William Henzell
Australian table tennis player
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William Henzell (born 1982) is a right-handed Australian Table Tennis player generally regarded to be the greatest player Australia has produced.[citation needed] He was born in Adelaide and moved to Sweden at the age of 14. His highest international ranking was 90 in 2012.[1] He has represented Australia many times, including securing Australia's first Commonwealth Games table tennis singles medal with a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. William has represented Australia at 3 Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012) with a career best finish of 17th in 2012—Australia's highest singles placing ever. He was inducted into the Australia Table Tennis Hall of Fame at the age of 26, 20 years younger than any other of the inductees.[2][3][4]
In 2010, William, in partnership with top Australian player Robert Frank, created the online table tennis coaching website ttedge.com.[5]
Career achievements
International
- Represented Australia
- 2004, 2008, 2012 Olympic Games
- 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 Commonwealth Games
- 8 world championships
Achievements
- 2006 Commonwealth Games Men's Singles Silver Medal
- 13 times Australian National Champion - 2001, 02, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- 5 times Australian Open Champion - 2005, 07, 08, 09, 10
- 10 times Oceania Singles Champion - 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
National
- Australian Champion (13 times) 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- Australia - Ranked no 1 (14 times) 2001–02, 04-15
- International - 99 - August 2014
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to William Henzell.
- ^ William Henzell
- ^ "Henzell's silver service - Table Tennis - Commonwealth Games - theage.com.au". Melbourne: theage.com.au. 27 March 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
- ^ "William Henzell". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
- ^ "ITTF News". www.ittf.com. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
- ^ "Table Tennis Coaching Website Launched News". www.tabletennis.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
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- 1978: Paul Pinkewich (AUS)
- 1982: Paul Pinkewich (AUS)
- 1986: Tommy Danielsson (AUS)
- 1988: Barry John Griffiths (NZL)
- 1990: Peter Stuart Jackson (NZL)
- 1993: Dennis Makaling (AUS)
- 1994: Paul Langley (AUS)
- 1996: Peter Stuart Jackson (NZL)
- 1998: Mark Smythe (AUS)
- 2000: Simon Gerada (MLT)
- 2002: Russ Lavale (AUS)
- 2004: William Henzell (AUS)
- 2006: William Henzell (AUS)
- 2008: Trent Carter (AUS)
- 2010: William Henzell (AUS)
- 2012: William Henzell (AUS)
- 2014: William Henzell (AUS)
- 2016: Yan Xin (AUS)
