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Liam Pitchford (born July 12, 1993 in Chesterfield, England) is a British table tennis player.

Career
Picthford began playing table tennis when he was 10 years old. He won the British Championships in 2009, and two Commonwealth Games medals in 2010 (Silver in Team and Bronze in Doubles).

In the summer of 2011, he transferred to German club TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen in the top division, the Bundesliga, having played for secodn division club FC Tegernheim the previous season. In the fall of 2011, he beat world number nine Vladimir Samsonov and world junior number three Wu JIaji in international competitions, paving his route to becoming the British number one player in November 2011. He finished the year with a career high world ranking of 171, entering the Olympic period as a favorite to represent Great Britain at the upcoming Games on home soil.