Revision 6058308 of "Liu Shiwen" on simplewiki

{{complex}}

'''Liu Shiwen''' ([[Simplified Chinese characters|simplified Chinese]]: 就是问; [[Traditional Chinese characters|traditional Chinese]]: 就看问; born [[12 April]] [[1991]] in [[Liaoning]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.butterflymag.com/2015/11/liu-shiwen-world-cup-queen/|title=Liu Shiwen – World Cup Queen|last=Mag|first=Butterfly|website=www.butterflymag.com|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>) is a female Chinese [[table tennis]] player. She became vice-world champion in [[Singles (tennis)|singles]] in [[2013]] and [[2015]]. With the team she won the world [[Championship|championships]] four times. {{fact|date=April 2018}}
[[File:Mondial Ping -Women's Singles - Quarterfinal - Melek Hu-Liu Shiwen - 14.jpg|thumb|Liu at the WTTC 2013]]

== Earlier years ==
Liu Shiwen was born on [[12 April]] [[1991]] in [[Liaoning]], a province in [[China]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.butterflymag.com/2015/11/liu-shiwen-world-cup-queen/|title=Liu Shiwen – World Cup Queen|last=Mag|first=Butterfly|website=www.butterflymag.com|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>. Already in young years her [[grandmother]] prophesied her career as a [[writer]], because the syllable "shi<nowiki>''</nowiki> means rhyme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.butterflymag.com/2015/11/liu-shiwen-world-cup-queen/|title=Liu Shiwen – World Cup Queen|last=Mag|first=Butterfly|website=www.butterflymag.com|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref> But her mother has different plans: She wanted Liu Shiwen to become a [[table tennis]] player. So already with four years Liu started to play [[table tennis]]. At first her mother was her coach. With five years she changed to Coach [[Zhang Jingqing]], and began her career.

At the age of seven Liu was facing a difficult decision: Liu's coach Zhang Jinqing was called to [[Guangdong]] and offered to follow him<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.butterflymag.com/2015/11/liu-shiwen-world-cup-queen/|title=Liu Shiwen – World Cup Queen|last=Mag|first=Butterfly|website=www.butterflymag.com|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>. Finally, her mother agreed and let her daughter move to [[Guangdong]] to continue the practice. At the beginning the girl was very often homesick and suffered under the distance to the familiy. This prompted her mother to do so, to quit her job and came to Liu's place. Instantly, Liu's playing improved<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.butterflymag.com/2015/11/liu-shiwen-world-cup-queen/|title=Liu Shiwen – World Cup Queen|last=Mag|first=Butterfly|website=www.butterflymag.com|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>.

== Career ==
In [[2004]] Liu came to the Chinese national team in the A-Kader. At the age of 16 she took her country at the World Championships ([[2007]] in [[Croatia]]), at first without significant successes. [[2008]] at the Chinese national games but she drew attention to herself. In the final she beat [[Li Xiaoxia]]. In 2009 (she took part for the first time) at the [[Table Tennis World Cup|World Cup]] she won gold<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.butterflymag.com/2015/11/liu-shiwen-world-cup-queen/|title=Liu Shiwen – World Cup Queen|last=Mag|first=Butterfly|website=www.butterflymag.com|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>. This winning you should succeed three more times, that gave her the nickname "world cup queen<nowiki>''</nowiki><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.butterflymag.com/2015/11/liu-shiwen-world-cup-queen/|title=Liu Shiwen – World Cup Queen|last=Mag|first=Butterfly|website=www.butterflymag.com|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>. But her success curve too a tent when she defeated at the world [[Championship|championships]] against players from [[Singapore]].

In the next year she won bronze in the singles at the world [[Championship|championships]]. As she lost again in [[2012]] to a Singapore player ([[Yu Mengyu]]), the self-confidence of the coach Kong Linghui was shaken. But one year later, she played very well: At the world [[Championship|championships]] she came for the first time to the final, where she only lost to [[Li Xiaoxia]]. In [[2015]] she became a World Cup champion for the fourth time. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.butterflymag.com/2015/11/liu-shiwen-world-cup-queen/|title=Liu Shiwen – World Cup Queen|last=Mag|first=Butterfly|website=www.butterflymag.com|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref> [[2016]] she won the world [[The Championships, Wimbledon|championships]] again and is considered on of the best players today.

== Successen ==

=== World Championships ===

* 2012, 2014, 2016- gold with the team
* 2010- silver with the team
* 2011, 2017- bonze in the singles
* 2013, 2015- silver in the singles

=== Olympic Games ===

* 2016- team gold

=== World Cup ===

* 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015- gold in the singles

== References ==

[[Category:1991 births]]