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 Asian Table Tennis Championships, 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 gold medals; two in the men's singles at the 1985 World Table Tennis Championships and

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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, Jean-Michel Saive and Jean-Philippe Gatien.

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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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