Dang Qiu
Qiu at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 (age 27)
Nürtingen, Germany[1]
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRighthanded penholder
Highest ranking8 (4 April 2023)[3]
Current ranking10 (12 March 2024)[4]
ClubBorussia Düsseldorf (Bundesliga)[2]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Chengdu Team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Warsaw Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cluj-Napoca Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Singles
Europe Top-16
Silver medal – second place 2023 Montreux Singles

Dang Qiu (Chinese: 邱党; pinyin: Qiū Dǎng; born 29 October 1996) is a German professional table tennis player. He is the first German-born national player playing the penhold grip style, in particular the modern two-sided penhold grip which allows him to play the reverse penhold backhand. In 2022 and at his first participation of a European Table Tennis Championships, he won the men's single title on first attempt.

Career

In June 2022, Qiu defeated Dimitrij Ovtcharov in seven games at the WTT Contender in Lima.[5] The victory helped him reach world No. 10 in the ITTF world ranking.[6] In August 2022, Qiu defeated Darko Jorgic 4–1 in the European Table Tennis Championships Finals.[7] As the top-ranked player in German team, Qiu help the team advance to the final of 2022 World Team Championships later in October and winning the silver medal.[8][9] On national level, he won the men's singles titles of the German National Table Tennis Championships in 2022 and 2023.

At the European Games 2023 in Kraków, he won the men's teams and mixed doubles titles (with Nina Mittelham), the latter qualified him for the mixed doubles competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. At the Europe Top 16 Cup in Montreux, Qiu won the men's single silver medal, this time losing to Darko Jorgic in the finals. He reached the men's singles semi-finals at the WTT Contender Lima 2023.

Personal life

Qiu was born in Nürtingen, Germany in a family of Chinese descent.[2][10] He comes from a family of table tennis enthusiasts.[11] His parents were table tennis players trained in Jiangsu, China and moved to Germany in the 1990s.[10] Dang's father, named Jianxin Qiu (Chinese: 邱建新; pinyin: Qiū Jiàn Xīn) started to coach in Japan in 1997. Dang's older brother, named Liang Qiu (Chinese: 邱梁; pinyin: Qiū Liáng) is also a table tennis player in Germany.[12]

Singles titles

Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2020 ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open Ukraine Yevhen Pryshchepa 4–3 [13]
2022 WTT Contender Lima Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4–3 [14]
European Championships Slovenia Darko Jorgić 4–1 [7]

References

  1. ^ "华裔天才获世乒赛资格，其父是蔡振华师弟，现执教日乒两王牌主力". sina.cn (in Chinese). 11 April 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "DANG QIU". ttbl.de (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Men's Singles 2023 Week #14". ittf.com. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. ^ Steve Hopkins (19 June 2022). "Qiu Wins in Lima". butterflyonline.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Men's Singles 2022 Week #25". ittf.com. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Sofia Polcanova and Dang Qiu claim European table tennis glory in Munich". olympics.com. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Dang QIU to lead Team Germany at the World Championships". ettu.org. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Germany in the final of the ITTF World team Championships". ettu.org. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  10. ^ a b "父亲节邱党获日乒赛男双亚军 父亲却没能在场边 这里不是他的主场". toutiao.com (in Chinese). 16 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  11. ^ Dirk Lion. "Interview Dang Qiu (WR 52)". swisstabletennis.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2022.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "LIANG QIU". ttbl.de (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  13. ^ "A first, second and a record, conclusion in Lisbon". ittf.com. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  14. ^ "WTT Contender Lima 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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