Dang Qiu
Dang Qiu (; born 29 October 1996) is a German professional table tennis player. He is the first german-born national player playing the penhold grip style, in particular the modern two-sided penhold grip which allows him to play the reverse penhold backhand. In 2022 and at his first participation of an European Table Tennis Championships, he won the men's single title on first attempt. Career In June 2022, Qiu defeated Dimitrij Ovtcharov in seven games at the WTT Contender in Lima. The victory helped him reach world No. 10 in the ITTF world ranking. In August 2022, Qiu defeated Darko Jorgic 4–1 in the European Table Tennis Championships Finals. As the top-ranked player in German team, Qiu help the team advance to the final of 2022 World Team Championships later in October and winning the silver medal. On national level, he won the men's singles titles of the German National Table Tennis Championships in 2022 and 2023. At the European Games 2023 in Kraków, he won the men's teams and mixed doubles titles (with Nina Mittelham), the latter qualified him for the mixed doubles competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. At the Europe Top 16 Cup in Montreux,