Xie Saike

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Xie Saike
Full nameXIE Saike
Nationality China
Born (1961-08-31) 31 August 1961 (age 62)
Medal record
Men's Table tennis
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 New Delhi Singles
Gold medal – first place 1982 New Delhi Double (Mixed)
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Novi Sad Doubles (Mixed)
Silver medal – second place 1981 Novi Sad Doubles (Men)
Silver medal – second place 1983 Tokyo Doubles (Men)

Xie Saike (born 31 August 1961) is a male former table tennis player from China. He was the 1981 World Champion in mixed doubles.[1]

Career

Xie won the 1982 Asian Games singles title in New Delhi, India.[2]

Xie was twice runner-up at these Championships in 1982 (Jakarta) and 1980 (Calcutta, now Kolkata).[3] He finally won gold in three categories (single,[3] doubles (men and mixed)) at the 1984 Asian Table Tennis Championships held in Islamabad, Pakistan.[citation needed]

Xie was twice runner-up in doubles (men) at the 1981 World Championships in Novi Sad and 1983 World Championships in Tokyo.[4]

He was the runner-up at the World Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1981.[5]

Beijing Olympics

Xie was one of the torch runners in Nanning for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[6]

References

  1. ^ Mixed:Champions World sport Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2011
  2. ^ "Asian Games-Singles". World Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b Asian Championships Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine ATTU Retrieved 9 March 2011
  4. ^ Singles:Champions World Sports Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2011
  5. ^ Xie Saike International Table Tennis Federation Retrieved 9 March 2011
  6. ^ Photo: Torchbearer and former table tennis world champion Xie Saike waves to people Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Beijing 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2011