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Jan-Ove Waldner

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Jan-Ove Waldner

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Swedish table tennis player

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Jan-Ove Waldner is a male person from the United Kingdom. He was born on October 3, 1965, and has a height of 180. His current ranking is listed as 43.

The subject has five works associated with him. On the Last.fm platform, he has 44 listeners and a playcount of 51. Additionally, his profile is referenced by 389 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
44
Total plays
51

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Key facts

Full name
Jan-Ove Waldner
Nickname s
J-O, 老瓦 ( Lǎo Wǎ , ' Old Wa ' )
Nationality
Swedish
Born
( 1965-10-03 ) 3 October 1965 (age 60) , Stockholm , Sweden
Sport
Table tennis
Playing style
Shakehand grip

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Encyclopedic overview

Jan-Ove Waldner ( Swedish: [ˈjɑːn uːvɛ ˈvǎldnɛr]; born 3 October 1965), in Sweden commonly J-O Waldner or simply mononymously as J-O (Swedish: [ˈjîː.(j)uː]), is a Swedish former professional table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis." A sporting legend in his native Sweden as well as in China, he is known in China as 老瓦 Lǎo Wǎ 'Old Wa' or 常青树 Cháng Qīng Shù 'Evergreen Tree', because of his extraordinary longevity and competitiveness.

Biography

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