I met him around 1977 in a match (boys-B) during a competition in Stockholm. He barely reached the table but was among Stockholm's best in his age group. During our match, he didn't take off his overalls and used me more as a warm-up, putting the balls high up most of the time so I got to smash and he got to plock. He won both sets by around 21-15 but could have won 21-0 if he wanted to. In that competition he came 2nd after losing in the final against his older brother Kjell-Åke. In any case, I'm happy to have met him in competition, something I can brag about🙂
Awesome documentary, but it needs English and maybe Mandarin subs. Lots of chinese still loves this guy. As a swede I enjoyed it in full, something I wish for the others too.
Waldner is a old friend of Chinese people which was approvaled by the Chinese government and Chinese people.This is the highest admiration for a foreigner. The last foreigner I know to receive this admiration is Bethune.As Chinese, we should be grateful to Waldene. Without him, table tennis may not be so international.
The Greatest table tennis player in history what he done as an Scandinavian/european player will no one achive, He won everything. im proud to also be a Table tennis player and also Swedish, he is and will allways be my inspiration to become good in a sport where everyone can play. this is our King and President! for all the people who say Table Tennis is not a sport, its one of the biggest!
He reminds me a lot of Marco van Basten. Very different sport, but same confidence, fluent technical skills, as we say in NL his "uitstraling" is very similar. The way they both move their body and how they are built. Difference: one had a very short career because of a selfinflicted injury when youg whereas the other is the "evergreen tree".
+GallaN666 I have very little problem with reading Swedish. I once was on a trip in Rovaniemi, Finland. While we could notmake out a thing in Finnish, we felt very lucky we could understand Swedish. And none of us had any lessons ever. It is very similar to Dutch. Pronounciation is different and some words are different too. But with my friends we looked at series of Wallander etc and we had quite a few laughs how whole sentences were really identical to ours but just more up and down than our monotonous language. Danish btw is even closer but it is far more difficult for us to understand than Swedish...In my local language in the soutwestern part of The NEtherlands the word is in fact "utstraling" It is even closer. With the swedish "u" and not the German "u" sound...:-)
+takitezy7 Van Basten was an avid tabletennisplayer btw in his younger years. As a kid in NL in winter you either played tabletennis (in the 70s and 80s) or icespeedskating. Well....icespeedskating is far more popular but lately the icy winters are much fewer than they were in the good old days. May tabletennis will get a revival.
+Serenoj69 -- In your dialect of Dutch, do you use the Swedish more rounded "u" as set apart from the German "ü" where you pull back your lips more, so "ut" ("out" in English) in "utstraling" sounds the same as the Swedish word "ut"?
I speak very little Swedish, but I am a huge Waldner fan and used the little knowledge that I have to deduce what I could from the video...I had no idea he had such a gambling problem and played away 5 million krona!! I would love for someone to provide english subtitles so that I could understand other parts of the video, and I'm sure many others would agree, it is very hard to find biographical information such as this video on Waldner.
I'm glad to hear that you too are a big fan of Waldner. What an incredible athlete! In a not too distant future AI will be able to give us subtitles. Cheers
Faan vad jag saknar den tiden. Min idol Ingemar Stenmark får nog ge sig nu efter 60 eftertacksamma år. Stenis hade 100.000 utmanare. Pingislandslaget o J-o hade MILJONER utmanare!
He is the only GOD of table tennis, period Every time I play pingpong, I pray before his picture. He is the only God in China, no other God allowed in China.
"Den här killen har gått in och förstört deras nationalsport helt enkelt..." Ja det var ju fint beröm från Brolin. Konstigt bara att han inte flikade in sig själv på slutet lite blygsamt. Men kom väl på att "precis som jag förstörde den italienska fotbollen..." kanske inte lät så bra.
Welcome ... Its important to people to see the JO another side of his life but its difficult to catch the mood if do not know the swedish ... Maybe someone could translate for everybody.
Dammit! , I sometimes I thought it was english... sometimes German (I'm on Middle levels)... So... to understand correctly... swedish?!!... all my dreams are dead now , haha .
Tack JO för alla oförglömliga stunder du givit oss Svenskar
I met him around 1977 in a match (boys-B) during a competition in Stockholm. He barely reached the table but was among Stockholm's best in his age group. During our match, he didn't take off his overalls and used me more as a warm-up, putting the balls high up most of the time so I got to smash and he got to plock. He won both sets by around 21-15 but could have won 21-0 if he wanted to. In that competition he came 2nd after losing in the final against his older brother Kjell-Åke. In any case, I'm happy to have met him in competition, something I can brag about🙂
Awesome documentary, but it needs English and maybe Mandarin subs. Lots of chinese still loves this guy. As a swede I enjoyed it in full, something I wish for the others too.
Waldner is a old friend of Chinese people which was approvaled by the Chinese government and Chinese people.This is the highest admiration for a foreigner. The last foreigner I know to receive this admiration is Bethune.As Chinese, we should be grateful to Waldene. Without him, table tennis may not be so international.
approvaled by a dictator means mutch
Who cares about an approval of CCP or their sympathizers (aka CCP slaves) lmao.
A kind of Mozart in his virtuosity in handling the ball. A true ballgenious.
The English subtitles seem to stop at around 16:20. Anyone else experiencing this problem?
The same as you suffered. That's too bad.
Så fantastisk dokumentär. Waldner representerar det bästa av svenskar.
Это звезда и легенда мирового настольного тенниса.❤❤❤
Keiner vor und nach ihm hatte bzw hat so ein Ballgefühl wie Waldner
The Greatest table tennis player in history what he done as an Scandinavian/european player will no one achive, He won everything. im proud to also be a Table tennis player and also Swedish, he is and will allways be my inspiration to become good in a sport where everyone can play. this is our King and President! for all the people who say Table Tennis is not a sport, its one of the biggest!
Borg was much more popular in the world and I would say also Ingmar Stenmark
@@akio2730 Borg yes Stenmark NO.
Vi snackar om table tennis här...bro... @@akio2730
not even a top 5 all time player
Roligt att du la ut denna dokumentär oxå. Tack!
He reminds me a lot of Marco van Basten. Very different sport, but same confidence, fluent technical skills, as we say in NL his "uitstraling" is very similar. The way they both move their body and how they are built. Difference: one had a very short career because of a selfinflicted injury when youg whereas the other is the "evergreen tree".
Serenoj69
Funny how the germanic languages is so similar. It's called "utstrålning" in swedish =)
+Serenoj69 yea i guess you can say he is the marco van basten of table tennis ;)
+GallaN666 I have very little problem with reading Swedish. I once was on a trip in Rovaniemi, Finland. While we could notmake out a thing in Finnish, we felt very lucky we could understand Swedish. And none of us had any lessons ever. It is very similar to Dutch. Pronounciation is different and some words are different too. But with my friends we looked at series of Wallander etc and we had quite a few laughs how whole sentences were really identical to ours but just more up and down than our monotonous language. Danish btw is even closer but it is far more difficult for us to understand than Swedish...In my local language in the soutwestern part of The NEtherlands the word is in fact "utstraling" It is even closer. With the swedish "u" and not the German "u" sound...:-)
+takitezy7 Van Basten was an avid tabletennisplayer btw in his younger years. As a kid in NL in winter you either played tabletennis (in the 70s and 80s) or icespeedskating. Well....icespeedskating is far more popular but lately the icy winters are much fewer than they were in the good old days. May tabletennis will get a revival.
+Serenoj69 -- In your dialect of Dutch, do you use the Swedish more rounded "u" as set apart from the German "ü" where you pull back your lips more, so "ut" ("out" in English) in "utstraling" sounds the same as the Swedish word "ut"?
5:50 " Ma Lin is suffering from a cold. Its uncertain but his mother claims its should be alright." Haha
Waldner is like the Larry Bird of table tennis.
That's actually a really good parable
That's a pretty good comparison. I'm swedish btw.
Tack för allt j.o waldner
I speak very little Swedish, but I am a huge Waldner fan and used the little knowledge that I have to deduce what I could from the video...I had no idea he had such a gambling problem and played away 5 million krona!! I would love for someone to provide english subtitles so that I could understand other parts of the video, and I'm sure many others would agree, it is very hard to find biographical information such as this video on Waldner.
I'm glad to hear that you too are a big fan of Waldner. What an incredible athlete! In a not too distant future AI will be able to give us subtitles. Cheers
Now u can watch with subtitles :)
haha, love it in the beginning when he says on the phone " I am only a little player "
Sweden's best-known ambassadors to the world: Volvo/SAAB, IKEA, and Jan Ove Waldner
I d rather say 1 Ingemar Stenmark 2 Björn Borg 3 ABBA
+ blomdahl
Gostaria de ver a tradução desse documentário, Waldner é um dos maiores atletas da História, é o Pelé do Tenis de Mesa !
Posso te dar tradução. Falo sueco e algo português 😂
wouldbe very much appreciated if someone could add eng subs
Eldon Tyrell im from Sweden so i understand everything ;D
I just did.
Such a great talent and ambassador for the sport
2:14 music pls🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Madonna - Hung up
English subtitles will be great !!!!
Please
Matthew Syed said after Waldner won the 1997 singel world championships without losing one set, that "The worlds elit were his slaves."
"I am only a little player" haha :D
Hade tränings spel mot äpplet på 80 talet.... idoler var Waldner och Äpplet...... saknar den tiden☺️
ENGLISH SUBTITLES PLEASE - THANKS!
Thanks for posting. I like hearing Swedish but I wish I could understand ☺
No subtitles - a shame ☹️
Jan Ove Waldner is the reason why i love sweden :)
I'll Translate......."Waldner is GOD at ping pong" ....basically.
Wish this was in English...but enjoyed the various images...
Faan vad jag saknar den tiden.
Min idol Ingemar Stenmark får nog ge sig
nu efter 60 eftertacksamma år.
Stenis hade 100.000 utmanare.
Pingislandslaget o J-o hade MILJONER utmanare!
Äpplet spelar väl fortfarande elit.
HEJA SVERIGE!
Därför jag har mest respekt för Ingemar Johansson, Gunder Hägg och Zlatan av alla Sveriges idrottare genom tiderna. Borg är där uppe också
The true ambassador the table tennis world. He was a absolute celebrity in China
He is the only GOD of table tennis, period
Every time I play pingpong, I pray before his picture. He is the only God in China, no other God allowed in China.
God is God he is a human , God dont make mistake he did a LOT
@@iambassboost7395 gods makes mistakes, they made you
Grym dokumentär!
Grattis Jan på 50-års dagen
41:34 Unbelievable!
waldner is/was like bjorn borg but for table tennis. Cool character
subtitles please
Kung Waldner 🇸🇪 en av dom fem stora Ingmar Björn Ingo Ronnie 🇸🇪💚
song at 39:58?
Alguien puede traducirlo al español
Spanish pls
3:59 - Welcome the King
Kollar någon 2017??
COOKIE MONSTER
2018
2019
nä
You han also see thé documentry: Jan-Ove Waldner in China.
Sucks the subtitles went out the window by the 16-minute mark.
What a brutal chinese police. Did you notice how they droped down 0:56 a man? Horrible.
PING PONG PING PONG FULL OF PASSION 😅
Sembra avesse anche doti di buon calciatore, sarebbe stato interessante vederlo anche in quello sport.
the real MOZART of TT
GOAT
there are lots of Chinese Waldner fans, I mean a LOT.
"Den här killen har gått in och förstört deras nationalsport helt enkelt..."
Ja det var ju fint beröm från Brolin. Konstigt bara att han inte flikade in sig själv på slutet lite blygsamt. Men kom väl på att "precis som jag förstörde den italienska fotbollen..." kanske inte lät så bra.
🤣
Lol at 25:05 I thought he got dick slapped in the back! haha xD
Не АББА и не Карлсон, но личность сделавшая не меньше для сближения Азии и Европы. На мой взгляд.
Anyone see that Waldner has chinese eyes as a kid? Hmmm...
vilka rysningar 40,57 :) kommer ihåg de som igår :) tack för allt kungen :)
and thé documentry: Bragden bordtennis WTTC.
I have played with JO.
I hope you took it easy on him, and gave him a courtesy point now and then...
legend
He is a legend (in China)
I dont have english subtitle
jag gillar sekvensen me mamma Waldner, jag undrar varfor gav du han namnet Jan Olof Waldner. varfor inte Ernst-Hugo eller John-John Waldner
watch this: 41:23 43:36
synd att JO inte är gift, Men alla är vi olika,, en del klara kanske inte av att hantera en familj utan hellre vill leva för sig själv
Mister Pang!
13:00
My man !
Kung
roligt att följt din karriär J-O :)
Welcome ... Its important to people to see the JO another side of his life but its difficult to catch the mood if do not know the swedish ... Maybe someone could translate for everybody.
S U B T I T L E!
34,38
arroganter Schnösel aber auch sehr gut gewesen
F...k YOU TOO ... Try to learn more then one f...king spanish language.
+TheChristiV Spanish? :P
+TheChristiV it´s Swedish
+TheChristiV it´s Swedish
+TheChristiV KATTEN MUSEN TIOTUSEN
Dammit! , I sometimes I thought it was english... sometimes German (I'm on Middle levels)... So... to understand correctly... swedish?!!... all my dreams are dead now , haha .
D best indeed
Lära sig lite Svenska allihopa!!! 😂
Pocos humanos...
unos subtitulos estarian de puta madre
14:26 äpplet is fkn invisible XD
Too bad none of his serves was legal, he would have been such a good player.
😂 You muppet
In time they was legal. idiot
like any sport they change the rules. Like the boll in tabletennis is not the same size, and now you cant glue the rubber at the same way