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Timo Boll (German pronunciation: [ˈtiːmo ˈbɔl], audio ⓘ; born 8 March 1981) is a German professional table tennis player, who currently plays for Borussia Düsseldorf. He is currently ranked 45th in the ITTF world rankings as of January 2024. [5]
May 28, 2024 · After a 25-year career, Timo Boll is calling it quits from international table tennis. The German legend's final international commitment will be the Olympic Games Paris 2024, which will be his seventh Olympic Games, allowing him to join an exclusive club.
He was a table tennis prodigy who began playing at age four and won the European Championship at 16. At the 2002 Table Tennis World Cup, he stunned the world by beating two of People’s Republic of China’s most celebrated players, WANG Liqin and KONG Linghui.
May 29, 2024 · Former world number one Timo Boll will retire from international table tennis after competing in his seventh Olympics at the Paris Games. Boll, who made his Olympic debut in Sydney in 2000, won...
Sep 19, 2020 · Triple Olympic medallist has seen the sport modernise dramatically in over 20 years at the top level. For a majority of table tennis ' 32 years as an Olympic sport, since its introduction at Seoul 1988, Germany's Timo Boll has been playing at the top level.
May 28, 2024 · Nine World Championship medals, 20-time European Champion, three-time World No. 1 are only part of his achievements - and perhaps not all: In Paris, he aims to add a fifth Olympic medal in the team event, and he will also continue to chase titles with Borussia Düsseldorf at the TTBL final on June 30 and in the upcoming season.
Timo Boll was considered the best German table tennis player. His Olympic career spanned from 2000 at Sydney to 2020 at Tokyo and six Olympic Games. Although he never won a singles medal, he earned two silver medals (2008, 2020) and two bronzes (2004, 2008) with the German teams.
A former World Rank leader, Boll is one of the most accomplished & respected table tennis players of his generation with dozens of accolades on the international and club level. He is a 20-time European champion – 8 times in singles, 7 times in team events & 5 times in doubles event.
1 day ago · The competition, which runs from July 27 to Aug. 10, sees 172 athletes battle across five events and will also mark the end of the storied international career of Timo Boll. The 43-year-old German, a twice Olympic silver medalist in the team event, made his first Olympic appearance at Sydney in 2000 and will become only the sixth player to ...
At 43, Timo Boll's seventh Olympic Games will definitely be his last. A team table tennis gold medal with Germany would be a "perfect" ending to a long and successful international career.
