Xie Saike (born 1961/62) is a male former

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player from China. He was the 1981 World Champion in mixed doubles.

Career

Xie won the

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...

singles title in New Delhi, India. Xie was twice runner-up at these Championships in 1982 (

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) and 1980 (Calcutta, now

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).Asian Championships
ATTU Retrieved 9 March 2011 He finally won gold in three categories (single, doubles (men and mixed)) at the 7th Asian Championships held in 1983 in

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, Pakistan. Xie was twice runner-up in doubles (men) at the 1981 World Championships in Novi Sad and 1983 World Championships in Tokyo.Singles:Champions
World Sports Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2011 He was the runner-up at the World Cup held in

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in 1981.Xie Saike
International Table Tennis Federation Retrieved 9 March 2011

Beijing Olympics

Xie was one of the torch runners in

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for the

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in Beijing.Photo: Torchbearer and former table tennis world champion Xie Saike waves to people
Beijing 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2011

References

Chinese male table tennis players Living people Year of birth uncertain Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games 1960s births Table tennis players from Guangxi People from Liuzhou World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub