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Players List

The Beverly Hills Arthur Gilbert Table Tennis Cup

The following players have come to compete for the Beverly Hills Arthur Gilbert Table Tennis Cup:

Jan Ove Waldner

Country: Sweden
World Rank: #5, best position #1
Titles: 1992 Singles Olympic Champion
1989 World Single's Champion
1993, 1991, 1989 World Team Champion
1992, 1990, 1988, 1986 European Team Champion
1988 European Double's Champion
1989, 1988, 1986, 1984 Top 12 Winner
1995, 1994, 1993 European Nations Cup Winner
1992, 1991 European Masters Cup Winner
Date of Birth: 10/30/65
Mr. Waldner began playing table tennis when he was six years old. He practices with another world-ranking player, Mikael Appelgren, in his current club, Kalmar, and in his former club, Angby. Mr. Waldner lives in Stockholm.

Eric Lindh

Country: Sweden
World Rank: #23
Titles: 1993, 1991, 1989 Team World Champion
1992, 1990, 1988, 1986 Team European Champion
1988 Men's Doubles European Champion
1991 European "Top 12" Tournament Winner

Kim Taek Soo

Country: South Korea
World Rank: #4
Titles: 1990 - Gold medal in the Team event at the Beijing Asian Games
1991 - 3rd Place in the Men's Singles event of the 41st World Championships
1992 - Gold medal in the World Doubles Cup
1993 - 3rd Place in the Men's Doubles of the 42nd World Championships
1995 - Gold medal in the World Team Cup tournament
Date of Birth: 5/25/70

Jean-Michel Saive

Country: Belgium
World Rank: #3, best position #1
Titles: 1994 Singles European Champion
Belgium Champion 1985-1995
Date of Birth: 11/17/69

Zoran Primorac

Country: Croatia
World Rank: #9
Titles: 1993 - 3rd Place in the Men's Singles event of the 42st World Championships
Date of Birth: 5/10/69

Philippe Saive

Country: Belgium
World Rank: #31

Andrzej Grubba

Country: Poland
World Rank: #18, best position #3
Titles: Winner of World Cup 1988, 3rd of European Championships Singles 1992, Winner of Swedish Open Singles 1993.
Date of Birth: 05/14/58
Height: 1,74 m
Weight: 64 kg
Status: married, 2 children

Xinhua Chen

Country: England
World Rank: #19

Patric Chila

Country: France
World Rank: #21

Cheng Yinghua

Country: USA
World Rank: #34

Jim Butler

Country: USA
USA Olympic Rank: #3 (Recently was ranked #2)

Khoa Nguyen

Country: USA
USA Olympic Rank: #4 (Recently was ranked #1)

Comments: No more than two players from the same country were invited. Rosskopf(World's #6) and Samsonov(World's #16) are both playing in the German leagues and couldn't get the time off to play in the tournament. Peter Karlsson (World's #12), Jorgen Persson (World's #14) from Sweden, and Calin Creanga from Greece (World's #22) also couldn't make it. Jean-Philippe Gatien from France (#7) is sick and cancelled on 12/28/95. Yoo Nam Kyu cancelled because of sickness. Yang Min cancelled, replaced by Cheng Yinghua. Johnny Huang had a back injury.

World champion Kong Linghui and World's #1 Wang Tao (both China) are the only two players who needed an entrance visa. Due to the US government shut-down, they were not been able to obtain it. Sigh!

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