Kalinikos Kreanga
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Bistriţa, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kalinikos Kreanga (born March 8, 1972) is a
Born in
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.[3]
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.
In 2004 he has reached No 7 of World Ranking.[4]
Team history
- A.C. Zografou (Greece) (until 1995)
- Finower TTC (1995/96; 2. Bundesliga, Germany)
- Royal Villette Charleroi, (Belgium), since 1996)
- TTC Weinheim (2.BL, Germany)
- TTF Ochsenhausen (Germany)
- Montpellier TT (France)
- Hennebont (France)
Results
Bronze medal in the mixed doubles competition at the
Winner of the
Bronze medal in the singles competition at the World Championships, Paris, 2003.[6]
Runner-up at the Men's World Cup in 2003 and 2004.
Winner of the
See also
- List of Eastern Bloc defectors
Notes
- ^ a b "Biography". ITTF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ "Biography of KREANGA Kalinikos". ITTF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ a b Roxana Maha (8 July 2005). "Creanga a ajuns celebru si bogat din ping-pong". Cotidianul.ro (in Romanian).[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ITTF - World Ranking - KREANGA Kalinikos". ranking.ittf.com. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ^ "ITTF Statistics". ITTF. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ "Kalinikos Kreanga, the Irrepressible Greek". TableTennisMaster.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2011.