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Kalinikos Kreanga

1972 - Today

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Kalinikos Kreanga (born March 8, 1972) is a Greek (formerly Romanian) table tennis player. Born as Călin Creangă, he chose to defect from Communist-ruled Romania at the age of 17 (with his father) while he was participating in the European Table Tennis Youth Championships in Luxembourg in 1989. Born in Bistriţa, Romania, Kreanga started to play table tennis at the age of 7. His first coach was Gheorghe Bozga, who would later discover Mihaela Steff. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Kalinikos Kreanga is the 38th most popular table tennis player (down from 30th in 2024), the 564th most popular biography from Romania (down from 531st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Table Tennis Player.

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Among table tennis players, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 38 out of 107. Before him are Joo Sae-hyuk, Wang Hao, Zhang Yining, Zhang Jike, Li Bun-hui, and Peter Karlsson. After him are Ulf Bengtsson, He Zhiwen, Ryu Seung-min, Hyun Jung-hwa, Kim Taek-soo, and Jiang Jialiang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 475. Before him are Frode Estil, Shan Sa, Kevin Ullyett, Darius Kasparaitis, Khary Payton, and Cléber Eduardo Arado. After him are Christophe Beck, Aleksey Dyumin, Àlex Brendemühl, Jani Soininen, Tomáš Dvořák, and Amen.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 564 out of 844. Before him are Daniela Costian (1965), Ilan Gilon (1956), Vali Ionescu (1960), Mircea Fulger (1959), Dumitru Stângaciu (1964), and Ion Draica (1958). After him are Mihaela Loghin (1952), Iosif Rotariu (1962), Sorana Cîrstea (1990), Ovidiu Hațegan (1980), Marioara Popescu (1962), and Emilia Eberle (1964).

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS In Romania

Among table tennis players born in Romania, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 2. Before him are Angelica Rozeanu (1921). After him are Otilia Bădescu (1970), and Bernadette Szőcs (1995).

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