo Team
1985 Gothenburg Team
1987 New Delhi Singles
1987 New Delhi Team
1991 Chiba Singles
1995 Tianjin Team
1997 Manchester Doubles
1993 Gothenburg Singles
1999 Eindhoven Singles
2001 Osaka Team
World Cup
1990 Chiba City Singles
1990 Chiba City Team
1983 Barbados Singles
1991 Barcelona Team
1994 Nimes Team
1996 Nimes Singles
1991 Barcelona Singles
European Championships
1986 Prague Doubles
1986 Prague Team
1988 Paris Doubles
1988 Paris Team
1990 Gothenburg Team
1992 Stuttgart Team
1996 Bratislava Singles
1996 Bratislava Doubles
1996 Bratislava Team
2000 Bremen Team
2002 Zagreb Team
1982 Budapest Singles
1984 Moscow Doubles
1992 Stuttgart Doubles
1994 Birmingham Singles
1994 Birmingham Team
1984 Moscow Team
1988 Paris Singles
1998 Eindhoven Doubles
1998 Eindhoven Team
2000 Bremen Singles

Biography


Jan-Ove Waldner was born in Stockholm on 3 October 1965. His athletic potential was recognised at an early age and was displayed in 1982 when, as a 16-year-old, he reached the final of the European Championships, losing to distinguished left-handed teammate Mikael Appelgren, who was perceived then as the logical successor to the first Swedish World Champion, Stellan Bengtsson. While still developing his game, Waldner, along with several other Swedish players, traveled to a national-level training camp held in China, and was reportedly amazed by the dedication and solidarity of the Chinese players. He has claimed ever since that he learned much during his stay, and thereafter first began to regard his opportunity to succeed in table tennis as paramount.

Waldner won gold 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.[6] Eight years later, he won silver in the same event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, narrowly losing to Kong Linghui.

In China, a country that adores table tennis, he is undisputedly the best-known[3] Swedish person, and still one of the most well-known sports personalities. In the 1990s, he was more recognisable in China than then-President of the United States Bill Clinton.[7] His venerable status and long career has led to his being nicknamed "the evergreen tree" (Chang Qing Shu) in Mandarin. He is considered by many to be the most technically complete player of all time, and is almost inarguably the most successful non-Chinese player of the sport.

In 2010 Waldner won his ninth Swedish championship, defeating Pär Gerell, who was born the same year Waldner became Swedish national champion for the first time.

He played for TTC Rhön-Sprudel Fulda-Maberzell in the German Bundesliga until May 2012. In May 2012 Stefan Frauenholz, Fulda-Maberzell's President, confirmed that Jan-Ove Waldner finished his contract with the club. Timo Boll: "Was yesterday's match against us the last one for Jan-Ove Waldner?" referring to the Bundesliga semifinal between Borussia Düsseldorf and Fulda-Maberzell. This ended his career at the international elite level, at the age of 46 years.[8][9]

In 2012 he began playing for Spårvägens BTK.[10]

On 11 February 2016, Waldner played his last game in the Swedish first league for Ängby/Spårvägen and officially announced his retirement as a player.[11]

When he retired, Waldner had been playing international elite level table tennis for more than thirty years, which is somewhat unusual in the table tennis world given that hand–eye coordination and quick reactions are essential. Some young Chinese players whom he has recently played against were trained by those he played against in the 1990s, who were in turn trained by others he played in the 1980s.

He is one of the seven table tennis players who competed at the first five Olympic Games table tennis tournaments since the sport's introduction at the Games in 1988. The others are Swede Jörgen Persson, Croatian Zoran Primorac, Belgian Jean-Michel Saive, Hungarian Csilla Bátorfi, Serbian-American Ilija Lupulesku, and German Jörg Roßkopf.

He was also the first of only five male players in the history of table tennis to achieve a career grand slam (World Champion, World Cup and Olympic gold medal winner in singles) (in 1992). The others are: Liu Guoliang, China (in 1999), Kong Linghui, China (in 2000), Zhang Jike, China (in 2012), and Ma Long, China (in 2016).[12]



In the US TV series The Office, the character Dwight mentions Waldner as one of his heroes in "The Deposition" episode. Waldner is also mentioned in season 2 episode 10 of the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman, where one of the characters calls him the Michael Jordan of table tennis.


Olympic Games



World championships



European Championships



Swedish Championships



See also



Notes


  1. Officially spelled Valdner in the Swedish civil records.

References


  1. Jan-Ove Waldner profile Archived 2008-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. Swedish Table Tennis Federation
  2. Biography of WALDNER Jan-Ove Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine. ITTF.
  3. Bishop, G. (August 23, 2008). A Swedish face for China’s beloved sport. The New York Times.
  4. Clarey, C. (August 23, 2004). For 'table tennis Mozart,' few high notes. International Herald Tribune.
  5. Jan-Ove “Evergreen” Waldner – Table Tennis Legend. Game Tables Online
  6. "China table tennis boss says Olympic Covid rules 'extremely difficult'". 14 July 2021.
  7. "一个人对抗国乒六代选手，我们热爱的"老瓦"回来了". The Paper (in Chinese). 2019-05-30. Retrieved 20 February 2021. 上世纪1990年代，瓦尔德内尔在中国的知名度甚至超过了美国总统克林顿。
  8. "Table Tennista Europe". Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  9. Fulda-Maberzell web site, retrieved 19 July, 2012
  10. "Spårvägens BTK men's team in the 2012/13 season". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014.
  11. "Waldner Officially retired". Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  12. "Sport Olympics 2012: table tennis". The Guardian. London. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.


Preceded by Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
1992		 Succeeded by

На других языках

- [en] Jan-Ove Waldner

[fr] Jan-Ove Waldner

Jan-Ove Waldner (né le 3 octobre 1965 à Stockholm) est un joueur de tennis de table suédois.

[it] Jan-Ove Waldner

Jan-Ove Waldner (Stoccolma, 3 ottobre 1965) è un ex tennistavolista svedese.

[ru] Вальднер, Ян-Уве

Ян-Уве Ва́льднер (швед. Jan-Ove Waldner; род. 3 октября 1965, Стокгольм, Швеция) — шведский игрок в настольный теннис. Экс-первая ракетка мира. Олимпийский чемпион в одиночном разряде (1992). Первый в истории игрок не из Китая, которому удалось выиграть олимпийское золото в настольном теннисе. Серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр в одиночном разряде (2000). 6-кратный чемпион мира в различных разрядах (1989—2000), обладатель Кубка мира (1990), 11-кратный чемпион Европы в различных разрядах, 7-кратный победитель Евро-Топ-12. Обладатель символического «большого шлема» настольного тенниса, который обеспечивается индивидуальными победами на чемпионате мира, Кубке мира и на Олимпийских играх.[источник не указан 138 дней] Вальднер регулярно признается одним из величайших игроков в настольный теннис всех времен (например, Международная федерация настольного тенниса признала его лучшим игроком XX века).[источник не указан 138 дней]


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