Timo Boll

German professional table tennis player Timo Boll. He is a player for Borussia Düsseldorf at the moment. He formerly played for TTV Gönnern (1995–1995), FTG Frankfurt (1994–1995), and TSV Höchst (1986–1994). (1995 to 2007). His three-year contract with Borussia Düsseldorf started on July 1st, 2007. As of July 2021, he is rated second in the German Table Tennis National League and tenth overall in the ITTF rankings. Being ranked No. 1 in the world in table tennis in 2003, 2011, and March 2018 places him among the top German players of all time. He now holds the 14th spot as of August 2022. He is regarded as one of this generation’s best table tennis players.

Facts About Timo Boll

Celebrated Name Timo Boll
Age 41 Years Old
Nick Name Timo Boll
Birth Name Timo Boll
Birth Date 1981-03-08
Gender Male
Profession Table Tennis Player
Birth Nation Germany
Nationality German
Place Of Birth Erback
Ethnicity German-White
Father Wolfgang Boll
Mother Gudrun Boll
Horoscope Pisces
Religion Christian
Net Worth $7 Million
Source of Wealth Table Tennis Career
Wife Rodelia Jacobi
Sexual Orientation Straight
Daughter Zoey Malaya
Height 1.81 m or 5 ft 11 in.
Weight 72 KG
Body Type Athletic
Eye Color Brown
Hair Color Dark Brown
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How much is the net worth of Timo Boll?

German tennis player Timo Boll has an estimated $7 million in wealth as of 2022. He receives $16,000 for each game (approx.). In his career, he has won more than 10 major awards and has held the top spot in the global rankings for table tennis many times. His tennis career is his primary source of income, and he leads a luxurious existence.

Butterfly table tennis has supported him since 1993. He extended his sponsorship in May 2007 until 2015 and has continued to play Butterfly ever since. He continued by expressing his satisfaction with the accord. And he has his own line of racquets with the business.

For what is Timo Boll well-known?

  • Timo Boll is a tennis professional from Germany
  • playing for the club, Borussia Düsseldorf, a table tennis Bundesliga group from Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Who are the Parents of Timo Boll?

Timo Boll was born on March 8, 1981, making him 41 years old as of 2022. He hails from Germany’s Erbach. He is German by birth and German-White by ancestry. His mother’s name is Gudrun Boll, and his father, Wolfgang Boll, is a businessman and coach. He is his parents’ lone kid. He developed a deep love for table tennis early on. His father began teaching him table tennis when he was just 4 years old, and he quickly rose to the position of top player in his team.

When he was just six years old, he dazzled everyone with his table tennis skills, and as a result, he was chosen at the association level to play for TSV Hochst. He was found by well-known Hessen scout Helmut Hampel when he was 10 years old and began receiving coaching at the Pfungstadt training facility. Four years later, Boll switched to FTG Frankfurt, and he immediately began competing in second division events. He obtained a secondary school level I diploma before leaving the classroom.

 

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 Timo Boll’s Professional Career

  • Timo Boll was the youngest player in the national league throughout his junior career (A title he shared with Frank Klitzsch).
  • At the 1995 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in The Hague, where he won three gold medals, he achieved his first major victory on the world stage.
  • In the Junior Boys Singles, he finished second in 1996. Later, he won the doubles title in 1998 along with the singles title in 1997 and 1998.
  • In 2002, when he became the first German to win a Europe Top 12 competition, he began his first senior season. To completely transform his lifestyle as a top German table tennis player, he overcame Vladimir Samsonov in the championship match. He achieved the top ITTF ranking at this time, being the first German table tennis player to do so.
  • After that, he won both the doubles championship with Zoltan Fenner-Konnerth and the singles competition of the European Table Tennis Championship.
  • He also won the 2002 Table Tennis World Cup, which was hosted in Japan, by defeating Olympic Champion Kong LInghui and World Champion Wang Liqin. He and his German team were defeated by Vladimir Samsonov and the Bulgarian team in 2003, and as a result, he lost his top status in the ITTF rankings.
  • Throughout the first part of 2004, Boll struggled with back issues, which hampered his preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
  • His back issues returned during the 2005 season, but he still played with Christian Süß to win the silver medal in doubles at the World Championship.

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  • In addition to winning the Table Tennis World Cup in Liège, Belgium, where he defeated all three of the top Chinese players, Boll also won the Champions League with TTV RE-BAU Gönnern [de] at the conclusion of the year.
  • Timo Boll and Borussia Düsseldorf agreed to a three-year contract in December 2006. Later, his agreement was extended to 2022.
  • He won the singles, doubles, and team events at the 2007 European Championship.
  • He once more took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the German national squad.
  • Boll lost against Adrian Crisan in the round of 16 at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but the German team still won the men’s team bronze medal, defeating Hong Kong in the bronze medal match but falling to China in the semifinals.
  • Boll was unable to compete in the 2008 and 2009 World Championships in China and Japan due to back issues.
  • He beat Ma Long in the semi-final of the 2008 World Cup in Liège, but Wang Hao defeated him in the championship match, earning him a silver medal.

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  • He defeated the world champion, Zhang Jike, 4:1 at the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam, where he went on to win his first singles medal in that competition, a bronze medal.
  • He competed for the German national team and won silver medals at the Team World Championships in Dortmund in 2012 and in Moscow in 2010, both times falling short to the Chinese team.
  • He decided to get surgery after suffering a knee injury in 2015 to avoid suffering a more severe injury.
  • Boll was able to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics after recovering from the operation.
  • At the 2017 World Cup, he earned the silver medal after defeating Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long, but fell to teammate Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the championship match.
  • In the World Cup that followed in 2018, he took home the silver medal but lost to Fan Zhendong in the championship match.
    Later, in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2018, he added eight more victories at the European Table Tennis Championships.
  • At the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, he competed for Germany in the men’s singles match. He withdrew from an internal German Olympic Scrimmage in July, two weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, because of a hip issue. In the men’s singles competition at the
  • Tokyo Olympics, he was defeated by Jeoung Youngsik in the round of 16. China triumphed 3-0 in the end.

Achievements, Titles, and Awards of Timo Boll

  • Junior Table Tennis Player of the Year for 1997
  • Germany’s Table Tennis Player of the Year in 1998 German Sports Personality of the Year 2005: Bambi Sport, third place
  • Hessen’s 2006 Sportsman of the Year
  • 2007 Fair-Play Award from the Interior and Home Secretary Minister
  • 2007 Second place for German Sportsmen of the Year
  • Hessen’s 2008 Sportsman of the Year
  • Hessen’s 2010 Sportsman of the Year
  • German sports personality of the year (2010): second place
  • 2017 Single European Champion in 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018 and 2021, ITTF Male Table Tennis Star World Cup
  • silver in 2008, 2012, 2017 and 2018, bronze in 2010 and 2014.
  • 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, and 2019 Team European Champions
  • Top-16 in Europe 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2018 and 2020
  • Super Cup of Europe Grand Finals (1) and the 2007–2009 ITTF World Tour/Pro Tour (19): 2001 in Brazil; Austria Japan in 2002,
  • Poland in 2003, Germany, and Austria Grand Finals 2005, China, Germany, and Poland, as well as Japan, Sweden, and 2004
  • Austria, Germany, and Poland in 2006 Qatar, Germany, and Poland in 2008 2009, Japan 2010, Korea 2017.
  • Double: Japan Open 2005, Pro Tour Grand Final 2005, 2009 (both with Christian Süß), European Championship 2002 (co-hosted
  • with Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth), 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010

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  • Double: Third place in the 2005 European Championship and second place overall at the 2005 World Championship Team: Olympic Games 2008 came in second; Olympic Games 2012 and 2016 came in third; European Championship 2000, 2002, 2003, 2014 came in second; World Championship 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 came in second; and World Championship 2006 came in third.
  • Championship in Germany: 13 times (from 1998 to 2001, 2009 to 2015, 2017 to 2019), three times Winner of two awards (1999 with Lars Hielscher, 2005 and 2007 with Christian Süß)
  • 2005 and 2006 Champions League champion with TTV RE-BAU Gönnern, and 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021 champion with Borussia Düsseldorf
  • position three Open Single 2007 between Qatar and Kuwait
  • 2011 World Championship Single finish in third place
  • As the only German to ever be ranked top in the world in table tennis (January 2003)

Who is the wife of Timo Boll?

Timo Boll has been wed to Rodelia Jacobi for a very long period. After dating for four years, the couple was married on December 31, 2002. Additionally, they are the proud parents to Zoey Malaya (born on 4th December 2013). They have a wonderful life together. Straight is the way he identifies sexually.

Timo Boll and his beautiful girlfriend, Rodelia, Image Source, Gossip Gist.

Height of Timo Boll

Timo Boll is a charming tennis player who stands 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) tall. His body weight is 159 pounds, or 72 kilograms. He has an athletic body type. His eyes are brown, and he has dark brown hair. He works out frequently to keep his body in good shape. He currently has a healthy body.

Did You Know?

  • Pisces is his horoscope sign.
  • When he was just four years old, he began playing table tennis.
  • He uses his left hand.
  • The “Timo Boll ALC” blade he is using has Dignics 09c rubbers on both sides.
  • Currently, he plays doubles with Patrick Franziska.
  • He engages in hand-shake play.
  • In 2002, he achieved his first top 10 player ranking on the planet.