Đoàn Kiến Quốc

Đoàn Kiến Quốc
Nationality  Vietnam
Born (1979-03-24) 24 March 1979
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Playing style Left-handed, shakehand grip[1]
Highest ranking 275 (November 2012)[2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)

Đoàn Kiến Quốc (born March 24, 1979 in Nha Trang) is a Vietnamese table tennis player.[3] He won a gold medal, along with his partner Dinh Quang Linh in the men's doubles, at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos.[4] As of November 2012, he is ranked no. 275 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] Doan is also left-handed, and uses the shakehand grip.[1]

Doan made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's singles. He lost the first preliminary round match to a Chinese-born Italian table tennis player Yang Min, with a set score of 1–4.[5]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Doan qualified for the second time in the men's singles, after receiving a ticket from the Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament in Singapore.[5][6] Unlike his previous Olympics, Doan defeated Australia's David Zalcberg and Olympic veteran Christophe Legoût of France in the preliminary rounds, before losing out his next match to Russia's Alexei Smirnov, with another set score of 1–4.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "ITTF Profile – Doan Kien Quoc". ITTF. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "ITTF World Ranking". ITTF. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. "Doan Kien Quoc". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. Marshall, Ian. "Singapore Dominant in South East Asia Games Table Tennis Events". ITTF. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Vietnam table tennis star captures spot at 2008 Beijing Olympics". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  6. "Quoc gears up for Olympic match". Vietnam News. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  7. "Men's Singles Second Round". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

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