Adrian Crisan
Encyclopedia
Adrian Crişan is a Romania
n professional table tennis
player currently playing for German
table tennis
club Werder Bremen. Based on his world ranking on the 16 May 2011 he qualified to compete in the men's singles
at the 2012 Summer Olympics
in London
.
aged ten, coached by Gheorghe Bozga. He left Romania for Germany in 1997 to play in the German
Bundesliga
, which he won in 2004 with the TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen.
1997-99: 1. FC Bayreuth
1999-2000: SV Plüderhausen
2000-2010: TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen
since 2010: Werder Bremen
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n professional table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
player currently playing for German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
club Werder Bremen. Based on his world ranking on the 16 May 2011 he qualified to compete in the men's singles
Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
The Men's singles table tennis event will be part of the table tennis program at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The event will take place from Saturday 28 July to Thursday 2 August 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre....
at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
in London
London
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.
Career
Crişan began playing table tennisTable tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
aged ten, coached by Gheorghe Bozga. He left Romania for Germany in 1997 to play in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Bundesliga
Bundesliga (table tennis)
The Tischtennis-Bundesliga is the top German professional table tennis league.- Champions :...
, which he won in 2004 with the TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen.
Achievements
- Eight-times Romanian Singles champion (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
- Winner Brazil Open 2005
- Team Bronze Medal winner with Romania at the European ChampionshipsTable Tennis European ChampionshipsThe European Table Tennis Championships were first held in 1958. Between 1958 and 2002, the European Championships were held every two years in the even years. From 2003 they were held in odd years. Since 2008 the tournament has been held annually...
2005 and 2007
Clubs
until 1997: Bistrița1997-99: 1. FC Bayreuth
1999-2000: SV Plüderhausen
2000-2010: TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen
since 2010: Werder Bremen