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Kao Cheng-jui
Taiwanese table tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kao Cheng-jui (Chinese: 高承睿; pinyin: Gāo Chéngruì born 25 December 2004) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.[3][4]
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Kao was born in Taipei and began practicing table tennis in kindergarten.[5] After graduating from elementary school, he moved to Kaohsiung to train at Chuang Chih-yuan's table tennis academy. In 2022, he won the silver medal in the U19 singles event at the Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships.[6] In 2023, he reached men's singles final at the WTT Contender Lima, where he was defeated 1–4 by Marcos Freitas, finishing as the runner-up.[7] Kao was also selected for the national team in the same year to participate in the 2023 Asian Championships, helping the men's team win a silver medal in the team event.[8]
In 2024, Kao helped the Chinese Taipei men's team defeat Germany in the quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Championships, advancing to the semifinals and tying the team's best historical result.[9] That same year, he qualified for the Paris Olympics as the second-highest-ranked Taiwanese male player.[10] He reached the round of 16 in the men's singles at the Paris Olympics, where he was defeated by Truls Möregårdh.[11] Alongside Lin Yun-ju and Chuang Chih-yuan, his men's team also exited in the quarterfinals.[12] After the Olympics, Kao joined TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell and began competing in the Bundesliga.[13]
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Personal life
Kao is a student at the National Taiwan Sport University.[14] Due to his resemblance to Yuzuhiko, a character from the anime Atashin'chi, Taiwanese fans have nicknamed him "Yuzu," which is transliterated as yòuzi (Chinese: 柚子), meaning "pomelo" in Taiwan.[15]
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