LIU Jia

Date of Birth: 16 Feb 1982

Age: 39

Gender: Female

Place of birth: BEIJING

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Singles	9
	Women's Team AUT Austria	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Women's Singles Preliminary Round #4 AUT LIU JLIU Jia 4 SYR ZAZA HZAZA Hend 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Women's Singles Round 1 #17 UKR GAPONOVA GGAPONOVA Ganna 2 AUT LIU JLIU Jia 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Women's Singles Round 2 #33 ROC MIKHAILOVA PMIKHAILOVA Polina 3 AUT LIU JLIU Jia 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Singles Round 3 #49 PUR DIAZ ADIAZ Adriana 0 AUT LIU JLIU Jia 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Women's Singles Round of 16 #60 AUT LIU JLIU Jia 1 KOR JEON JJEON Jihee 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Women's Team Round of 16 #1 CHN China 3 AUT Austria 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4R	-	QF
2012	London, GBR	3R	-	1R
2008	Beijing, CHN	3R	-	Qualification Match 3-8
2004	Athens, GRE	3R	-	-
2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	2R	1R	-

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	2R	1R	-	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	5
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	3R	-	-	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	9
2015	Suzhou, CHN	1R	3R	2R	-
2014	Tokyo, JPN	-	-	-	15
2013	Paris, FRA	4R	-	-	-
2012	Dortmund, GER	-	-	-	10
2009	Yokohama, JPN	3R	3R	-	-
2008	Guangzhou, CHN	-	-	-	6
2007	Zagreb, CRO	4R	1R	3R	-
2006	Bremen, GER	-	-	-	8
2005	Shanghai, CHN	3R	2R	QF	-
2003	Paris, FRA	3R	2R	3R	-
2001	Osaka, JPN	QF	QF	3R	16
2000	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	31
1999	Eindhoven, NED	2R	3R	2R	-

Year	Location	Singles
2018	Chengdu, CHN	Last 16
2017	Markham, ON, CAN	Last 16
2016	Philadelphia, PA, USA	QF

European Games

Year	Location	Team
2019	Minsk, BLR	QF

European Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2019	Nantes, FRA	-	-	-	Group Stage
2018	Alicante, ESP	2R	2R	-	-
2017	Luxembourg, LUX	-	-	-	6
2016	Budapest, HUN	2R	-	1R	-

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2019	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2017	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	2x	-
2017	Doubles W	-	-	-	2x	-	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
1/16 Final	2019	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Susi [after her favourite brand of apple juice 'Susi Apfelsaft']. (Athlete, 16 Feb 2000)

Reading, cooking, spending time with friends. (nachrichten.at, 26 Jul 2016)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, German, Mandarin

Linz AG Froschberg [Austria]

Left (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Sporting relatives:

Her husband David Arvidsson has played table tennis for Denmark. (nachrichten.at, 26 Jul 2016; mytischtennis.de, 22 Jul 2011)

She withdrew from the 2021 European Championships in Warsaw, Poland, due to an issue with the intervertebral discs in her back. (tips.at, 18 Jun 2021)

She has had ongoing shoulder and elbow issues in her career. (nachrichten.at, 13 Apr 2011)

She began playing table tennis at age 11 in the People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 16 Feb 2000)

Her mother was a table tennis coach. (Athlete, 16 Feb 2000)

US tennis player Pete Sampras. (Athlete, 16 Feb 2000)

Coach Liu Yan Jun. (Athlete, 16 Feb 2000)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

General
PLAN AFTER TOKYO
She is set to retire from international competition after competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, but plans to continue competing in the sport at club level. "Internationally, I think it will finally be over for me after the [2020] Olympics. But the club wants to keep me involved even after my active career, which I'm really looking forward to." (ttbundesliga.at, 14 Apr 2021)

MOVE TO AUSTRIA
She left her home and her parents in the People's Republic of China at age 15 to move to Austria and work under coach Liu Yan Jun. Liu had seen her play the previous year, liked what he saw and asked her to move to Europe. She received Austrian citizenship in 1998. "I was quite young when I moved to Austria but my coach was already in Europe and he has been like a father to me. So there was no reason for me to feel insecure." (ITTF, 18 Sep 2003)

ARMY SERVICE
She has served in the Austrian Armed Forces in the third Mechanised Infantry Brigade and as a corporal in the Austrian Air Force. (bmlv.gv.at, 01 Aug 2004; Austrian Federal Ministry for Defence, 23 May 2003)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/www.liujia.at

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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