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Jan-Ove Waldner

1965 - Today

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Jan-Ove Waldner (Swedish: [ˈjɑːn uːvɛ ˈvǎldnɛr]; born 3 October 1965), in Sweden commonly J-O Waldner or simply mononymously as J-O (Swedish: [ˈjîː.(j)uː]), is a Swedish former professional table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis." A sporting legend in his native Sweden as well as in China, he is known in China as 老瓦 Lǎo Wǎ ("Old Wa") or 常青树 Cháng Qīng Shù ("Evergreen Tree"), because of his extraordinary longevity and competitiveness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan-Ove Waldner is the 2nd most popular table tennis player, the 280th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 263rd in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Table Tennis Player.

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Among table tennis players, Jan-Ove Waldner ranks 2 out of 107. Before him are Angelica Rozeanu. After him are Mária Mednyánszky, Anna Sipos, Roland Jacobi, Zhuang Zedong, Agnes Simon, Zoltán Mechlovits, Richard Bergmann, Gizella Farkas, Miklós Szabados, and Jörgen Persson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Jan-Ove Waldner ranks 62. Before him are Ange Postecoglou, Moby, Vahide Perçin, Mick Doohan, Aldair, and Andrea M. Ghez. After him are Lucinda Riley, Nigel Short, Linda Evangelista, Fernanda Torres, Ali Dia, and Nicholas Sparks.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jan-Ove Waldner ranks 280 out of 1,879. Before him are Prince Carl Bernadotte (1911), Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787), Christopher Polhem (1661), Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Lennart Carleson (1928), and Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland (1827). After him are Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (1592), Jacob Georg Agardh (1813), Krister Henriksson (1946), Gunnel Lindblom (1931), Mikkey Dee (1963), and Johan Vilhelm Snellman (1806).

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS In Sweden

Among table tennis players born in Sweden, Jan-Ove Waldner ranks 1. After him are Jörgen Persson (1966), Stellan Bengtsson (1952), Kjell Johansson (1946), Mikael Appelgren (1961), Erik Lindh (1964), Peter Karlsson (1969), Ulf Bengtsson (1960), and Kristian Karlsson (1991).

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