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The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Manchester from April 24 to May 5, 1997. [1] [2] This event was notable as the winner Jan-Ove Waldner won without losing a single set in all matches played, this was the first time that this occurred. [3]
Jan-Ove Waldner, in Sweden commonly J-O Waldner (Swedish: [ˈjiː uː], is a Swedish former table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis." A sporting legend in his native Sweden as well as in China, he is known in China as 老瓦 Lǎo Wǎ or 常青树 Cháng Qīng Shù, because of his extraordinary longevity and competitiveness. As of July 2021, he is the only person to win an Olympic table tennis gold medal representing a non-Asian country.
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