Xu Yinsheng (; born 12 May 1938 in
Shanghai
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) is a male former
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 from
China
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.
Table tennis career
From 1959 to 1965 he won seven medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the
World Table Tennis Championships
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.
His seven World Championship medals included four
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
s; three in the team event and one in the doubles with
Zhuang Zedong
Zhuang Zedong (Chuang Tse-tung; August 25, 1940 – February 10, 2013) was a Chinese table tennis player, three-time world men's singles champion and champion at numerous other table tennis events and a well-known political personality during ...
at the
1965 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1965 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia from April 15 to April 25, 1965.
Medalists Team
Individual
References
External linksITTF Museum
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He was the coach of the national team in Nagoya 1971 World Championship.
Professional Achievements
He was president of the
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national 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 p ...
from 1995, following the sudden death of
Sven-Olof Hammarlund, till 1999, when he was succeeded by the Canadian
Adham Sharara
Adham Sharara (born Cairo 24 March 1953) is a Canadian sports official. He is current Chairman and Honorary President of the International Table Tennis Federation, having succeeded Xu Yinsheng
Xu Yinsheng (; born 12 May 1938 in Shanghai) is ...
.
He has been inducted in the
ITTF Hall of Fame This page lists the members inducted in the ITTF Hall of Fame – founded in 1993 – in the order as they appear in the official hall of fame maintained by the International Table Tennis Federation. The ITTF Hall of Fame includes both table tennis ...
in 2010.
Other significance
On the eve of the
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
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, Xu's advice for playing ping pong was viewed as informative also in the context of commerce, and as endorsed by
People's Daily
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, it was promoted as relevant inspiration for retail workers.
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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ITTF Hall of Fame This page lists the members inducted in the ITTF Hall of Fame – founded in 1993 – in the order as they appear in the official hall of fame maintained by the International Table Tennis Federation. The ITTF Hall of Fame includes both table tennis ...
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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
External links
The ITTF Hall of Fame
1938 births
Living people
Chinese male table tennis players
Presidents of the International Table Tennis Federation
Table tennis players from Shanghai
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