Tag: Waldner
When Jan-Ove Waldner gave the smartest answer of all time to a foreign journalist after winning World Cup gold
PHOTO: Bildbyrån Jan-Ove Waldner had just had a playhouse with the entire world elite.And won WC gold in 1997 without losing a single set in seven matches.Then he gave the…
Jan-Ove Waldner reveals his great childhood idol – who is one of Swedish sports’ foremost
PHOTO: Bildbyrån Jan-Ove Waldner is one of Swedish sports’ great giants.But even he has had his own role models in the sport as a young man.When JO reveals his big…
When JO Waldner broke all the unwritten rules of ping-pong with the stroke that no one else had even considered
Jan-Ove Waldner is our greatest ball conjurer of all time.He could throw punches that no one else could even imagine.And sometimes it actually even felt like he could see into…
JO Waldner was a super talent in a completely different sport – that’s why he finally chose table tennis: “It got too boring…”
Jan-Ove Waldner is one of Sweden’s greatest athletes.But it could have gone completely differently for our hero.He was a great talent in another sport – which he ultimately opted out…
Here, ten Chinese amateurs line up – and get a lesson in Swedish ball sense from the genius JO Waldner
JO Waldner is one of our greatest.And he is not exactly hated in China for that matter.Just check out this clip – when the Swede completely plays with 10 Chinese…
The SVT profile’s cocky promise – then realizes its big mistake when JO Waldner enters: “No no no no”
PHOTO: Bildbyrån + SVT He is one of Swedish sports’ absolute greatest.Daniel Nannskog gets to experience that the hard way when he faces the icon Jan-Ove Waldner in a table…
Giant promise Truls Möregårdh’s great success – first Swede since Jan-Ove Waldner to succeed: “So damn powerful!”
PHOTO: Bildbyrån Jan-Ove Waldner was the last to do so in 1998.Now the great talent Truls Möregårdh has followed in the icon’s footsteps.– So damn big and powerful!, says the…
When JO Waldner turned into a mind reader – and made Timo Boll gape with the most humiliating blow
Photo: Youtube JO Waldner was a ball genius and a champion.And sometimes even a mind reader.Like the time he just placed the racket – and humiliated rival Timo Boll. There…