Li Jiao (table tennis) explained

Residence:	Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
Hrank:	10 (January 2011)^[1]
Crank:	31 (August 2016)
Birth Date:	1973 1, df=yes^[2]
Birth Place:	Qingdao, China
Weight:	58kg (128lb)
Show-Medals:	yes

Li Jiao (born 15 January 1973) is a Chinese-born professional table tennis player who now represents the Netherlands. She resides in Heerhugowaard.

Notable matches

In the World Team Championship 2014 Quarter Final draw of Netherlands versus the host team Japan, Li, ranked 13th at the time, famously came from behind to defeat both the then World No. 10 Kasumi Ishikawa and World No. 25 Sayaka Hirano, in five sets.^[3] The match eventually finished 3–2 to Japan, with the final match of Britt Eerland (Netherlands) versus Kasumi Ishikawa (Japan) also ending in five sets.

Career highlights

Olympic Games:

2008, Beijing, women's singles, last 16

2008, Beijing, team competition

2012, London, women's singles, last 8

2012, London, team competition, last 8

World Championships:

2005, Shanghai, women's singles, quarter final

2005, Shanghai, mixed doubles, last 32

2006, Bremen, team competition, 14th

2007, Zagreb, women's singles, last 16

2007, Zagreb, mixed doubles, last 32

2008, Guangzhou, team competition, 7th

Pro Tour Grand Finals

2006, Hong Kong, women's singles, last 16

Pro Tour Meetings:

2004, Warszawa, women's singles, quarter final

2004, Warszawa, women's doubles, winner

2004, Aarhus, women's singles, semi final

2005, Santiago, women's singles, quarter final

2005, Fort Lauderdale, women's singles, quarter final

2006, St. Petersburg, women's singles, semi final

2006, Bayreuth, women's singles, quarter final

2006, Warszawa, women's singles, semi final

2008, Velenje, women's singles, winner

2008, Velenje, women's doubles, runner-up

2008, Santiago, women's doubles, semi final

European Games:

2015, Baku, women's singles, winner

2015, Baku, team competition, runner-up

European Championships:

2005, Aarhus, women's singles, semi final

2005, Aarhus, mixed doubles, quarter final

2007, Belgrade, women's singles, winner

2008, St. Petersburg, team competition, winner

European Top-12 Championships:

2005, Rennes, 3rd

2006, Copenhagen, 3rd

2007, Arezzo, 1st

2008, Frankfurt, 1st

2010, Düsseldorf, 1st

2011, Liège, 1st

References

Notes and References

Web site: ITTF World Ranking . ITTF . 25 January 2011.
Web site: ITTF Biography . ITTF . 25 January 2011.
Web site: ITTF World Championship 2014 Scoresheet . ITTF . 3 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503170100/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_team_events_per_competition/ittf_team_matches4a1.asp?TOUR_ID=2278&TEAM_MATCH_NO=12&TEAM_STAGE=112&EVENT_TYPE=WSTM2 . 3 May 2014 .