He Zhiwen (; born January 31, 1962), or Zhiwen He in Western name order, is a Chinese-born Spanish male
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
player. In 2006 he was ranked #41 in the
ITTF world ranking.
Due to the difficulty of pronouncing his name in Spanish he has been given the nickname Juanito.
He plays for Jura Morez TT club and his playing style is left handed short pips penholder. He represented Spain in the
2012 London Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
where he lost to Romanian
Adrian Crisan.
Sporting achievements
*1985: First position in the Championship of the World by team.
*1991-2005: Champion of Spanish League.
*1998: Twentieth position in the Championship of Europe by team.
*1999: First position in mixed doubles and by team.
*2000: Fifth position in the Championship of Europe in mixed doubles.
:Ninth position the Championship of individual Europe in and double.
:21st position in the Championship of the World by team.
*2003: Seventeenth position in the World singles Championship.
*2004: Thirtieth third position in the Olympic Games of Athens in singles.
*2004: It occupies the sixtieth second position of the worldwide ranking.
*2005: Ninth position in the Championship of Europe in doubles.
:Fourteenth position in the .
:Sixty-sixth position in the Championship of Europe in mixed doubles.
:Ninth position in the Championship of the World in singles.
See also
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Chinese people in Spain
Chinese people in Spain form the ninth-largest non-European Union foreign community in Spain. , official figures showed 145,425 Chinese citizens residing in Spain; however, this figure does not include people with origins in other Overseas Chinese ...
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Sport in China
Sport in China has been long associated with the martial arts. Today, China (including mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau) consists of a variety of competitive sports. Traditional Chinese culture regards physical fitness as an important charact ...
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Sport in Spain
Sport in Spain in the second half of the 20th century has always been dominated by football. Other popular sport activities include basketball, tennis, cycling, handball, American football, rally, motorcycling, judo, Formula One, water sports ...
References
External links
Profile of He Zhiwen, Almeria tournament 2005
1962 births
Chinese emigrants to Spain
Living people
Spanish male table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players of Spain
Table tennis players from Zhejiang
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
People from Taizhou, Zhejiang
Naturalised table tennis players
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Naturalised citizens of Spain
Mediterranean Games medalists in table tennis
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