Gao Ning
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| Nationality |  Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 October 1982[1] Xinji, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 9 (April 2008)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 34 (August 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Chartres ASTT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gao Ning (simplified Chinese: 高宁; traditional Chinese: 高寧; pinyin: Gāo Níng; born 11 October 1982) is a Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player.[1] He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August, 2016.[3] He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.[4] In 2018, Gao won the men's singles as well as the mixed doubles at the Commonwealth Games along with Yu Mengyu.[5][6]
He won a gold medal as a team member plus silver medals in the men's singles and men's doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Gao Ning cried after his singles match defeat to an opponent in the Beijing 2008 Olympics as no coach was available to guide him during the match. His coach was sick before the match. The scene of him in tears was telecast on local TV, causing the head coach of the Singapore table tennis team to lose his job.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won another two gold medals and a silver.[7] The gold medals came in the men's doubles, with Li Hu, and the men's team, again with Li, and Zhan Jian.[7] The silver came in the men's individual, where he lost the final to his teammate Zhan.[7]
Career records
Singles (as of April 22, 2015)[8]
- Olympics: round of 16 (2012).[9]
- World Championships: round of 16 (2007, 2013).
- World Cup appearances: 3. Record: 5-8th (2007).
- ITTF World Tour winner (2): India Open 2007; Chile Open 2012.
Runner-up (1): Brazil Open 2007. - ITTF World Tour Grand Finals appearances: 4. Record: SF (2011).
- Asian Games: QF (2010).
- Asian Championships: round of 16 (2007, 2009).
- Asian Cup: 1st (2007); 2nd (2010); 3rd (2008).
Men's Doubles
- World Championships: QF (2009).
- Pro Tour winner (6): India, Austrian Open 2007; Chile Open 2008; India Open 2009; Kuwait Open 2012; UAE 2013.
Runner-up (10): Russian, German Open 2006; Brazil, Chile, Korea, Chinese Taipei, German, Swedish Open 2007; Polish Open 2008; India Open 2010. - Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 6. Record: winner (2008, 2012); runner-up (2009, 2010).
- Asian Championships: winner (2012); SF (2013).
Mixed Doubles
- World Championships: round of 16 (2009, 2011).
Team
- Olympics: 5th (2012).
- World Championships: 5th (2014).
- Commonwealth Games: winner (2010).
References
- ^ a b "ITTF player's profile". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ a b "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ Acharya, Mahesh. "Gold for Gao Ning but Nigerians Prevent Singaporean Clean Sweep in Jaipur". Accessed 5 September 2008.
- ^ http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/commonwealth-games-gao-and-yu-secure-mixed-doubles-gold-medal Retrieved on the 16 of April 2018. The Strait Times
- ^ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/commonwealth-games-singapore-s-gao-ning-wins-singles-gold-in-10139598 Retrieved on the 16 of April 2018. Channel News Asia
- ^ a b c "Glasgow 2014 – Ning Gao Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Olympic results". sports-reference.com/olympics/. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
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Categories:
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- Singaporean male table tennis players
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Singapore
- Table tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic table tennis players of Singapore
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in table tennis
- Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Chinese emigrants to Singapore
- Naturalised citizens of Singapore
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- People from Xinji
- Table tennis players from Hebei
- Naturalised table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in table tennis
- Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore
- Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games