1972 - Today
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, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 25 out of 79. Before 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.
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 19
1946 - 2011
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 20
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 21
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 22
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 23
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 24
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 25
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 26
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 27
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 28
1981 - Present
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 29
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 30
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.16
Rank: 31
Among people born in 1972, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 385. Before 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.
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 379
1972 - 2022
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 380
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 381
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 382
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 383
1972 - 2014
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 384
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 385
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 386
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 387
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.50
Rank: 388
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 389
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 390
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 391
Among people born in Romania, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 448 out of 665. Before 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).
1986 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 442
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 443
1987 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 444
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 445
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 446
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 447
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 448
1990 - Present
HPI: 39.58
Rank: 449
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 450
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 451
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 452
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 453
1953 - 2020
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 454
Among table tennis players born in Romania, Kalinikos Kreanga ranks 2. Before him are Angelica Rozeanu (1921). After him are Otilia Bădescu (1970).
1921 - 2006
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 1
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 2
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.70
Rank: 3