Kao Cheng-jui
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| Native name | 高承睿 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Yuzu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 2004 Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 21 (11 February 2025)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 24 (20 May 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell (Bundesliga) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kao Cheng-jui (Chinese: 高承睿; pinyin: Gāo Chéngruì born 25 December 2004) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.[2][3]
Career
Kao was born in Taipei and began practicing table tennis in kindergarten.[4] After graduating from elementary school, he moved to Kaohsiung to train at Chuang Chih-yuan's table tennis academy. In 2022, he won the silver medal in the U19 singles event at the Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships.[5] In 2023, he reached men's singles final at the WTT Contender Lima, where he was defeated 1–4 by Marcos Freitas, finishing as the runner-up.[6] Kao was also selected for the national team in the same year to participate in the 2023 Asian Championships, helping the men's team win a silver medal in the team event.[7]
In 2024, Kao helped the Chinese Taipei men's team defeat Germany in the quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Championships, advancing to the semifinals and tying the team's best historical result.[8] That same year, he qualified for the Paris Olympics as the second-highest-ranked Taiwanese male player.[9] He reached the round of 16 in the men's singles at the Paris Olympics, where he was defeated by Truls Möregårdh.[10] Alongside Lin Yun-ju and Chuang Chih-yuan, his men's team also exited in the quarterfinals.[11] After the Olympics, Kao joined TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell and began competing in the Bundesliga.[12]
Personal life
Kao is a student at the National Taiwan Sport University.[13] Due to his resemblance to Yuzuhiko, a character from the anime Atashin'chi, Taiwanese fans have nicknamed him "Yuzu," which is transliterated as yòuzi (Chinese: 柚子), meaning "pomelo" in Taiwan.[14]
References
- ^ "Player Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "List of Participants" (PDF). ittf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "高承睿(ガオチェンルイ)の使用用具・大会成績・プロフィール". rallys.online (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "踏上追夢旅程 挑戰巴黎奧運的桌球新星：高承睿". takao.kcg.gov.tw (in Chinese). July 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "Kao Cheng-jui". Radio Taiwan Internatioal. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "WTT Contender Lima: Freitas and Kao Underdog Finalists". butterflyonline.com. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "Taiwan claim silver at Asian table tennis event". Taipei Times. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ "ITTF World Championships Finals 2024 Day 8". ittf.com. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "奧運》巴黎奧運台灣桌球隊名單出爐 簡彤娟逆轉取得女單資格". The Liberty Times (in Chinese). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "Day 5 of Table Tennis at Paris 2024: Truls Moregard Stops World Number 1". ittf.com. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "Table tennis-Boll retires after Germany's elimination by Sweden, Japan's teams advance". Reuters. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "Cheng-Jui Kao". ttbl.de (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "必須認識的台灣桌球新星！19歲高承睿超強抗壓 屢在關鍵終結比賽". NOWnews (in Chinese). 24 February 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "14秒看懂為何小高叫「柚子同學」！高承睿代言柚子 神複製影片曝". KNews (in Chinese). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.