Kalinikos Kreanga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kalinikos Kreanga

Greek table tennis player

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1972

Place of Birth: Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania

Profession: table tennis player

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Kalinikos Kreanga (born March 8, 1972) is a Greek (formerly Romanian) table tennis player.
Born as Calin Creanga, he chose to defect from Communist-ruled Romania at the age of 17 (with his father) while he was participating in the European Table Tennis Youth Championships in Luxembourg in 1989.Born in Bistrita, Romania, Kreanga started to play table tennis at the age of 7.
His first coach was Gheorghe Bozga, who would later discover Mihaela Steff. While in Luxembourg, he received an offer to play in Greece, so he decided to move there.
Being a minor, he quickly acquired Greek citizenship, and changed his name to Kalinikos Kreanga.He has been one of the dominant European table tennis players since the beginning of the 1990s, and uses the shakehand grip to hold the racket.
His favorite offensive weapons seem to be the forehand topspin and an incredibly strong backhand topspin.
His backhand topspin is regarded as one of the most devastating in the world, not limited by its unorthodox technique.