Name: Nan WANG 姓名：王楠Gender: Female 性别：女Height: 1.62 m 身高：162厘米Weight: 60 kg / 132 lbs 体重：62公斤Date of Birth: 23 OCT 1978 生日：1978年10月23日Place of Birth: Liaoning Province, China 出生地：辽宁抚顺Olympic Event: Table Tennis 奥运会项目：单打、双打 General Interests 综合资料Hobbies: Music, television, reading, playing tennis and politics. (wang-nan.com, ITTF 19/05/03) LangSpoken: Chinese Club: Ben Gang Recreation Club, Liaoning, CHN (wang-nan.com 23/05/03) Coach: Qiao Hong [personal coach], Lu Yuansheng [national coach] (ONS 07/08/04) Posicion_Style: Grip: Shakehand. Style of play: Attacker (ONS 07/08/04) Handedness: L Injuries: She had to withdraw from the 2002 World Cup in Singapore due to a back injury. (ITTF 26/08/02) Add-Information 其它资料When did you begin this sport? 什么时候开始打球的？ Started playing at age seven. Hero / Idol 偶像 Kim Taek Soo [Korean table tennis player] and Pete Sampras [US tennis player]. (wang-nan.com 23/05/03) Sporting philosophy / motto 运动哲学 "Failure is the mother of success." (wang-nan.com 23/05/03) Awards and honours 奖励和荣誉 In 2002 she was named the Best Female Athlete and the Most Popular Female Athlete in China. She also won the Best Athlete award in 1998. (wang-nan.com 23/05/03) Ambitions 梦想 To win gold at the 2004 Olympic Games. (wang-nan.com 23/05/03)