# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLsPdLfAdFE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32102860-cgtneurope-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9ac2a2652e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-04T15:46:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

The ‘Mozart of table tennis’ – a Swede beloved in China 

When Jan-Ove Waldner first tried to join a table tennis club in Sweden, he was so small they would only let him be a mascot. Then they saw him play... and he was on his way to becoming ‘the Mozart of table tennis’.
Waldner would become the first Grand Slam champion in world table tennis history – and the only non-Chinese player to achieve this feat. And he became so beloved in China that they gave him his own nickname – Lao Wa – while he also helped companies to make themselves at home in China. 
#BridgeBuilders #waldner #tabletinnis 
Read more in our interactive multimedia special 👇
https://stories.cgtneurope.tv/bridge-builders-jan-ove-waldner/index.html

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## Tags

bridgebuilders, waldner, tabletinnis

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