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Kalinikos Kreanga

1972 - Today

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Kalinikos Kreanga (born March 8, 1972) is a Greek (formerly Romanian) table tennis player. Born as Călin Creangă, he chose to defect from Communist-ruled Romania at the age of 17 (with his father) while he was participating in the European Table Tennis Youth Championships in Luxembourg in 1989. Born in Bistriţa, Romania, Kreanga started to play table tennis at the age of 7. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kalinikos Kreanga has received more than 65,671 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kalinikos Kreanga is the 25th most popular table tennis player (up from 30th in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Romania (down from 405th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Table Tennis Player.

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Among table tennis players, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 25 out of 79Before him are Wang Liqin, Kjell Johansson, Wang Hao, Hyun Jung-hwa, Jean-Philippe Gatien, and Zhang Jike. After him are Deng Yaping, Yoo Nam-kyu, Kong Linghui, Michael Maze, Jörg Roßkopf, and Kim Taek-soo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 385Before him are Jani Soininen, Taylor Hawkins, Àlex Brendemühl, Matthew Rush, Piotr Świerczewski, and Andriy Husin. After him are Reiko Aylesworth, Christian Kane, Johan Walem, Mart Poom, DJ Shadow, and Brett Tucker.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 448 out of 665Before him are Ștefan Radu (1986), Virginia Ruzici (1955), Mădălina Diana Ghenea (1987), Ciprian Marica (1985), Radu Jude (1977), and Elisabeta Lipă (1964). After him are Sorana Cîrstea (1990), Alexandru Athanasiu (1955), Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (1968), Adina-Ioana Vălean (1968), Paula Seling (1978), and Géza Szőcs (1953).

Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS In Romania

Among table tennis players born in Romania, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 2Before him are Angelica Rozeanu (1921). After him are Otilia Bădescu (1970).