Jan-Ove Waldner was born in Stockholm on 3 October 1965.
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10 Facts About Jan-Ove Waldner
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Jan-Ove Waldner has claimed ever since that he learned much during his stay, and thereafter first began to regard his opportunity to succeed in table tennis as paramount.
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Jan-Ove Waldner won gold in the men's singles at 1992 Summer Olympics, becoming the first and to date only player not from China, Japan, or South Korea to win an Olympic table tennis title.
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Jan-Ove Waldner is considered by many to be the most technically complete player of all time, and is almost inarguably the most successful non-Chinese player of the sport.
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In 2010 Jan-Ove Waldner won his ninth Swedish championship, defeating Par Gerell, who was born the same year Jan-Ove Waldner became Swedish national champion for the first time.
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Jan-Ove Waldner played for TTC Rhon-Sprudel Fulda-Maberzell in the German Bundesliga until May 2012.
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When he retired, Jan-Ove Waldner had been playing international elite level table tennis for more than thirty years, which is somewhat unusual in the table tennis world given that hand–eye coordination and quick reactions are essential.
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Jan-Ove Waldner is one of the seven table tennis players who competed at the first five Olympic Games table tennis tournaments since the sport's introduction at the Games in 1988.
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Jan-Ove Waldner was the first of only five male players in the history of table tennis to achieve a career grand slam.
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Jan-Ove Waldner is mentioned in season 2 episode 10 of the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman, where one of the characters calls him the Michael Jordan of table tennis.
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