Tan Ruiwu (born 30 June 1983) is a Croatian table tennis player of Chinese origin.[2] As of December 2012, he is ranked no. 48 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[1] He is also left-handed, and uses the shakehand grip.
Tan represented his adopted nation Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the singles and team events. In his first event, men's singles, Tan received two byes in the preliminary rounds, before defeating Japan's Seiya Kishikawa, Singapore's Gao Ning, and Hong Kong's Li Ching. He reached the quarterfinal round of the competition, where he lost to China's Wang Liqin, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[3] Few days later, Tan joined the national team, with his fellow players Andrej Gaćina and six-time Olympic veteran Zoran Primorac, for the inaugural men's team event. He and his team placed second in the preliminary pool, with two victories and a single defeat from the German team (led by Dimitrij Ovtcharov), but was offered a second chance for the bronze medal by entering the playoffs. Tan and his team, however, lost their first playoff to the Austrian team, with a set score of 1–3.[4]
During the Tennis Superleague match held in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 15 February 2020, fans of the opposing team began insulting Tan Ruiwu, referring to him as the coronavirus. Even the manager used such expressions.[5] On 17 February 2020, the team apologized and all racist comments were deleted afterwards[6]
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^ ab. ITTF. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^"Men's Singles Quarterfinal 3". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^"Men's Team Bronze Play-off". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^"Shameful Incident in Dubrovnik". from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
^"DUBROVAČKI STOLNOTENISKI KLUB LIBERTAS MARINKOLOR 'Najžešće osuđujemo svaki neprimjeren komentar kojim se Tan Ruiwua povezuje s koronavirusom'". Jutarnji Vijesti. 17 February 2020. from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
ruiwu, born, june, 1983, croatian, table, tennis, player, chinese, origin, december, 2012, ranked, world, international, table, tennis, federation, ittf, also, left, handed, uses, shakehand, grip, personal, informationnationality, croatiaborn, 1983, june, 1983. Tan Ruiwu born 30 June 1983 is a Croatian table tennis player of Chinese origin 2 As of December 2012 he is ranked no 48 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation ITTF 1 He is also left handed and uses the shakehand grip Tan RuiwuTan RuiwuPersonal informationNationality CroatiaBorn 1983 06 30 30 June 1983 age 40 Shenyang ChinaHeight1 64 m 5 ft 4 1 2 in Weight50 kg 110 lb Table tennis careerPlaying styleLeft handed shakehand gripHighest ranking48 December 2012 1 In this Chinese name the family name is Tan Tan represented his adopted nation Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he competed for the singles and team events In his first event men s singles Tan received two byes in the preliminary rounds before defeating Japan s Seiya Kishikawa Singapore s Gao Ning and Hong Kong s Li Ching He reached the quarterfinal round of the competition where he lost to China s Wang Liqin with a unanimous set score of 0 4 3 Few days later Tan joined the national team with his fellow players Andrej Gacina and six time Olympic veteran Zoran Primorac for the inaugural men s team event He and his team placed second in the preliminary pool with two victories and a single defeat from the German team led by Dimitrij Ovtcharov but was offered a second chance for the bronze medal by entering the playoffs Tan and his team however lost their first playoff to the Austrian team with a set score of 1 3 4 2020 Superleague incident in Dubrovnik editMain article Controversies of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Croatia During the Tennis Superleague match held in Dubrovnik Croatia on 15 February 2020 fans of the opposing team began insulting Tan Ruiwu referring to him as the coronavirus Even the manager used such expressions 5 On 17 February 2020 the team apologized and all racist comments were deleted afterwards 6 References edit a b ITTF World Ranking ITTF Archived from the original on 11 June 2015 Retrieved 20 December 2012 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Ruiwu Tan Tan Rui Wu Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 20 December 2012 Men s Singles Quarterfinal 3 NBC Olympics Retrieved 20 December 2012 Men s Team Bronze Play off NBC Olympics Retrieved 20 December 2012 Shameful Incident in Dubrovnik Archived from the original on 18 February 2020 Retrieved 20 February 2020 DUBROVACKI STOLNOTENISKI KLUB LIBERTAS MARINKOLOR Najzesce osuđujemo svaki neprimjeren komentar kojim se Tan Ruiwua povezuje s koronavirusom Jutarnji Vijesti 17 February 2020 Archived from the original on 18 February 2020 Retrieved 20 February 2020 External links editTAN Ruiwu at World Table Tennis TAN Ruiwu at old ittf com at the Wayback Machine archived January 11 2017 TAN Ruiwu at ittfranking com at the Wayback Machine archived August 1 2014 Rui Wu TAN at the International Olympic Committee NBC 2008 Olympics profile nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Croatian table tennis figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tan Ruiwu amp oldid 1171988923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
