Wang Jiasheng (table tennis)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Jiasheng
Nationality China
Born (1943-12-23) 23 December 1943 (age 80)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Beijing Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Prague Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Ljubljana Doubles

Wang Jiasheng (Chinese: 王家声; Wade–Giles: Wang Chia-sheng; born 23 December 1943) is a former Chinese table tennis player and coach. He was a member of the Chinese team that won the men's team gold medal at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships in Prague.

Biography

Wang was born in Bijie, Guizhou Province, and became a table tennis player in 1958. A year later, he was chosen into the Chinese national team. At the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships in Prague, 19-year-old Wang Jiasheng was a member of the Chinese team (along with Zhuang Zedong, Li Furong, Xu Yinsheng, and Zhang Xielin) that defeated Japan to win the men's team championship, for the second time in Chinese history. Wang also won the bronze medal three times in men's doubles of the 1961, 1963, and 1965 world championships, with partners Zhou Lansun and Li Furong.[1][2][3][4]

After retiring from his playing career, Wang worked at two factories in

2008 Beijing Olympics.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Men's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ a b 老国手王家声的乒乓人生 (in Chinese). Xinhua. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012.
  4. ^ a b 火炬手有两个"王家声" 六旬乒坛名将忆往昔岁月. Netease (in Chinese). 2008-06-12. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wang_Jiasheng_(table_tennis)&oldid=1169856315"