Zoran Primorac vs Werner Schlager - European Champion2011 (Short. ver)

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Primorac competed for Croatia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona where he reached last 16 in singles and doubles. He repeated the same at the 1996 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he was eliminated in the third round. At 2008 Summer Olympics Primorac lost in the quarter-final of the men's singles event to Jörgen Persson.

Primorac, Belgian Jean-Michel Saive, and Swede Jörgen Persson are the first table tennis players to have competed at seven Olympics, having competed in all Games since the sport was introduced in 1988.

In 1993 he won a bronze medal in Men's singles at World Table Tennis Championships. He won silver medal in 1995 and bronze in 1999 at World Championships in Men's doubles event.[1]

At the 1998 and 2000 European Championships Primorac won silver medal in men's singles. In 1998 final he lost against Vladimir Samsonov and in 2000 he lost against Peter Karlsson. At the 1992, 1994, 2002 and 2005 European Championship he won the bronze medal in men's singles. At the 2007 European Championship in Belgrade he won the silver medal in the team event with Croatia (with Roko Tošić, Andrej Gaćina and Tan Ruiwu).

At the Mediterranean Games in the men's singles event he won gold medal in 1987, silver in 1993 and 1997 and bronze in 1991. In the men's doubles event he won gold medals in 1987 and 1991, silver in 1993 and bronze in 1997.

He currently uses specially-designed equipment made by Butterfly Table Tennis. He uses the Timo Boll spirit blade, while using Tenergy 05 rubber on both sides of his racket.

In the TV comedy The Office, the character Dwight Schrute names Zoran Primorac as one of his heroes, but pronounces his name incorrectly.

In 2018, Primorac was elected Chair of the ITTF Athletes Commission.[3] (source. wikipedia)
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Werner Schlager was avidly renown for his immense skill in service and receive, which was one of the biggest contributors to his success. His serves were also some of the only that are blatantly legal and rely solely on creativity, rather than trying to hide the ball. His serving has been admired and praised by the likes of Liu Guoliang.[4] In an interview, after being asked about how he creates his serves, he responded ''I dream about them''. He was also very well known for having a magnificent third ball attack that worked in unison with his serves. His style is very aggressive and fast, as he plays many blocks and counter-hits, as opposed to slower strokes. He had a very good forehand and backhand. He was respected by the Chinese players for his incredible serve and third ball, which they were wary of. He is also well known for being a very tactical and intellectual player. Coupled with a brave and enthusiastic spirit, he has caused many upsets and comebacks over the years.

In the quarter-final of the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships, he came up against one of the top seeds in the tournament and former world champion; Wang Liqin. After being 3-1 down in games, he evened it up at 3-2, and then proceeded to save 4 match points at 6-10 down. He took that game 13-11. With the games at 3-3, Werner Schlager took game 7 convincingly at 11-5 and progressed onto the semi-finals. He then faced Kong Linghui, and managed to save a match point at 12-11 in the final game. He then took the game 14-12 and consequently the match. In the final, he played against South Korean chopper, Joo Sae-hyuk, which he won quite convincingly at 4-2. He said this win was attributed to the fact that he has had a lot of experience against this kind of style, as he constantly played with Chen Weixing, a fellow Austrian national team member. When asked about his surprising performance, Schlager commented, "I can tell you the secret for my World Championship title in the year 2003...I was in love and you know and this is also opens many many doors and makes many things possible."

He therefore is the first Austrian since Richard Bergmann in 1937 to win the World Championship Singles.[6] That year, he was voted Austrian Sportsman of the Year and selected in China as "The most popular foreign sportsman" (source. wikipedia )
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