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Chinese table tennis player In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Xielin (Chang Shih-Lin)
Zhang Xielin in 1965.
Personal information
Nationality China
Born1940
Medal record
Representing  China
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1961 singles
Bronze medal – third place 1963 singles
Gold medal – first place 1963 doubles
Gold medal – first place 1963 team
Gold medal – first place 1965 team
Silver medal – second place 1965 doubles
Silver medal – second place 1965 mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 1971 mixed doubles

Zhang Xielin (born 1940) is a Chinese table-tennis player who carried the Olympic flag in 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Table tennis career

He used a distinctive pen-grip chopping technique and was active in the 1960s. Utilizing steady chops and unpredictable spins, He is one of the earliest successful long-pimple rubber players, and the first Chinese player to win a men's doubles champion (with Wang Zhiliang, at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships).

His eight World Championship medals included four gold medals; in addition to the men's doubles he won a mixed doubles with Lin Huiqing and two in the team event.

See also

References

  1. Zhang, Xielin. "Olympics - Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
World table tennis men's doubles champions
World table tennis mixed doubles champions
World table tennis men's team champions
Members of the ITTF Hall of Fame
Men's players
Women's players
Officers


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