Waldner wins 1996 European Championships

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14 жыл бұрын

Jan-Ove Waldner wins the 1996 European Singles Table Tennis Championships. He beat Persson in the final. It was the only European singles title Waldner ever won.
[Sorry for the quality - this footagage was very difficult to find!]

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@fullfunk 13 жыл бұрын

21 allowed the best player to recover more often than with the new format of 11

@lilmoesk899 14 жыл бұрын

The ball control and precision shown by Waldner is what makes him so great. Hardly ever do you see players today hit shots that precise and unpredictable. Persson hustled and deserves credit for staying the game, but it seemed like he just wasn't aggressive enough.

@nashatwork 12 жыл бұрын

These guys are so courteous and humble on the table... even after being so competitive... Awesome... classic... thanks for sharing...

@PrinceArt77 14 жыл бұрын

great match between two great legends.....i love waldner and persson.....

@Galimah 14 жыл бұрын

With this title he took an European grand slam. World cup, worldchamp, olympic and european single champion.

@ajkfhj 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Great match. A piece of art by Waldner. Persson played very well too.

@MRDOA66 12 жыл бұрын

The best Table Tennis Players that Sweden Produced - Jan Ove Waldner, Jorg Pearson, Mikael Applegreen. Waldner is truely a Table Tennis Legend!

@rafaelcardeal5421 4 жыл бұрын

Peter karlsson

@nilswaldner 11 жыл бұрын

Waldner the art of table tennis, Jörgen Persson the fighter.

@endangsgjkjkt3503 3 жыл бұрын

you are they have different styles but they are best player

@magnussturesson1722 6 жыл бұрын

No mercy! Eventually he won even the European champs, but it took another 14 years after his first close attempt in 1982. 1996 was a strong year in general for Waldner. He won the national champs and Top 12 as well. Lost to Jörgen in the SF in SOC.

@DuchDoby 13 жыл бұрын

Thx for upload.Two legends of table tenis.

@somebose7395 5 жыл бұрын

Yes this euro final was more important for waldner than worls final of 91

@jaime2658780 13 жыл бұрын

The only thing that calls my attention is the possibility of the ball touching Waldners t-shirt under his left arm when he served but you can not see it clearly in the video. Anyway I think that Persson's complaint came too late, he lost the point and then he lodged a complaint for Waldner´s service, what would happened if he had won the point; would he had done it? Waldner's next service on purpose to give Persson the point he claims for to finish their discussion is rather fair play to me.

@as1r2 14 жыл бұрын

I like the swedish sportsmanship look on the Chinses.

@PJLG0 11 жыл бұрын

thanks for this video :)

@QuantumStates 14 жыл бұрын

These guys are like the closest of brothers to each other.

@Lisle2nd 12 жыл бұрын

@fullfunk truer words never spoken!

@sebastianrichter6075 2 ай бұрын

Waldner in bestform fast eine Wiederholung von 89

@GenghisKhanPolitics 4 жыл бұрын

GOAT

@Opalance 14 жыл бұрын

@lilmoesk899 Compared to the other great Swedes Waldner was the attacker, Persson the solid offensive player and Applegreen the allarounder.

@alberthuang4868 3 жыл бұрын

Persson has a slight lifetime edge over Waldner - they played so many games against each other are so familiar with each other and the one in form on the day tends to win

@Globuzaur 5 жыл бұрын

My favourite Waldner's block ever ;DXDDD 3:58

@tricon7 11 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, mrfreerunner1000.

@user-dv4lx5cd5j Жыл бұрын

Dicon creates success.

@user-ty1rq3tq8x Жыл бұрын

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@olaniyi570 13 жыл бұрын

3:16 is unbelievable:-)

@user-ty1rq3tq8x Жыл бұрын

Понравилась желтая футболка Вальднера

@lutove94 13 жыл бұрын

@PrinceArt77 depronto fue que a waldner la bola se le corrio a la hora de hacer el servicio creo yo... o si no..depronto habia sido ned

@QuantumStates 13 жыл бұрын

Waldner, Wang Liqin and Kong Linghui. These guys all had the best shakehand style of play.

@yaweli2968 8 ай бұрын

Wang Liqin’s forehand flick is flawless.

@rosun82 13 жыл бұрын

@olaniyi570 He got finger injury before the olympics

@Spurz1975 12 жыл бұрын

@Andreas1986xyz In Scandinavia and Turkey it didnt change name before 2000.

@user-ty1rq3tq8x Жыл бұрын

Понравился мужчина на стуле

@yokomitz 11 жыл бұрын

Could anyone tell me what the problem was at 1:09 through 2:08?

@Aikisbest 10 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@PrinceArt77 13 жыл бұрын

can anyone tell me what were they discussing at around 1:10?

@Deobfuscator 12 жыл бұрын

@fullfunk Was that a good thing, in fact?

@stephanmunz2692 3 жыл бұрын

Waldi was World and Olympic Champignon, but no European Champignon til 1996.

@olaniyi570 13 жыл бұрын

Ooh, almost forgot that Walnder lost pretty badly to Johnny Huang in the Olympics that year:-( Also it took Waldner for ever to win this title. But better late than never.

@krzysztoflaskowski6110 3 жыл бұрын

Why are u digging on Waldner? Have u won anything in your life mate? Also, he lost to huang in 96 olimpics, but name me the player who has not lost a match in its lifetime? Just to remind you, Jan Ove was in the final of ECH 1982 against Appelgren at the age of 16...and then he was there in the final again in 1994, before he won in 1996. But, u are probably one of those who try to find weaknesses of Waldis carrier... It will not change one thing, he is regarded as The Greatest of table tennis... The Mozart of Table Tennis And u cant take anything of his achivements regardless of what u say.

@lutove94 13 жыл бұрын

@PrinceArt77 ¿?..no entiendo que ¿?..

@Andreas1986xyz 13 жыл бұрын

@sak0815 i think in 96 raider was already renamed into "Twix". That renaming was in the early 90s..Nevertheless 96 counts as good old times were i was really young.

@PrinceArt77 13 жыл бұрын

@lutove94 me amido....si.. no entiendo aque......ana maa fahemt inta kalam hena..sho hada....ana maafi latino....inta mojnon sah.....yalah..kalewale...maasalaema sadik

@HaZeEurope91 10 жыл бұрын

should be 13

@olaniyi570 13 жыл бұрын

Waldner typically plays more in the team competition which favors his team mates (3-0 Person 1991 Worlds?) when they play him in singles but in this tournament I think, singles and Teams were seperate.

@krzysztoflaskowski6110 3 жыл бұрын

No there was not separate tournament... I was there, in Bratislava and i witnessed it all... Sweden won team, double ( waldi and Jorgen) and single competition of course. Clean sweap as u call it Unbelievable memories and experience to see those players.

@PrinceArt77 13 жыл бұрын

@lutove94 por pavor mi amigo....no intiendez lenguahe

@ryanqzpeters 13 жыл бұрын

if i was playing in those i would be the champ. XD

@krzysztoflaskowski6110 3 жыл бұрын

Im assuming u are joking?

@janovewaldner1 5 жыл бұрын

Here is my conspiracy theory: 1- Waldner and Persson are friends and teammates. 2- Waldner won the 1989 World Championship so in the next Championship in 1991 when he was in the final against Persson, then he let Persson win so both could have the experience of being world champions. 3- Persson having won the European Championship in 1986 and Waldner having not won it yet, then in the 1996 final Persson returned the favor by letting Waldner win the European Championship. 4- Now Waldner and Persson are Champions of both big tournaments. 5- These two people are generous and fair.

@krzysztoflaskowski6110 3 жыл бұрын

It could have happened but im doubtful... When u see the 91's final, u would realize that waldi wasnt at his best and Jorgen was on the top of Waldi all the time, was more aggresive, and jan made fare too many mistakes In Bratislava, when i wittness the final on my own, Waldi was more aggresive and smarter, more precise , thats why he won. And, of course,one cant dissmiss your theory , i find it highly unlikely to be the case. And lastly, both players have spoken about 89, and 91 champs and looks like there was real rivalry between them two all the time Thats only my opinion Stay safe my friend

@janovewaldner1 3 жыл бұрын

@@krzysztoflaskowski6110 Thanks for sharing your experience. Your comments are valid, but remember it's just my personal benign conspiracy theory that I shared just for fun, there are a lot of chances that it's not true.

@dickn.ormous1064 3 жыл бұрын

@@janovewaldner1 Persson wasn't really dominant in the mid 90's and Waldner had a good record against him even before his accident.He was 5-0 against at the Europe top12 and 4-2 at the Swedish Championship.Persson's peak was 1989-1991 and his prime 1987-1993.He got married in 1992,had a serious car accident in early 1994 and his career took a huge slump.

@janovewaldner1 3 жыл бұрын

@@dickn.ormous1064 Accident? tell me about that please.

@NoSpeechForTheDumb 3 ай бұрын

IMO not giving your very best in such a final would be disrespectful towards the opponent and the crowd and I don't want to think that Waldner and Persson were capable of such fraud.