Đoàn Kiến Quốc

Đoàn Kiến Quốc (born March 24, 1979 in Nha Trang) is a Vietnamese table tennis player.[3] He won a gold medal, along with his partner Dinh Quang Linh in the men's doubles, at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos.[4] As of November 2012, he is ranked no. 275 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] Doan is also left-handed, and uses the shakehand grip.[1]

Đoàn Kiến Quốc
Nationality	Vietnam
Born	(1979-03-24) 24 March 1979 Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam
Playing style	Left-handed, shakehand grip[1]
Highest ranking	275 (November 2012)[2]
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Vietnam Southeast Asian Games 2009 Vientiane Doubles 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Team 2005 Manila Team 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Doubles 2001 Kuala Lumpur Singles 2001 Kuala Lumpur Team 2003 Hanoi Team 2005 Manila Singles 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Team 2009 Vientiane Team

Doan made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's singles. He lost the first preliminary round match to a Chinese-born Italian table tennis player Yang Min, with a set score of 1–4.[5]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Doan qualified for the second time in the men's singles, after receiving a ticket from the Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament in Singapore.[5][6] Unlike his previous Olympics, Doan defeated Australia's David Zalcberg and Olympic veteran Christophe Legoût of France in the preliminary rounds, before losing out his next match to Russia's Alexei Smirnov, with another set score of 1–4.[7]