Li Ching (; born 7 March 1975 in Doumen, Guangdong, China) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong. He is best known for the joint silver medal he won for Hong Kong at the Athens Olympic in 2004.

Career

Born in

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, Li joined the Chinese national table tennis team in 1990, and won second place at the men's single table tennis competition at the National Cup in China. Li's performance during his time at the Chinese national team fluctuated wildly, due primarily to switching of tactics. In 1994, Li withdrew from the Chinese national team for health reason, and moved to Hong Kong to join its national table tennis team. During Li's time on the Hong Kong team, he paired up with Ko Lai Chak as a duo, and achieved legendary status after the duo's silver medal win in Athens. In 2006, the duo won a pair of gold medal in their category at the Asian Games held in

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. Li himself did not do as well in the solo table tennis discipline, being defeated by fellow Chinese athletes during the semi-final stages. Li is now a table tennis coach and led the Hong Kong women's team to a bronze at the

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External links

Hong Kong Sports Star Interviews – Li Ching
1975 births Living people Hong Kong male table tennis players Olympic silver medalists for Hong Kong Olympic table tennis players of Hong Kong People from Zhuhai Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in table tennis World Table Tennis Championships medalists Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Hong Kong Asian Games bronze medalists for Hong Kong Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Table tennis players from Guangdong {{HongKong-tabletennis-bio-stub