Zhang Jike, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Zhang Jike

Chinese table tennis player

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1988

Place of Birth: Qingdao, Shandong, China

Profession: table tennis player

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Zhang Jike

  • Zhang Jike (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhang Jìke; born 16 February 1988) is a Chinese table tennis player.Zhang became the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam when he won gold in men's singles at the Olympic games in London 2012.
  • The first three are Jan-Ove Waldner (in 1992), Liu Guoliang (in 1999), and Kong Linghui (in 2000).
  • Zhang won the Grand Slam in only 445 days.
  • He won, consecutively, first WTTC 2011, then World Cup 2011, and then London Olympics 2012, which made him the fastest player ever to win a Grand Slam.
  • After the first Grand Slam, he won WTTC 2013 and World Cup 2014, which makes him the player who is closest to achieve a second career Grand Slam.
  • He is one of the three male players who hold the most major titles in the table tennis history, at five.
  • He is the only one who won 5 major titles in a row in the table tennis history.

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