Iveta Vacenovská Explained

Iveta Vacenovská
Fullname:Iveta Vacenovská
Residence:Linz, Austria
Playingstyle:Shakehand
Equipment:Butterfly
Hrank:29 (December 2012)[1]
Club:Linz AG Froschberg
Birth Date:22 March 1986
Birth Place:Hodonín, Czechoslovakia

Iveta Vacenovská (in Czech pronounced as /ˈɪvɛta ˈvatsɛnofskaː/; born 22 March 1986) is a Czech Table tennis player. She resides in Linz, Austria and plays for Linz AG Froschberg.[2]

Based on her world ranking in May 2011, she qualified directly for the London 2012 Olympic Games, where she reached the third round before losing to Wu Jiaduo of Germany.[3] [4]

Life

Vacenovská began playing table tennis when she was six years old, because of her uncle, who is a table tennis coach. Besides being a professional athlete, she is also a student at the Charles University in Prague in the Department of Sport and Physical Education, and enjoys all kinds of sporting activities.

Career records

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=109680 ITTF World Ranking (accessed November 1, 2011).
  2. http://www.froschberg.at/site09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=68 Linz AG Froschberg (accessed November 1, 2011).
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-03-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203025/http://www.ittf.com/Stories/pictures/qualified_players_london_m.pdf . 2016-03-04 . Players qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games (accessed November 1, 2011).
  4. Web site: singles women results - Table Tennis - London 2012 Olympics. www.olympic.org. 2016-02-11.