PITCHFORD Liam

Great Britain
Table Tennis
12 Jul 1993
28
Male
Olympic Scholarship
1.86/6'1''
CHESTERFIELD
 
Great Britain
CHESTERFIELD
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TTE Table Tennis Men's Singles 17

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3
Men's Singles Round 3
#40
GBR
PITCHFORD LPITCHFORD Liam
2
SLO
JORGIC DJORGIC Darko
4
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationSinglesTeam
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA3RQF
2012London, GBR-1R

World Championships
YearLocationSinglesDoubles MDoubles XTeam
2019Budapest, HUN2R3R--
2018Halmstad, SWE---5
2017Dusseldorf, GER1R1R--
2016Kuala Lumpur, MAS---3
2015Suzhou, CHN3R1R--
2014Tokyo, JPN---25
2013Paris, FRA1R-2R-
2012Dortmund, GER---29
2011Rotterdam, NED1R---
2010Moscow, RUS---38

World Cup
YearLocationSingles
2020Weihai, CHNLast 16

European Games
YearLocationSinglesTeam
2019Minsk, BLR3RQF

European Championships
YearLocationSinglesDoubles MDoubles XTeam
2019Nantes, FRA---QF
2018Alicante, ESP3R2R2R-
2016Budapest, HUN2R2RQF-

WTT Star Contender
YearLocationSingles
2021Doha, QAT2R

ITTF Finals
YearLocationSingles
2020Zhengzhou, CHN1R

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017
YearEventWRUSFQFL16L32L64
2020Singles-1x1x----
2020Doubles M-1x-----
2019Singles----5x4x-
2019Doubles M----1x--
2018Singles--2x-2x1x-
2018Doubles M--2x-1x--
2017Singles-----1x-
2017Doubles M----1x--

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
22020SinglesQatar OpenDoha, QAT
22020DoublesQatar OpenDoha, QAT
32020SinglesHungarian OpenBudapest, HUN
32018SinglesAustrian OpenLinz, AUT
32018SinglesCzech OpenOlomouc, CZE
32018DoublesSwedish OpenStockholm, SWE
32018DoublesBulgarian OpenPanagyurishte, BUL
Last 162019SinglesAustrian OpenLinz, AUT
Last 162019SinglesBulgarian OpenPanagyurishte, BUL
Last 162019SinglesAustralian OpenGeelong, VIC, AUS
Last 162019SinglesChina OpenShenzhen, CHN
Last 162019SinglesHungarian OpenBudapest, HUN
Last 162019DoublesSwedish OpenStockholm, SWE
Last 162018SinglesBulgarian OpenPanagyurishte, BUL
Last 162018SinglesChina OpenShenzhen, CHN
Last 162018DoublesChina OpenShenzhen, CHN
Last 162017DoublesSwedish OpenStockholm, SWE


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
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Pitch, Pitchy (baku2015.com, 18 Jun 2015)
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Athlete
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English, German
:
Gavin Evans [national], GBR
:
Right (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)
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He began playing table tennis at primary school at age nine. (tabletennisengland.co.uk, 29 Apr 2014)
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It was a rainy day and he was looking for something to do with his friends. "We had a lunchtime table tennis club and I went along with two friends and it started from then." (tabletennisengland.co.uk, 29 Apr 2014; baku2015.com, 18 Jun 2015)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportstar.thehindu.com, 01 Apr 2020)
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Beating world number one ranked men's singles player [at the time] Xu Xin at the 2020 Qatar Open in Doha. (skysports.com, 30 Mar 2020)
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His parents, and English table tennis player Colin Deaton. (baku2015.com, 18 Jun 2015)
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"Fail to prepare, prepare to fail." (ttf-liebherr-ochsenhausen.de, 2016)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

General
MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLE
Ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro he was diagnosed with depression. He said he considered quitting the sport in 2015. "When I first spoke to somebody about it I kind of broke down. After that, the weight was lifted off my shoulders and then I could start to rebuild. I'm just glad that I got the help I did and I'm quite proud that I managed to get to where I am now. I think it's definitely shaped me into the man I am and the player I am. I wasn't enjoying playing at the time [in 2015]. I would be alone in my flat in Germany and just not doing anything. I didn't want to be there, and once I got into that mentality it was very hard to get out. It was the end of 2015 when I first spoke to psychologists and honestly I didn't know if I wanted to continue to play table tennis. I didn't know if I enjoyed it any more. And then when I could go to a tournament with England and be with people I enjoyed being around, I realised this is what I wanted to do." (bbc.co.uk, 22 Jan 2020; olympics.com, 19 Nov 2020)

Legend
:
Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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