Fu Chi Fong (also Fu Qifang; ; 1923 – 16 April 1968) was a Chinese international

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player.

Table tennis career

He won a

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at the

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in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) when representing Hong Kong. Five years later he won another bronze at the

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in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Hu Ping-chuan, Chiang Yung-Ning,

Wang Chuanyao Wang Chuanyao (, March, 1931 – November 19, 2007) was a male table tennis player from China. From 1956 to 1961 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Champio ...

and Zhuang Jiafu for China.

Personal life

He was born in Yin County,

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, and lived in Hong Kong for some time before returning to mainland China. During the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

he, along with fellow table tennis players Jiang Yongning and Yong Guotang, was accused of being a spy simply for the fact that he was originally from Hong Kong. Due to the public humiliation and physical torture inflicted upon him, he was driven to suicide by hanging in Beijing in 1968. Chiang Yung-Ning and Yong Guaotang were also forced into suicide by the same public harassment and torture. He was politically rehabilitated in 1978.

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1923 births 1968 deaths Hong Kong male table tennis players Sportspeople from Ningbo Suicides during the Cultural Revolution Table tennis players from Zhejiang Chinese male table tennis players Suicides by hanging in China Communist rehabilitations {{HongKong-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

Personal life

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