Zhang Jike

Zhang Jike (simplified Chinese: 张继科; traditional Chinese: 張繼科; born 16 February 1988 in Qingdao) is a Chinese table tennis player. He became the world champion in 2011 and 2013. In 2012 he won the Olympic Games. Zhang is the fourth man in history to win the Grand Slam.

 Career                                                                                                                                                                                      
In 2006 Zhang Jike came into the National Team. After two years he become the Chinese Master in the Singles. His first World Championship that he played, was 2011 in Rotterdam. Zhang came into the final and beat Wang Hao with which he became World Champion in singles. In the same year he won the World Cup, where his opponent was Wang Hao again. He is the third player in history after Jan-Ove Waldner and Jorgen Persson, who won these important titles in one year. In 2012 Zhang Jike was nominated for the Olympic Games in London. He competed in singles as well as team competitions, where he won gold in both. From June to December 2012 he was the number 1 in the world, because he won the Olympic Games in the singles. 

In the final at the World Championships 2013 Zhang played against Wang Hao and defended his title after defeating him. In 2014 he won the World Cup for second time. His final-opponent was Ma Long. At the WTTC 2015 he won bronze in the singles and gold in the doubles with Xu Xin. In the semifinals in the singles category he lost to Fang Bo. During this year he lost unusually often against non-Chinese players. Nevertheless, he was nominated for the Olympic Games 2016. Here he won the silver medal in singles and with the team the gold medal. At the Asian Cup in the same year he lost to Xu Xin the final at the singles category. In the Chinese Superleague 2016 he didn't play. In 2017 he had to stop because of a fever in the second round. At the World Championships he came to Round 32 only.

At the Asian Championships in the same year he came into the semifinals and won with the team the gold medal. At the China Open he lost at the Round of 32. And didn't play the year anymore. That's why in 2018 he was only ranked 78th, the lowest since 2008.

 Results from the ITTF-database 
AssociationYearCompetitionCountryCitySinglesDoublesTeamMixedCHN2011World ChampionshipsNetherlandsRotterdamGoldCHN2011World CupFranceParisGoldCHN2012Olympic GamesEnglandLondonGoldGoldCHN2013 World ChampionshipsFranceParisGoldCHN2010World ChampionshipsRussiaMoskauGoldCHN2012World ChampionshipsGermanyDortmundGoldCHN2007 World ChampionshipsCroatiaZagrebR 64CHN2010World CupGermanyMagdeburgSilverCHN2014World ChampionshipsJapanTokioGoldCHN2014World CupGermanyDüsseldorfGoldCHN2015World ChampionshipsChinaSuzhouBronzeGoldCHN2015World Team CupArabiaDubaiGoldCHN2015World Tour Grand FinalsPortugalLissabonBronzeCHN2016World ChampionshipsMalaysiaKuala LumpurGoldCHN2016 Olympic GamesBrasiliaRio de JaneiroSilverGoldCHN2017World ChampionshipsGermanyDüsseldorfR 32CHN2017Asian ChampionshipsChinaWuxiBronzeGoldCHN2015Asian ChampionshipsThailandPattayaR 16GoldCHN2011Asian ChampionshipsMacauMacau SilverGoldCHN2013Pro Tour Qatar OpenQatar DohaGoldGoldGoldGold

 Awards 

 World Championships 

 2011, 2013 Winner Singles
 2015 Bronze Singles
 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 Winner Team
 2015 Winner Doubles

 Olympic Games 

 2012, 2016 Winner Team
 2012 Winner Singles
 2016 Silver Singles

 World Cup 

 2010 Silver Singles
 2011, 2014 Gold Singles
 2015, 2018 Winner Team

 Asian Championships 

 2009, 2011 Silver Singles
 2017 Bronze Singles
 2017 Gold Team

 References 


Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:Chinese table tennis players