Timo Boll
Timo Boll.jpg
Boll in 2004
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Playing styleLeft-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Butterfly Timo Boll ALC blade; Butterfly Dignics 09c (Black, FH); Butterfly Dignics 09c (Red, BH) Early career = Donic
Highest ranking1
Current ranking10 (April 2021)
ClubBorussia Düsseldorf
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
RepresentingGermany
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games022
World Championships063
World Cup232
Total2117
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 ZagrebSingles
Gold medal – first place2002 ZagrebDoubles
Gold medal – first place2007 BelgradeSingles
Gold medal – first place2007 BelgradeDoubles
Gold medal – first place2007 BelgradeTeam
Gold medal – first place2008 Saint-PetersburgSingles
Gold medal – first place2008 Saint-PetersburgDoubles
Gold medal – first place2008 Saint-PetersburgTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 StuttgartDoubles
Gold medal – first place2009 StuttgartTeam
Gold medal – first place2010 OstravaSingles
Gold medal – first place2010 OstravaDoubles
Gold medal – first place2010 OstravaTeam
Gold medal – first place2011 Gdansk-SopotSingles
Gold medal – first place2011 Gdansk-SopotTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 HerningSingles
Gold medal – first place2017 LuxembourgTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 AlicanteSingles
Gold medal – first place2019 NantesTeam
Gold medal – first place2021 WarsawSingles
Silver medal – second place2000 BremenTeam
Silver medal – second place2002 ZagrebTeam
Silver medal – second place2003 CourmayeurTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 LisbonTeam
Bronze medal – third place2003 CourmayeurSingles
Bronze medal – third place2005 AarhusDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2009 StuttgartSingles
Bronze medal – third place2016 BudapestSingles
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingTeam
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2004 DohaTeam
Silver medal – second place2005 ShanghaiDoubles
Silver medal – second place2010 MoscowTeam
Silver medal – second place2012 DortmundTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 TokyoTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 HalmstadTeam
Bronze medal – third place2011 RotterdamSingles
Bronze medal – third place2006 BremenTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 HoustonSingles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2002 JinanSingles
Gold medal – first place2005 LiègeSingles
Silver medal – second place2008 LiègeSingles
Silver medal – second place2012 LiverpoolSingles
Silver medal – second place2017 LiègeSingles
Silver medal – second place2018 ParisSingles
Bronze medal – third place2014 DüsseldorfSingles
Bronze medal – third place2010 MagdeburgSingles
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskSingles
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskTeam