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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.
Xu Yinsheng (Hsu Yin-Sheng)
Personal information
Nationality China
Born (1938-05-12) 12 May 1938
Shanghai
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Ljubljana Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1965 Ljubljana Team
Silver medal – second place 1963 Prague Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1963 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Beijing Singles
Gold medal – first place 1961 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Dortmund Team

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.

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.

He has been inducted in the ITTF Hall of Fame in 2010.

Other significance

On the eve of the Great Proletarian 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]

See also

References
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  6. Coderre, Laurence (2021). Newborn socialist things : materiality in Maoist China. Durham: Duke University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-4780-2161-2. OCLC 1250021710.


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