As a table tennis country, China has been at the top of the world of table tennis since the 90s. Over the years, many excellent table tennis players have also been born. The different careers of athletes are actually youth meals, so as members of the great history of table tennis, where are they now after retiring? Today I will take stock for everyone.
1. Deng Yaping The first Grand Slam winner. February 6, 1973. Olympic champion (4 times), 18 world champions.
Italistica ranked first in the world for 8 years. He was retired in September 1998.
After retiring from the military, he studied in the Department of Foreign Languages of Tsinghua University, and in September 2001, he went to the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom to pursue a postgraduate degree in contemporary Chinese studies. He obtained a master's degree in this field in 2002. In 2003, he became a staff member of the Development Department of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, and then went to Cambridge University to pursue a doctorate in economics. He graduated from Christ College, Cambridge, in 2008 with a PhD in land economics. Became the first top athlete to receive a Doctorate in the eight hundred years since the establishment of the University of Cambridge.
In 2004, he was transferred from the State General Administration of Sport to the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee and became the deputy director of the Olympic Village Department and the director of the office.
In 2008, he became the deputy director of the Equipment Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport.
In 2009, he became the deputy secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League.
In 2010, he became the deputy secretary-general of the People's Daily and the general manager of immediate search.
In December 2015, he was appointed as an adjunct professor at China University of Political Science and Law.
In December 2018, he was elected as a standing committee member of the 13th Executive Committee of the Henan Provincial Women's Federation.
In 2016, he and Yu Minhong established Henan Deng Yaping Sports Industry Investment Fund and served as CEO.
In March 2018, he participated in a variety show (Every Day Upward), and in May announced his entry into the film and television circle, investing in the filming of web dramas based on himself. In recent years, he has participated in many variety shows.
Deng Yaping
2. Wang Tao December 13, 1967
Olympic men's doubles champion, World Cup team champion, World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles and mixed doubles champion. He was elected as one of the top ten athletes in the country three times and was elected as the fifty stars of new Chinese sports.
In 1996, he retired from the army and entered the Xi'an Institute of Physical Education to study, and served as the head coach of the Bayi table tennis team.
In November 2017, he was appointed as the deputy director of the Small Ball Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports.
In December 2019, he was appointed as the director of the Handball and Softball Sports Management Center and the deputy secretary of the Party Committee.
Wang tao
3. Liu Guoliang January 10, 1976 China's first men's grand slam winner of table tennis.
Olympic men's singles and men's doubles gold medalist, World Cup men's singles and men's team champion, World Table Tennis Championships men's singles champion.
He retired in 2002. In 2003, he served as the head of the teaching and research team and the head coach of the men's team.
In August 2018, he was a candidate for the second IOC Lifetime Coaching Award. In December, he became the new president of the Table Tennis Association.
In July 2020, he became the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the newly formed Major League Baseball World Table Tennis (WTT).
In September 2021, the NOMINATION Committee of the ITTF announced the list of candidates for the executive vice chairman of the ITTF, and Liu Guoliang was selected.
Liu Guoliang
4. Kong Linghui October 18, 1975 Once ranked first in the world. The second Grand Slam winner of the national table tennis.
Olympic men's singles and men's doubles champion, World Table Tennis World Cup singles, doubles, men's team champion.
He retired on October 12, 2006 and coached the Chinese table tennis women's team in 2012. He is currently running the Purple Clay Pot business.
Kong Linghui
5. Wang Nan October 23, 1978 The second women's Grand Slam winner of national table tennis. 24 world champions.
There are 4 Olympic champions and 15 World Championship champions. World Cup winner.
He retired in 2008. He is currently the chairman of Weihai Nanhai Table Tennis Training Base Management Co., Ltd.
Wang Nan
6. Zhang Yining October 5, 1981 The third women's Grand Slam winner, the first double grand slam.
He was the defending Olympic champion and a double champion in 2004 and 2008.
On March 31, 2011, he chose to retire because he had no opponent. In April 2020, she was selected as the 21st Century Women's Table Tennis Dream Team of the International Table Tennis Federation. After retiring from the military, he served as the assistant dean of the Table Tennis Academy at the Shanghai Institute of Sport.
Zhang Yining
7. Wang Liqin, June 18, 1978
Olympic men's team champion, men's singles third place.
Retired on February 27, 2014.
On September 15, 2009, he was appointed as the assistant director of the Shanghai Table Tennis Badminton Center.
On December 1, 2018, he was elected as the vice chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association.
Wang Liqin
8. Marlene February 19, 1980 18 world champions. 4 World Cup winners
The only male athlete to win the Olympic men's singles, men's doubles and men's team titles at the same time. Zhang Yining won both women's singles, doubles and team titles.
He was decommissioned on 7 December 2013. In 2014, he took over as the director of Guangdong Table Tennis Center and the head coach of Guangdong Table Tennis.
In March 2017, he became the coach of the national table tennis team. He is currently in charge of Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen.
Miranda
9. Wang Hao December 15, 1983 Ranked first in the world for 27 consecutive months. 18 world championships.
Olympic silver medal (3), Olympic men's team champion (2). 3-time World Cup winner.
He retired on 21 December 2014. In 2016, he served as the coach of the Bayi Major Caravan.
In March 2017, he became the coach of the national table tennis team. He is currently in charge of Fan Zhendong.
In December 2019, he was nominated for CCTV Sports Personality Coach of the Year.
In 2020, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by the General Administration of Sports.
Wang Hao
10. Chen Xuan April 15, 1983 Olympic men's doubles champion. It is known as killing gods.
In November 2013, he became the head coach of Jiangsu table tennis men's team.
In December 2020, he was awarded the CoachIng Staff First Class Medal by the General Administration of Sports.
He is currently the table tennis coach of the national team.
Chen Xuan
11. Li Xiaoxia January 16, 1988 The fourth women's Grand Slam winner.
Singles gold medalist at the Olympic Games, World Cup and World Championships. Olympic women's team champions (2).
He retired in January 2017. Nowadays, it is mainly table tennis publicity work.
Li Xiaoxia
12. Liu Guozheng March 7, 1980 World Table Tennis Championships Men's Team Champion.
At the 46th World Table Tennis Championships, when playing against the Korean team, the Chinese team was pulled back from the "death line" with 7 match points and successfully won the championship. After that, everyone called it the "anti-Korean hero".
In April 2017, he became the coach of the men's team of the national table tennis team. He is currently in charge of Wang Chuqin.
Liu Guozheng
13. Qiu Yike January 18, 1985 World Cup Men's Team Champion.
On September 24, 2016, he led The Sichuan team to defeat Shanxi to win the women's team championship at the Championship, creating team history.
He is currently the coach of the national table tennis men's team.
14. Qin Zhijian October 5, 1976
He has won the World Cup Men's Team Championship and the World Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Champion
He officially retired as a coach in November 2005. He was listed in the list of table tennis coaches of the Chinese Olympic team at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and later served as the head coach of the men's team of the Chinese table tennis team and the secretary general of the Chinese Table Tennis Association.
He is currently in charge of Ma Long and Xu Xin.
Qin Zhijian
15. Ding Ning June 20, 1990 Fifth Grand Slam winner.
Olympic singles gold medal, team defending champion.
Retired in 2021. He was enrolled in Peking University for a master's degree. Served as a teaching assistant in the school's table tennis class.
Ding Ning
16. Xu Xin Ranked first in the world before January 8, 1990. It is known as the world's "golden left hand".
Olympic men's team defending champion, mixed doubles silver medal.
On October 3, 2021, he was elected vice president of the Asian Table Tennis Federation. Currently in active service.
Xu Xin
The Chinese table tennis team is a very great team, which has created countless miracles in the history of world table tennis, and thanks to these great athletes on the field, but also to those athletes and coaches who have paid silently. I wish the athletes after retirement to be happy and healthy, and I hope that they can continue to contribute to the cause of table tennis. I also hope that everyone will have more tolerance and understanding, and give us more support for national table tennis, which is the greatest respect for them. Full of positive energy!