Table Tennis Player
Timo BollTimo Boll is Germany's best table tennis player and a former World No 1. So what table tennis equipment does he use? Find out here ...  Timo Boll is one of the best players in the world.
He's currently ranked at number 4 in the world rankings and is a former world number one ... having topped the list at the beginning of 2003. Born on 8 March 1981, Timo is currently Germany's top ranked player. So what equipment does a top player like Timo Boll use? ... Well, with a long term sponsorship agreement with Butterfly, Timo Boll exclusively uses and recommends Butterfly table tennis equipment.  Butterfly equipment
In May 2007, Timo extended his sponsorship agreement with Butterfly until 2015, having first joined them in 1993. Commenting on this sponsorship deal he said ... "The Butterfly company has always been my sponsor since I was a cadet and I have always been most satisfied with the agreement. We have a great deal of trust in each other. That’s why I’m very happy to continue the agreement. I know that I have top quality equipment as a result of Butterfly's technology and know-how. This is absolutely essential for me to play at world level, it really helps my confidence."  Since the ban on speed glue came into effect after the 2008 Olympic Games, Timo uses Tenergy 05 rubber with 2.1mm sponge.
He's also changed from using the Timo Boll Spirit blade to the new Timo Boll Blade Series ALC. ALC stands for Arylate-Carbon. Commenting on his new equipment after his success in the 2008 European Championships, he said ... "Overall, the blade possesses a similar character to the Timo Boll Spirit, which I played before. As you can see, I'm handling my material really well". Timo's new equipment should also help him to maintain his current high world ranking. A table tennis player since the age of 4, Timo first broke into the top 100 of the world rankings at the end of 1998 and entered the top 10 in 2002 ... and he's stayed there ever since. So let's take a look at Timo's career as a table tennis player ...
Early European success By 1995 Timo Boll was already making a name for himself at the European Youth Championships where he won the Cadet singles, Cadet doubles and Cadet team titles. And in 1996 when he moved up to the juniors, he was runner-up in the Junior singles before winning the European Junior title in 1997 and 1998. Even a move up to the seniors didn't halt his progress ...
More European titles Following his move up to the senior ranks, Timo Boll continued to progress, and he quickly became one of the top table tennis players in Europe ... and the World. The European Championships of 2002 saw him take the first of his Men's Singles titles before winning again in 2007 in Serbia, and 2008 in Russia. As with any successful table tennis player, this meant he also qualified for other prestigious events too ...
Euro Top 12 by courtesy of the ITTF  | The Euro Top 12 ... an event which started in 1971 ... is for the top 12 ranked European players (or invitees). Timo has taken part every year since 2002 and he's won this coveted title on three occasions ... 2002 in the Netherlands, 2003 in Germany and in 2006 in Denmark. A top table tennis player is also in demand throughout the world, and Timo Boll is no exception ...
The world stage With the ITTF Pro-Tour starting in 1996, Timo Boll has participated in these events every year, but it wasn't until 2001 that he had his first success ... when he took the Men's Singles title in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Since then he's gone on to win the men's singles titles at the following events ... 2002 - Austrian Open 2003 - Japanese Open 2004 - Polish Open, German Open and Austrian Open 2005 - Japanese Open and Swedish Open 2006 - Chinese Open, German Open and Polish Open 2008 - Austrian Open, German Open and Polish Open Additionally, he triumphed at the prestigious end of season ITTF Pro-Tour Grand Finals in 2005 in Fuzhou, China ... beating Belgium’s Jean-Michel Saive to take the title. Success at the top level for any table tennis player also means they receive invitations to other events too ...
The World Cup The table tennis World Cup is for 16 selected players only. With one representative from each of the six continents, plus the top six players in the world rankings, a home association player, the current title holder and two wild card entries, the World Cup is indeed for a very select group of players. Timo Boll has been part of this select group of professional table tennis players since 2002, and he's won the title on two occasions (in 2002 and 2005), whilst being a losing finalist in 2008. But he still hasn't managed to win a title in the ...
World Championships Despite making it to the 2005 Men's Doubles final in Shanghai, China, Timo has so far been unable to secure a World Championship title. Although he's played in this competition since 1997, he hasn't managed to progress beyond the quarter final stage of the Men's Singles. But, he has won a medal at the ...
Olympic Games At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Germany's team of Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Christian Suss took the Silver medal ... losing out to China in the final. But unfortunately, despite taking part in 2000, 2004 and 2008, Timo hasn't managed to progress beyond the quarter final stages (in 2004) of the singles event. But what of today?
Today ... Timo Boll plays for german side Borussia Düsseldorf in the German Bundesliga, having moved from TTV Gönnern in 2007. Borussia Düsseldorf have won more Bundesliga titles than any other team ... are they're also supported by Butterfly ... and are co-favourites to take the European Champions League title in 2008/9. He speaks two languages - German and English - and is married to Rhodelia Jacobi. 
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