What is Timo Boll?
'''Timo Boll''' (born March 8, 1981 in [[Erlach, Switzerland|Erbach]]) is a German [[table tennis]] player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tischtennis.de/spieler-details/timo-boll-1.html|title=Timo Boll - tischtennis.de|website=www.tischtennis.de|language=de|access-date=2018-05-22|archive-date=2018-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301001752/http://www.tischtennis.de/spieler-details/timo-boll-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is the best German table tennis player and is in [[China]] one of the most popular table tennis players in the history. He is a [[Left-handedness|lefthanded]]-player and uses the Shakehand-grip. At the World [[Championship|Championships]] 2011 in [[Rotterdam]] Boll won a bronze medal in the singles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/tischtennis-wm-bronze-fuer-timo-boll/4176356.html|title=WM-Bronze für Timo Boll|date=2011-05-15|work=Der Tagesspiegel Online|access-date=2018-05-22|language=de-DE|issn=1865-2263}}</ref> He is a wonder in the [[table]] tennis world and got 11 times the German National Championships. {{Infobox sport|name=Timo Boll|image=Timo Boll.jpg|imagesize=Porträt (Timo Boll)|nickname=Timo|clubs=Borussia Düsseldorf|team=Germany|type=attacker|equipment=Butterfly|world=vice-champion with the team (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)|olympic=vice-champion (2008), bronze (2012, 2016)}} == Sporting career == === Young years (1981-1997) === Timo began to play table tennis at the age of four<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.mytischtennis.de/public/buntes/4289/nachgefragt-was-ist-das-optimale-einstiegsalter |title= Nachgefragt: Was ist das optimale Einstiegsalter? {{!}} Buntes {{!}} Panorama {{!}} myTischtennis.de |website= www.mytischtennis.de |access-date= 2018-05-22 |archive-date= 2016-06-10 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160610063852/http://www.mytischtennis.de/public/buntes/4289/nachgefragt-was-ist-das-optimale-einstiegsalter |url-status= dead }}</ref> with his father in their old [[Basement|cellar]]. His father bought an table tennis table.