Mark "Haz" Hazinski is an American professional table tennis athlete. He was born on (1985-04-20)April 20, 1985 in South Bend, Indiana. Mark Hazinski started playing table tennis at the age of 9 and by the age of 15 had became the youngest player in the history of United States Table Tennis to make the United States Men's National Table Tennis Team. Mark simultaneously represented the United States Men's Team and United States Junior Team for 4 consecutive years (2000-2003).
As a youth Mark Hazinski was professionally trained by United States Olympic Head Coach Danny Seemiller and United States Junior Coach Mark Nordby. Mark Hazinski spent multiple years (2004-2006) playing professional sports leagues in Germany and Sweden. In 2007 Mark decided to put his professional career on hold to attend Texas Wesleyan University on a full scholarship for academics and Table Tennis.
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Career
Hazinski's professional career can be dated back to 2000, at the age of 15 when he first made the United States Men's National Team. Here are many of Mark's top accolades during that time period:
- 2004 United States Olympic Team Member
- United States Men's National Team Member
- United States U18 National Team Member
- United States Men's U21 National Champion (6x Gold Medalist)
- 2003 United States Table Tennis Player of the Year
- United States National Men's Singles Finalist (4x Silver Medalist)
- United States Pan American Team Member (2007 Bronze Medalist).
- National Collegiate Table Tennis Men's Singles Champion
- 2011 Most Outstanding Athlete Award (Texas Wesleyan University)
In Mark's early career he enjoyed training and playing professionally in Europe. From 2004-05 Hazinski played for Oberalster VFW Club in Hamburg, Germany and in 2005-06 Mark played for Ängby Sportklubb in Stockholm, Sweden. After his season ended in Sweden Mark decided to further pursue an education and attended Texas Wesleyan University, located in Ft. Worth, Texas. While attending Texas Wesleyan University (TWU), Mark held the # 1 Collegiate Table Tennis position for over 200 consecutive weeks, making him one of the most dominant collegiate players of all time.
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Personal life
Mark Hazinski married Shu "Sara" Fu in December 2008. Sara is from Chengdu, China but moved to the United States in 2005 to play and coach table tennis in California. Mark graduated from Texas Wesleyan University in May 2012 with a B.S. degree in Sports Medicine.
As of 2018 Mark is a head coach at North Texas Table Tennis Center and a professional table tennis athlete that competes in major United States table tennis sanctioned tournaments. Mark, and wife Sara, also own several Blackball Dessert franchises around the Plano, Texas area.
Mark Hazinski is an avid golfer and Dallas Mavericks basketball fan. Mark is friends with Dallas Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle and has done table tennis exhibitions during the halftime entertainment periods for the Dallas Mavericks regular season games.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Mark Hazinski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Mark Hazinski". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2014.
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