William Henzell
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William Henzell is a right-handed Australian 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. He was born in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

 and moved to Sweden
Sweden
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 at the age of 14. His highest international ranking was 108 in 2010. He has represented Australia many times, including securing Australia's first Commonwealth Games table tennis singles medal with a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He was inducted into the Australia Table Tennis Hall of Fame at the age of 26, 20 years younger than any other of the inductees.
Henzell's nemeses include Simon Gerada
Simon Gerada
Simon Gerada is a right-handed Australian/Maltese Table Tennis Player. His father, Joe Gerada, who was born in Malta but immigrated to Australia three decades ago. Simon Gerada was born and brought up in Melbourne, Australia and began playing at the age of 9 after he witnessed his father win a...

, David Zalcberg
David Zalcberg
David Zalcberg is a left-handed Australian table tennis player. He is Jewish.- Table tennis career :...

 and Brett Clarke.
In 2010 William, in partnership with top Australian player Robert Frank, created the online table tennis coaching website http://www.ttedge.com.

International

  • Represented Australia
    Australia
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  • 2004, 2008 Olympic Games
  • 2002, 2006, 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • 8 world championships

Achievements

  • 2006 Commonwealth Games Men's Singles Silver Medal
  • 8 times Australian National Champion - 2001, 02, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10
  • 5 times Australian Open Champion - 2005, 07, 08, 09, 10
  • 2004, 2006, 2010. Oceania Champion

National

  • Australian Champion (8 times) 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Australia - Ranked nr 1 (9 times) 2001-02, 04-10
  • International - 108 - June 2010
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