Tan Ruiwu

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Tan Ruiwu
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Tan Ruiwu
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Born (1983-06-30) 30 June 1983 (age 40)
Shenyang, China
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Table tennis career Table tennis pictogram.svg
Playing style Left-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking48 (December 2012) [1]

Tan Ruiwu (born 30 June 1983) is a Croatian table tennis player of Chinese origin. [2] As of December 2012, he is ranked no. 48 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). [1] He is also left-handed, and uses the shakehand grip.

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Tan represented his adopted nation Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the singles and team events. In his first event, men's singles, Tan received two byes in the preliminary rounds, before defeating Japan's Seiya Kishikawa, Singapore's Gao Ning, and Hong Kong's Li Ching. He reached the quarterfinal round of the competition, where he lost to China's Wang Liqin, with a unanimous set score of 0–4. [3] Few days later, Tan joined the national team, with his fellow players Andrej Gaćina and six-time Olympic veteran Zoran Primorac, for the inaugural men's team event. He and his team placed second in the preliminary pool, with two victories and a single defeat from the German team (led by Dimitrij Ovtcharov), but was offered a second chance for the bronze medal by entering the playoffs. Tan and his team, however, lost their first playoff to the Austrian team, with a set score of 1–3. [4]

2020 Superleague incident in Dubrovnik

During the Tennis Superleague match held in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 15 February 2020, fans of the opposing team began insulting Tan Ruiwu, referring to him as the coronavirus. Even the manager used such expressions. [5] On 17 February 2020, the team apologized and all racist comments were deleted afterwards [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "ITTF World Ranking". ITTF. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ruiwu Tan (Tan Rui Wu)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Men's Singles Quarterfinal 3". NBC Olympics . Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Men's Team Bronze Play-off". NBC Olympics . Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Shameful Incident in Dubrovnik". Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "DUBROVAČKI STOLNOTENISKI KLUB LIBERTAS MARINKOLOR 'Najžešće osuđujemo svaki neprimjeren komentar kojim se Tan Ruiwua povezuje s koronavirusom'". Jutarnji Vijesti. 17 February 2020. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.


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