Jiang Jialiang (; born March 3, 1964) is a male former international

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player from China. He competed at the

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Table tennis career

From 1982 to 1989 he won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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, in the

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, and in the

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. Since his retirement, Jiang has served as a color commentator for table tennis sporting events on Hong Kong television station TVB. The ten World Championship medals included five

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s; two in the men's singles at the

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and 1987 World Table Tennis Championships and three in the men's team event.

ITTF Legends Tour

In 2014 and 2015, Jiang participated in the ITTF Legend Tour which featured table tennis legends such as

Jan-Ove Waldner Jan-Ove Waldner (; born 3 October 1965),Jan-Ove Waldner profile.'' Swedish Table Tennis Federation in Sweden commonly ''J-O Waldner'' (, is a Swedish former table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis."Bishop, G. ...

Jean-Michel Saive Jean-Michel Saive (born 17 November 1969) is a Belgian former professional table tennis. Saive competed at seven consecutive Olympics between 1988 and 2012, and he was also a winner in singles at European Championship 1994. Personal life Born ...

and

Jean-Philippe Gatien Jean-Philippe Gatien (, born 16 October 1968 in Alès, France) is a retired French table tennis player. He competed at four Olympics from 1988 to 2000, winning silver in the singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and bronze in doubles (with Patri ...

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1964 births Living people Chinese male table tennis players Table tennis players from Guangdong People from Zhongshan Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games Olympic table tennis players of China Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

ITTF Legends Tour

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