Fans can often be seen discussing: "Who is the greatest player in the history of table tennis, table tennis goat?" ”。
For this question, fans of different generations will have different answers, because the scenes seen by everyone are different. For example, fans who have experienced the peak of Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang will say that Kong Liuqiang, a friend who has experienced two kings and one horse, believes that many people think that Wang Liqin, Ma Lin and Wang Haoqiang.
Subsequently, Zhang Jike and Ma Long won the Grand Slam, and Ma Long has been at the peak for many years, so some fans think that Zhang Jike and Ma Long are the best in history.
Fans are fiercely contested about who is the best in history, fans of different generations have different candidates, but there is one person who supports his fans throughout all ages, his name is: Jane Nova. Waldner.
October 3rd is Waldner's 56th birthday!
Why is Waldner strong? Where is the strength?
1. Waldner is the world's first table tennis grand slam
Waldner won the singles titles at the 1989 and 1997 World Table Tennis Championships, with the 1997 World Table Tennis Championships sweeping all opponents; he won the World Cup singles title in 1990, followed by the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Waldner played well, only to lose one set in the singles final, and the rest won all.
Waldner is the world's first table tennis Grand Slam player!
2. Waldner set a record for losing only one inning in an Olympic singles
As mentioned earlier, Waldner won the championship in the Olympic Games by losing only one set, which is unprecedented and has not been recorded so far! Waldner was also the runner-up in singles at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the final four at the 2004 Athens Olympics!
3. Waldner set the myth that the World Table Tennis Championships swept all opponents in singles
At the 1997 World Table Tennis Championships, Waldner ushered in the strongest form, he swept all the opponents in individual competitions, and won a gold medal of extremely high value. His opponent in the singles final was Samsonov, who defeated Waldner in the team event.
However, in the singles final, Waldner still swept Samsonov! This is the performance feast of the World Table Tennis Championships so far!
4, Waldner ball wind, four or two thousand pounds
Waldner has a lot of nicknames, such as table tennis evergreen, he only retired in 2016, when he was 51 years old; in addition, Waldner also has a number of nicknames such as Mozart in table tennis, guerrilla captain, etc., that is, his style of play is very agile, good at playing and using his brain, and he is an unborn player!
5. Waldner's influence is amazing and he has made great contributions to technological development
Waldner better connected the first three boards of the traditional Asian straight board with the traditional Middle And far stage of the European horizontal board, leading the trend of table tennis development and being an important figure in the arc circle ball era. Including so far, the technical and tactical system of many cross-board players is still the shadow of Waldner!
What is influence? That is, I believe that no matter how many years, Waldner will still be discussed by everyone, whether he is a table tennis goat!
Finally, once again, I wish the old rival of national table tennis, Waldner, a happy birthday!