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| Residence | Gatineau, QC, CAN |
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| Club / Team | National Table Tennis Centre: Canada |
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| Higher education | Anthropology - University of Ottawa: Ottawa, ON, CAN |
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| Hobbies | He enjoys watching movies, listening to music and meditating, using the computer, reading, going out with friends. (canada.com, 12 Jun 2012) |
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| Why this sport? | His dad bought a table that went in the basement and he began playing with his friends. |
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| Hero / Idol | Mohandas Karamchand [Mahatma] Gandhi. (canada.com, 12 Jun 2012) |
| Ambitions | To win a few games against good players at London 2012 Olympic Games. (lapresse.ca, 08 May 2012) |
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| Name of coach | Duan Yongjun [national] |
| Training Regime | He trains twice a day, between two hours and half to three hours each time. Eleven training sessions per week. |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began playing when he was nine. |
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| Occupation | Athlete |
| Languages | English, French |
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| Other information | INTERNET SENSATION A video of him returning a shot in competition in which he dives along the side of the table has been watched over 140,000 times on YouTube. "I'll go to a championship and players will say, ‘I saw your shot. It was unbelievable'. It was a lucky shot - like, I'm lucky I played it and it was filmed, because many players make unbelievable shots and it's not filmed. When I saw mine, I told my friend, ‘Can you put this on YouTube?'" (thestar.com, 21 Apr 2012) QUALIFICATION FOR LONDON 2012 He missed out on making the Canadian Olympic team for Beijing 2008 after losing by a single point, and this experience was in the forefront of his mind as he attempted to qualify for London. "My arm was shaking on my last service. I was so nervous. I knew what that meant. I did not want to miss the ball." (lapresse.ca, 23 Apr 2012) |