What is Jan-Ove Waldner?
{{Infobox sportsperson |name=Jan-Ove Waldner |image=Jan-Ove Waldner.JPG |caption =Waldner in 2012 |nickname=Mozart of table tennis |nationality=[[Sweden|Swedish]] |birth_date=October 3, 1965 |birth_place=Stockholm |sport=table tennis |weight={{cvt|75|kg|abbr=on}} |height={{cvt|1.70|m|abbr=on}} |website=www.Jan-Ove Waldner.com }} '''Jan-Ove Waldner''' (born October 3, 1965 in [[Stockholm]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Jan+Ove+Waldner|title=Jan Ove Waldner - Google Search|website=www.google.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-22}}</ref>) is a male [[table tennis]] player from [[Sweden]]. He was the third man in table tennis history to become Grand-Slam champion. He played to 2012 in the German club ''TTC Röhn-Sprudel Fulda Maberzell'' and was the best Swedish table tennis player. == Early years (1970-1980) == When Waldner was five years old, He startd playing table tennis. His older brother and his parents were also players. Early on, Waldner was stand on pedestals or buckets. Soon, he began to play in the Swedish club ''Spåvägens BTK''. Waldner was trainied by different coaches as well as his family. When he was nine years old, he won for the Swedish National Championships in his age group. Growing up, he did not only play table tennis. He also loved [[Assocoation football|football]] and [[tennis]]. By the age of thirteen, he only played Table tennis. Waldner left school early to become a professional player. In his first year as a pro, he played his first tournament and won a [[automobile]]. == Sporting career == === Early career (1980s-1990s) === Waldner played his first international [[tournament]] at the Nordic Championships in [[Denmark]]. He played very well. He won [[Gold medal|gold]] in singles play and [[silver medal|silver]] in doubles. At the 1982 European Championships for [[child]]ren and [[teenager]]s, he won silver. With this tournament, he moved from number 90 to number 22 in the junior world rankings. That same year, Waldner played at the [[European Championships]] for adul