Zhang Xielin

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Zhang Xielin (Chang Shih-Lin)
1965-7 1965Nian 28Jie Shi Jie Jin Biao Sai Zhang Xie Lin .jpg
Zhang Xielin in 1965.
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
BornJuly 1940
Medal record
Representing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1961 singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1963 singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1963 doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1963 team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1965 team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1965 doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1965 mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1971 mixed doubles

Zhang Xielin (born July 1940) is a Chinese table-tennis player who carried the Olympic flag in 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. [1]

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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 [2] [3] 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. [4] [5]

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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.