Xu Yinsheng

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Xu Yinsheng

Xu Yinsheng (Chinese: 徐寅生; Wade–Giles: Hsü Yin-sheng; born 12 May 1938 in Shanghai) is a male former table tennis player from China.

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Xu Yinsheng (Hsu Yin-Sheng)
Personal information
Nationality China
Born (1938-05-12) 12 May 1938 (age 86)
Shanghai
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
1965 LjubljanaDoubles
1965 LjubljanaTeam
1963 PragueDoubles
1963 PragueTeam
1961 BeijingSingles
1961 BeijingTeam
1959 DortmundTeam
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Table tennis career

From 1959 to 1965 he won seven medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]

His seven World Championship medals[2][3] included four gold medals; three in the team event and one in the doubles with Zhuang Zedong at the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5] He was the coach of the national team in Nagoya 1971 World Championship.[citation needed]

Professional achievements

He was president of the International Table Tennis Federation from 1995, following the sudden death of Sven-Olof Hammarlund, till 1999, when he was succeeded by the Canadian Adham Sharara.[citation needed]

He has been inducted in the ITTF Hall of Fame in 2010.[citation needed]

Other significance

On the eve of the Cultural Revolution, Xu's advice for playing ping pong was viewed as informative also in the context of commerce, and as endorsed by People's Daily, it was promoted as relevant inspiration for retail workers.[6]

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