Guo Yue (table tennis)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Guo.
Guo Yue
Personal information
Native name 郭跃
Full name Guo Yue
Nationality  China
Born July 17, 1988[1]
Anshan, Liaoning, China
Playing style left-handed, Shake hands grip
Highest ranking 1 (January 2008)[2]
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 48 kg (106 lb; 7.6 st)

Guo Yue (simplified Chinese: 郭跃; traditional Chinese: 郭躍; pinyin: Guō Yuè; born July 17, 1988 in Anshan, Liaoning) is a Chinese table tennis player and the 2007 women's world champion.[1][3]

As of August 2011, she is ranked 5th in the ITTF Women's World ranking.[2]

Career

She is a left-handed shakehand attack player and comes from Liaoning, China, the province where Wang Nan, Chang Chenchen and Li Jia (all left-handed players) come from.[4] She is the potential leading player in Chinese woman team. Her original partner in women's doubles was Niu Jianfeng, who comes from Hebei. Currently, her partner is Li Xiaoxia, who is also her roommate.

Guo experienced series of losses in international games which led to her disappearance from the public eye for almost half a year.[5] It is officially claimed "To help her mentally adjust". At the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Guo returned to competition and took first place in Women's Singles, Women's Doubles and Women's Team. In 2007 from January to July, Guo attended six International Opens and won four gold medals. At the selection match for 2007 World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb, Guo qualified early on.

Guo Yue won the 2007 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, by defeating her compatriot Li Xiaoxia in the women's singles final.[6] She also won the mixed doubles title with Wang Liqin.

Achievements

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "ITTF Biography". ITTF. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. "ITTF Database". ITTF. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  4. "Guo Yue, the future of Chinese women’s table tennis". tabletennismaster.com. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  5. "Guo Yue: China's New Top Ping-pong Player". Women of China. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  6. "Guo Yue crowned world champ in women's singles". Xinhua News Agency. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2011.