Ge Xin'ai (; born 1953) is a former international

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player from

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Table tennis career

From 1975 to 1979 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships, and in the

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. The nine World Championship medals included five

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s; one in the singles at the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships, three in the team event and one in the mixed doubles at the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships with Liang Geliang.

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Chinese female table tennis players Living people 1953 births Table tennis players from Henan Sportspeople from Zhengzhou {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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