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Jan-Ove Waldner
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Stockholm
- Occupation
- table tennis player
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Award
- ITTF Hall of Fame
- Participant in
- table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's singles
- Sport
- table tennis
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Image
- Jan-Ove Waldner.JPG
- Height
- 140
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- Commons category
- Jan-Ove Waldner
- date of birth
- 1965-10-03
- ranking
- 43
- nickname
- Моцарт настольного тенниса
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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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