Wu Jiaduo is a female German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 Chinese

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

-born table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 player.

Personal

At age 7, Wu received specialised table tennis training. In 1995, she became Zhejiang provincial champion. She enrolled at the East China University of Science and Technology

East China University of Science and Technology

East China University of Science and Technology is a state key university of the People's Republic of China and one that is regarded as the cradle of Chinese chemical engineers.- History :...

 in 1997 studying Economics

Economics

Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

. One year later, she relocated to Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 to further her table tennis career.

In 2005, she started to represent Germany at the international tournaments like ITTF Pro Tour

ITTF Pro Tour

The ITTF Pro Tour is a series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation in 1996, in order to improve the quality of the sport. It includes 6 events: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Men's and Women's Singles Under 21...

.

She resides in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

, Germany and plays for FSV Kroppach.

Career records

Singles (as of September 26, 2010)

• Olympics
  Table tennis at the Summer Olympics
  Table tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for both men and women. Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 41 medals in 24 events, including 20 gold medals.-Events:...
  
  : round of 32 (2008).
• World Championships
  World Table Tennis Championships
  The World Table Tennis Championships are held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Seven events were included in the Championships. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in...
  
  : round of 32 (2007, 09).
• World Cup
  Table Tennis World Cup
  The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years...
  
   appearances: 1. Record: 9-12th (2010).
• Pro Tour
  ITTF Pro Tour
  The ITTF Pro Tour is a series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation in 1996, in order to improve the quality of the sport. It includes 6 events: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Men's and Women's Singles Under 21...
  
   runner-up (1): German Open 2008.
• Pro Tour Grand Finals
  ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
  The ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation at the end of the year. The tournament includes six events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, U21 men's and women's singles...
  
   appearances: 3. Record: round of 16 (2007, 08, 09).
• European Championships
  Table Tennis European Championships
  The European Table Tennis Championships were first held in 1958. Between 1958 and 2002, the European Championships were held every two years in the even years. From 2003 they were held in odd years. Since 2008 the tournament has been held annually...
  
  : winner (2009).
• Europe Top-12
  Europe Top-12
  The Europe Top-12 is an European table tennis tournament organized by the European Table Tennis Union on a yearly basis between the twelve strongest players in Europe. The tournament was first held in 1971 for both the men's and women's competition, adopting a single round-robin format...
  
  : 3rd (2008, 09).

Women's Doubles

• World Championships: round of 16 (2009).
• Pro Tour runner-up (1): German Open 2009.
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 1. Record: SF (2009).
• European Championships: SF (2007).

Mixed Doubles

• World Championships: round of 64 (2007, 09).
• European Championships: QF (2007).

Team

• Olympics: 13 (2008).
• World Championships: 3rd (2010).
• World Team Cup
  Table Tennis World Cup
  The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years...
  
  : 5th (2007).