Li Jiao (table tennis)

Li Jiao (born 15 January 1973) is a Chinese-born professional table tennis player who now represents the Netherlands. She resides in Heerhugowaard.

Notable matches
In the World Team Championship 2014 Quarter Final draw of Netherlands versus the host team Japan, Li, ranked 13th at the time, famously came from behind to defeat both the then World No. 10 Kasumi Ishikawa and World No. 25 Sayaka Hirano, in five sets. The match eventually finished 3–2 to Japan, with the final match of Britt Eerland (Netherlands) versus Kasumi Ishikawa (Japan) also ending in five sets.

Career highlights

 * Olympic Games:
 * 2008, Beijing, women's singles, last 16
 * 2008, Beijing, team competition
 * 2012, London, women's singles, last 8
 * 2012, London, team competition, last 8


 * World Championships:
 * 2005, Shanghai, women's singles, quarter final
 * 2005, Shanghai, mixed doubles, last 32
 * 2006, Bremen, team competition, 14th
 * 2007, Zagreb, women's singles, last 16
 * 2007, Zagreb, mixed doubles, last 32
 * 2008, Guangzhou, team competition, 7th


 * Pro Tour Grand Finals:
 * 2006, Hong Kong, women's singles, last 16


 * Pro Tour Meetings:
 * 2004, Warszawa, women's singles, quarter final
 * 2004, Warszawa, women's doubles, winner
 * 2004, Aarhus, women's singles, semi final
 * 2005, Santiago, women's singles, quarter final
 * 2005, Fort Lauderdale, women's singles, quarter final
 * 2006, St. Petersburg, women's singles, semi final
 * 2006, Bayreuth, women's singles, quarter final
 * 2006, Warszawa, women's singles, semi final
 * 2008, Velenje, women's singles, winner
 * 2008, Velenje, women's doubles, runner-up
 * 2008, Santiago, women's doubles, semi final


 * European Games:
 * 2015, Baku, women's singles, winner
 * 2015, Baku, team competition, runner-up


 * European Championships:
 * 2005, Aarhus, women's singles, semi final
 * 2005, Aarhus, mixed doubles, quarter final
 * 2007, Belgrade, women's singles, winner
 * 2008, St. Petersburg, team competition, winner


 * European Top-12 Championships:
 * 2005, Rennes, 3rd
 * 2006, Copenhagen, 3rd
 * 2007, Arezzo, 1st
 * 2008, Frankfurt, 1st
 * 2010, Düsseldorf, 1st
 * 2011, Liège, 1st