Mark Hazinski

Mark Hazinski
Full name	Mark Hazinski
Nationality	United States
Playing style	Offensive Attacker (Shakehand), Right
Born	April 20, 1985 (1985-04-20) (age 26) Mishawaka, Indiana, United States of America
Height	6'4"
Medal record Men's table tennis Competitor for  United States

Mark "Haz" Hazinski is an American professional table tennis player. He was born on April 20, 1985(1985-04-20) in South Bend, Indiana and grew up in Mishawaka, Indiana. Hazinski started playing table tennis at the age of nine and is the youngest player to make the US Men's National Table Tennis Team at the age of 15. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in doubles with teammate Ilija Lupulesku.

Previously, Hazinski was being coached by Danny Seemiller and Mark Nordby, although more currently he is playing for TWU Table Tennis team in Fort Worth, Texas and hasn't had a coach in 2 years. Hazinski spent a few years (2002–2004) playing sports leagues in Germany and Sweden and is presently sponsored by Killerspin.

He now attends Texas Wesleyan University(TWU), and holds down the top position. He has won: 2007 Collegiate National Champion - Men's Team 2007 Collegiate National Champion - Men's Doubles 2007 Collegiate National Champion - Mixed Doubles 2007 Collegiate National Champion - Men's Singles.^[1]

Personal life

Mark married Shu "Sara" Fu in December 2008. Sara is originally from Chengdu, China but moved to the United States in 2005 to play and coach table tennis in California. Sara then moved to Texas to play on Texas Wesleyan's Table Tennis team, where she met Mark. The two fell in love and eventually married. Sara is also a top ranked female table tennis player. Mark has 2 siblings, younger sister Janelle and Katie, along with his parents Pam and Matt Hazinski. Mark is scheduled to graduate from Texas Wesleyan University in May, 2012 with a B.S. degree in Sports Medicine. Mark looks forward to coaching table tennis professionally upon graduating.

References

1. ^ [1]

• Kubatko, Justin. "Mark Hazinski Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/mark-hazinski-1.html. Retrieved May 21, 2010. 

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Name	Hazinski, Mark
Alternative names	Haz
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Date of birth	April 20, 1985
Place of birth	Mishawaka, Indiana, United States of America
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