Chen Xinhua (born 30 January 1960) is a former international
table tennis
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player. He competed for Great Britain at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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.
Table tennis career
He is from
China
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, but obtained the British citizenship in 1990. From 1978 to 1992 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the
World Table Tennis Championships
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. He is also the winner of
Table Tennis World Cup
The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the rela ...
in 1985.
He also won an
English Open
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title.
See also
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List of table tennis players
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is ...
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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Results of individual events
The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed).
Men's singles
Medal table
Women's singles
The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ...
References
Chinese male table tennis players
1960 births
Living people
English male table tennis players
Chinese emigrants to England
Asian Games medalists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 1978 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 1982 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
Table tennis players from Fujian
People from Fu'an
Naturalised table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players of Great Britain
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