Adrian Crișan
Appearance
Adrian Crişan | |
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File:Adrian Crisan.jpg | |
Personal information | |
Nationality | Romania |
Residence | Ochsenhausen, Germany |
Born | Bistriţa, Romania | May 7, 1980
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st) |
Table tennis career | |
Playing style | Shakehand grip |
Highest ranking | 12 (February 2006) |
Club | SV Werder Bremen |
Adrian Crişan (born May 7, 1980 in Bistriţa) is a Romanian professional table tennis player currently playing for German table tennis club Werder Bremen.[1] Based on his world ranking on the 16 May 2011 he qualified in the men's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where was the 15th seed.[2]
Career
Crişan began playing table tennis aged ten, coached by Gheorghe Bozga. He left Romania for Germany in 1997 to play in the German Bundesliga, which he won in 2004 with the TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen.[3]
Achievements
- Eight-times Romanian Singles champion (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)[4]
- Winner Brazil Open 2005
- Team Bronze Medal winner with Romania at the European Championships 2005 and 2007
Clubs
until 1997: Bistrița
1997-99: 1. FC Bayreuth
1999-2000: SV Plüderhausen
2000-2010: TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen
since 2010: Werder Bremen
References
- ^ http://www.werder.de/de/tischtennis/bundesliga/team/
- ^ "Direct Qualifiers for 2012 London Olympic Games - Provisional list" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ http://www.ttf-liebherr-ochsenhausen.de/
- ^ http://www.frtenismasa.ro/cn_seniori_sm.html
External links
Categories:
- Romanian table tennis players
- Olympic table tennis players of Romania
- Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- 1980 births
- Romanian sportspeople stubs
- Table tennis biography stubs