Guo Yue

:"See also Guo Yue (musician)"Infobox Tabletennis player
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nationality = CHN
playingstyle = left-handed,Shake hands grip
birthdate = birth date and age|1988|07|17
birthplace = Anshan, Liaoning, China
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Guo Yue (郭跃; born on July 17 1988) is a Chinese table tennis player and the current women's world champion.

She is left-handed/shakehand/attack player and comes from Anshan, Liaoning, China, the province where Wang Nan, Chang Chenchen and Li Jia (all left-handed players) come from. She is the potential leading player in Chinese woman team. Her original partner in women's doubles was Niu Jianfeng, who comes from Hebei. Currently, her partner is Li Xiaoxia, who is also her roommate.

Guo experienced series of losses in international games which led to her disappearance from the public eye for almost half a year. It is officially claimed "To help her mentally adjust". At the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Guo returned to competition and took first place in Women's Singles, Women's Doubles and Women's Team. In 2007 from Jan to Jul, Guo attended six International Opens and won four gold medals. At the selection match for Zagreb, Guo qualified early on.

Guo Yue won the 2007 World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, by defeating her compatriot Li Xiaoxia in the women's singles final. She also won the mixed doubles title with Wang Liqin.

Achievements

*1999 - Japan East Asian Junior Championship Women's Singles Champion

*2000 - Asian Cup Women's Singles Runner-up

*2002 - International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) Pro Tour Events Final Women's Singles Runner-up

*2003 - Asian Championship Women's Team Champion, Women's Singles Second Runner-up, Runner-up of Women's Doubles at the 47 World Table Tennis Championship

*2004 - Women's Doubles Bronze at the Athens Olympic, Women's Team Champion of World Table Tennis Championship, ITTF Pro Tour Events Final Women's Singles Champion and Women's Doubles Runner-up

*2005 - Mixed Doubles (with Wang Liqin) at the 48th World Table Tennis Championship, bronze medal in Women's Singles

*2006 - World Table Tennis Championship Women's Team Champion; Champion of Team, Women's Singles, Women's Doubles Champion (with Li Xiaoxia) at Asian Games

*2007 - World Table Tennis Championship Women's singles Champion, Mixed Doubles Champion (with Wang Liqin)

*2008 - World Table Tennis Championship Women's Team Champion; Asian Cup Champion; Women's Singles Bronze at the Beijing Olympic

References

* [http://www.tabletennismaster.com/guo-yue.html Guo Yue, the future of Chinese women’s table tennis]
* [http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825929,00.html No. 47 - Guo Yue] 100 Olympic Athletes To Watch

Gou Yue has done a very good job in collecting these awards!