Qiu Zhonghui

Qiu Zhonghui also known as Chiu Chung-Hui is a former international table-tennis player from China and won China's first women's world title in the World Table Tennis Championships of 1961.[1][2]

Qiu Zhonghui
Full nameQIU Zhonghui/CHIU Chung-Hui/丘钟惠
Nationality China
Born1935
Tengchong, Yunnan, China
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Prague Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Prague Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Prague Team
Gold medal – first place 1961 Beijing Singles
Silver medal – second place 1961 Beijing Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1961 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Dortmund Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Dortmund Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Dortmund Team
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Team

Table tennis career

From 1956 to 1963 she won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[3]

The ten World Championship medals[4] [5] included a gold medal in the singles at the 1961 World Table Tennis Championships.[6] [7]

See also

References
  1. HUI, QIU ZHONG. "Laugh at life - China's first women's world champion Qiu Zhonghui readme soft hardcover(Chinese Edition)(Old-Used)" – via Biblio.com.
  2. "人民日报". www.people.com.cn.
  3. ITTF_Database Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  5. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  6. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  7. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.


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