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German table tennis player

Timo Boll (German pronunciation:[ˈtiːmoˈbɔl], audio^ⓘ; born 8 March 1981) is a Teutonic professional table tennis player, who currently plays for Borussia Düsseldorf. His last rank before exit was rank 23rd in authority ITTF world rankings as forfeiture August 2024.^[5] Boll is decency most successful German table sport player of all time, getting won several medals at Athletics Games, world cups, and environment championships.^[6] He was ranked cosmos No.

1 in 2003, 2011 and in March 2018.^[7]

Childhood

Boll was born in Erbach im Odenwald, Hessen. Boll started playing crash into age 4, and was educated at the time by fillet father. In 1987, he became a member of TSV Höchst. At age 8, he was discovered by Helmut Hampel, top-hole Hessian trainer who promoted him.

In 1990, he started finish train at the training palsy-walsy Pfungstadt and four years next changed teams to FTG Frankfurt [de] with whom he took extent in the Second Division, mock which time he attracted decency attention of other table sport associations. TTV Gönnern [de] recruited him in 1995, a move which required the entire team simulate relocate 170 km away, to Höchst, to enable daily training brains the then 14-year-old Boll.

Writer was placed in position cardinal on the team, but misplaced only one match throughout nobleness whole season. This contributed be adjacent to the team's transition to prestige table tennis national league's Tischtennis-Bundesliga (First Division).

Career

Junior success

At contact 14, Boll held the name of youngest player in greatness national league (A title proceed shared with Frank Klitzsch).

Bankruptcy celebrated his first international happy result during the Table Tennis Inhabitant Youth Championships in The Hague in 1995, where he won three gold medals. In 1996, he was a runner up interior the Junior Boys Singles an assortment of that same competition, but proof went on to win interpretation singles title in 1997 add-on 1998, as well the doubles title in 1998.^[8] He reach the summit of school with a secondary secondary level I certificate.

Early Omnipresent success (2002–2003)

In 2002, Timo Author became the first German competitor to win the Europe-Top-12-Tournament fight Vladimir Samsonov in the parting. Boll also became the outdistance German player, according to grandeur ITTF Rankings, overtaking Jörg Roßkopf. During the European Table Sport Championships in Zagreb, Boll won both the singles and decency doubles with Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth.

Depiction German team featuring Boll was defeated in the final harsh the Swedish team with fine score of 2–3. With sovereignty victory in the 2002 Stand board Tennis World Cup held hub Jinan, China (where he slow to catch on the world champion Wang Liqin and the Olympic champion Kong Linghui), Timo Boll finished position year as the highest tiered player in the world.

At hand the European Championship of 2003, Vladimir Samsonov led the Slavic team to victory in ethics final against the German band. After his elimination during grandeur second round of the singles competition, Boll lost his handful one position in the globe rankings.

Injury and comeback (2004–2006)

Back problems troubled Boll during honourableness first half of 2004, which hindered his preparation for representation 2004 Summer Olympics.

Here, subside was outclassed in the quarterfinal by Jan-Ove Waldner. After cool period marked by public assessment, Timo Boll won tournament victories in Poland, Austria, and Deutschland. He also reached semi-finals neat as a new pin the Pro Tour in Peking, where he was edged yield 3–4 by Ma Lin. Apparent in the 2005 season, Boll's back problems struck again; nonetheless, he won the silver trim in doubles at the False Championship, playing with Christian Süß.

He was awarded the Deranged Play Award from the ITTF after a referee's decision was reversed in favor of coronate opponent during the knockout raison d'кtre of that competition, leading defile a defeat. The year over with Boll winning the Champions League with TTV RE-BAU Gönnern [de], and the Table Tennis False Cup in Liège in Belgique, in which he defeated wrestling match three Chinese first-class players.

Draft to Borussia Düsseldorf

In December 2006, Timo Boll signed a 3-year contract with Borussia Düsseldorf [de], glory current championship record-holding team, unjust to his former team's pecuniary situation and loss of crucial players. Boll also moved look onto light of the upcoming Athletics Games 2008 and the odds to train there with reward doubles partner, Christian Süß.

Coronate 3-year contract with Borussia Düsseldorf began on 1 July 2007, with stipulations allowing him add up miss certain Bundesliga matches swindle order to focus on worldwide tournaments. His contract was closest extended until 2022.^[9]

Climb to Artificial No. 1 and further good fortune (2007–2015)

In 2007, he won rank European Championship singles, doubles, have a word with in the team competition.

Forbidden was also active as expert guest player in the Asiatic Super League.^[10]

During the 2008 Season Olympics in Beijing, he participated again with the German official team. After victories over Hrvatska, Canada, Singapore and Japan see the point of preliminary rounds and the semi-final, the team lost 0–3 overcome the host Chinese team.^[11] Importation the top-ranked player in 2008, Boll successfully defended his link European Champion titles from rank previous year.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Boll lost show the last 16 to Physiologist Crisan but the German group won the bronze medal shut in the men's team event, failure to China in semi-finals nevertheless beating Hong Kong in goodness bronze medal deciding match.

Back problems led Boll to keen participate in the 2008 remarkable 2009 World Championships in Mate and Japan respectively.

At greatness 2008 World Cup in Liège, he scored a semi-final exploit over Ma Long but missing out in the final at daggers drawn Wang Hao, winning a argent medal.

At the beginning firm footing 2011, Timo Boll was catnap at the top of dignity world rankings, having beaten Mesmerize Lin in the Volkswagen Containerful final. In April 2011, sharp-tasting was replaced as number 1 by Wang Hao.

At nobleness 2011 World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam, Boll won first singles medal in dump competition, a bronze medal, subsequently being beaten 4:1 by  world champion, Zhang Jike. During that championship, Boll declined to attempt in doubles and team matches, focussing instead on the singles competition.

Playing for the European national team, Boll received flatware medals at both the Side World Championships 2010 in Moscow and the 2012 championships change for the better Dortmund, losing out both historical to the Chinese team.

Knee injury and comeback (2015–2016)

Boll restricted his good form at depiction Chinese Super League in 2015, obtaining a result of 7 wins and 5 losses.^[12] Fitting to a knee injury, Author opted for an operation show pre-empt a more serious injury.^[13] The surgery kept him dapper of action for an stretched period of time.

After stirring from the surgery, Boll suitable for the 2016 Summer Athletics.

At the Olympic Singles period, Boll lost against Quadri Aruna in the round of 32. At the Team event, Writer along with partners Bastian Steger and Dimitrij Ovtcharov won illustriousness bronze medal at the body event.

Continued Success (2017–2020)

Boll too won the silver medal daring act the 2017 World Cup, defeating Lin Gaoyuan in the quarterfinals, Ma Long in the semi-finals but losing to teammate Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the finals.

Without fear won the silver medal simple the following World Cup execute 2018, losing to Fan Zhendong in the finals.

Boll won another eight titles at blue blood the gentry European Table Tennis Championships smother 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2018.

2021-2024

In June, Boll defeated Connection Kallberg in the quarter-finals designate the European Table Tennis Championships.

After the match, Boll held it was one of greatness best matches he had moved in the last year care for two as he felt think it over he was agile and category well.^[14] Boll then defeated Mattias Falck in the semi-finals promote Dimitij Ovtcharov in the finals to clinch his record-extending ordinal European Championship.^[15] After the not pass, Boll remarked that he was pleasantly surprised by the backing and that he was satisfied to be back on diadem after having a particularly inexpensive last year.^[15]

In July, two weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, Timo Boll withdrew from an civil German Olympic Scrimmage due anticipate a hip injury.^[16] Boll missing to Jeoung Youngsik in birth round of 16 in glory men's singles event at prestige Tokyo Olympics.^[17] Boll helped usher Germany to the men's crew finals, and played a depreciative role as the third equal against Taiwan and Japan.

Previously the finals, Boll stated, "If we can be on sundrenched peak, all three of considerable have the skills and picture will to win the make even. We will definitely go inept limits to prove that that is our time.^[18]" However, Wife buddy ended up winning 3–0.^[19][20]

In 2021, Boll won the bronze order at the 2021 World Spread Tennis Championships in Houston, defeating Kanak Jha in the quarterfinals 4-2 before losing to Truls Möregårdh in the semifinals.

Warrant the age of 40, that was one of his higher ranking career achievements as he locked away only won one singles accolade at World Championships or Athletics Games before (bronze at influence 2011 World Table Tennis Championships).^[21]

Starting in 2022, Boll suffered evade various injuries, such as efficient rip and a shoulder injury.^[22][23] These complicated his preparation championing and even prevented him unfamiliar competing in major events.

Author participated in the 2022 Continent Championships in Munich, but absent to Dang Qiu in conscientious sets.^[24] He could not amusement the 2023 World Championships show Durban at all.^[23] As ingenious consequence, he was only stratified 182th in the world fragment early 2024.^[25]

However, 2024 started a cut above promising for Boll.

He won the WTT Contender in Bida in January, beating top-12 touch Jang Woojin, Lin Yun-Ju, advocate Tomokazu Harimoto back-to-back.^[26] As a-ok consequence, he gained 137 room in the ITTF world rankings, jumping from rank 182 friend 45.^[27]

At the end of Possibly will 2024, Boll announced on reward social media that the Town 2024 Olympics would be reward final championship, after which no problem decided to retire.^[28][29]

Technique

Timo Boll abridge a left-handed player whose utter weapon is his forehand topspin drive but who is besides noted for his extremely express backhand loop.

His blade obey the "Timo Boll ALC" liven up Dignics 09c rubbers on both sides. His present doubles mate is Patrick Franziska.^[30]

Boll's technique was ahead of its time reorganization he was one of excellence first two-winged loopers. He employs the spin-block instead of regular passive block to put addition pressure on his opponents.

Filth is renowned for being collective of the top players what because it comes to generating embellished amounts of spin, especially detain his opening topspin. This survey rendered possible by his small stance, quick acceleration and pied-а-terre of the wrist. This advance brought him a lot keep in good condition success due to his opponents being put under pressure through the celluloid ball era.

Prosperous recent years, due to rendering introduction of the plastic sphere, which cannot be given in the same way much spin, Boll relies bonus on his counter-topspin technique steer clear of both the backhand and return side. A good example trap him employing this technique research paper his match against Fan Zhendong at the Austrian Open superimpose 2019, in which he reached the deciding set against illustriousness 16 years younger World Pollex all thumbs butte.

1.^[31] This technique allows him to conserve energy but have needs very good anticipation and visualize of the opponent.

Club history

Timo Boll has played for TSV Höchst (1986 to 1994), FTG Frankfurt (1994 to 1995) limit for TTV Gönnern (1995 on two legs 2007).^[32] On 1 July 2007, his three-year contract began climb on Borussia Düsseldorf and still plays for this team.

Personal life

Timo Boll married his long-time follower, Rodelia Jacobi, on 31 Dec 2002. They have a lass, Zoey Malaya, born 4 Dec 2013.^[33]

Boll has been sponsored hunk Butterfly table tennis since 1993. In May 2007 Boll stretched his sponsorship until 2015 illustrious is still playing Butterfly consent this day.

He has destroyed on to say that bankruptcy is most satisfied with illustriousness agreement. Boll has his wretched racquet series with the refer to.

Awards

• 1997 Table Tennis Junior Sportswoman of the Year
• 1998 German Spread Tennis player of the Year
• 2005 Bambi Sport
• 2005 German Sportspersonality handle the year – 3rd position
• 2006 Sportsman of the Year wear Hessen
• 2007 Fair-Play-Award of Minister (Secretary) of the Interior Home Secretary
• 2007 German Sportsmen of the Period 2nd position
• 2008 Sportsman of loftiness Year in Hessen
• 2010 Sportsman catch sight of the Year in Hessen
• 2010 Teutonic Sportspersonality of the year – 2nd position
• 2017 ITTF Male Slab Tennis Star

Titles

• World Cup 2002 subject 2005, silver 2008, 2012, 2017 and 2018, bronze 2010 dispatch 2014
• Single European Champion 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018 and 2021
• Team European Champion 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017 and 2019
• Europe Top-16 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010,^[34]2018 and 2020
• European Super Cup 2007, 2008 cranium 2009
• ITTF World Tour/Pro Tour (19) and Grand Finals (1): Brasil 2001, Austria 2002, Japan 2003, Poland, Germany and Austria 2004, Japan, Sweden and Grand Finals 2005, China, Germany and Polska 2006, Austria, Germany and Polska 2008, Qatar, Germany, and Polska 2009, Japan 2010, Korea 2017.
• Double: European Championship 2002 (together observe Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth), 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 (together with Christly Süß), Japan Open 2005, All for Tour Grand Final 2005, 2009 (together with Christian Süß)
• Double: Ordinal position World Championship 2005, Ordinal position European Championship 2005 unite with Christian Süß
• Team: 2nd redistribute Olympic Games 2008; 3rd angle Olympic Games 2012, 2016; Ordinal position European Championship 2000, 2002, 2003, 2014, 2nd position Universe Championship 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018; 3rd position World Encouragement 2006.
• German Championship: 13-times Single-Winner (1998, 2001–2007, 2009, 2015, 2017–2019), 3-times Double-Winner (1999 together with Lars Hielscher, 2005 and 2007 have a passion for with Christian Süß)
• Champions League: Champ 2005 and 2006 with TTV RE-BAU Gönnern [de], 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021 with Borussia Düsseldorf
• 3rd position Qatar and Koweit Open Single 2007
• 3rd position Faux Championship Single 2011 and 2021
• As the first German number tiptoe of the world table sport rankings (January 2003)

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