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Timo Boll

Timo Boll
Boll in 2016
Personal information
Born (1981-03-08) 8 March 1981 (age 43)
Erbach, West Germany[1]
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Butterfly Timo Boll ALC blade; Butterfly Dignics 09c (Black, FH); Butterfly Dignics 09c (Red, BH) Early career = Donic
Highest ranking1 (January 2003)[2]
Current ranking23 (6 August 2024)[3]
ClubBorussia Düsseldorf[4]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 2
World Championships 0 6 3
World Cup 2 3 2
Total 2 11 7
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2004 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Shanghai Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Dortmund Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Halmstad Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rotterdam Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Bremen Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Houston Singles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2002 Jinan Singles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Liège Singles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Liège Singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Liverpool Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Liège Singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Paris Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Düsseldorf Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Magdeburg Singles
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Zagreb Singles
Gold medal – first place 2002 Zagreb Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Belgrade Singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Belgrade Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Belgrade Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Saint-Petersburg Singles
Gold medal – first place 2008 Saint-Petersburg Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2008 Saint-Petersburg Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Stuttgart Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Stuttgart Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Ostrava Singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Ostrava Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Ostrava Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gdansk-Sopot Singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gdansk-Sopot Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Herning Singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Luxembourg Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Alicante Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nantes Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw Singles
Silver medal – second place 2000 Bremen Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Zagreb Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Courmayeur Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Lisbon Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Malmö Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Courmayeur Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Aarhus Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Stuttgart Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Budapest Singles

Timo Boll (German pronunciation: [ˈtiːmo ˈbɔl], ; born 8 March 1981) is a German professional table tennis player, who currently plays for Borussia Düsseldorf. He is currently ranked 23rd in the ITTF world rankings as of August 2024.[5] Boll is the most successful German table tennis player of all time, having won several medals at Olympic Games, world cups, and world championships.[6] He was ranked world No. 1 in 2003, 2011 and in March 2018.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "BOLL Timo". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Ranking progression". ittf.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  4. ^ Concha, Romina (1 September 2011). "Timo Boll will stay with Borussia until 2014". tabletennista.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Senior Men's Singles". www.ittf.com. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Timo Boll". Table Tennis Media. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Timo Boll, once again on top of the world – International Table Tennis Federation". International Table Tennis Federation. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

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