Cai Zhenhua (; ; born 3 September 1961 in

Wuxi Wuxi ( zh, s=无锡, p=Wúxī, ) is a city in southern Jiangsu, China. As of the 2024 census, it had a population of 7,495,000. The city lies in the southern Yangtze delta and borders Lake Tai. Notable landmarks include Lihu Park, the Mt. Lings ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

) is a former

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player from

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. He is the vice Chairman and the Secretary of the Secretariat of the

All-China Federation of Trade Unions The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is the national trade union center and people's organization of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest trade union in the world with 302 million members in 1,713,000 primary tra ...

, the former deputy Director of

State General Administration of Sports The General Administration of Sport () is the government agency responsible for sports in mainland China. It is subordinate to the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It also administers the All-China Sports Federation and Chinese O ...

, and was the president of the

Chinese Football Association The Chinese Football Association (), abbreviated as CFA (), is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams an ...

from 2014 to 2019 and was replaced by

Chen Xuyuan Chen Xuyuan (; born 1956) is a Chinese politician. He served as the president of Chinese Football Association from August 2019 to October 2023. He was president of Shanghai International Port Group before being elected to serve as CFA president. ...

, the

Chinese Badminton Association Chinese Badminton Association () is a national non-governmental, non-profit sports organisation in China. It represents China in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) as well as the sport of badminton in ...

and the

Chinese Table Tennis Association Chinese Table Tennis Association () is a national non-governmental, nonprofit sports organization in the People's Republic of China. It represents China in the International Table Tennis Federation and the Asian Table Tennis Union, as well as the ...

Career

From 1980 to 1985 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

Asian Table Tennis Championships The Asian Table Tennis Championships is a biennial table tennis tournament that the International Table Tennis Federation regards as a continental championship. From 1952 to 1972, the tournament was organized by the Table Tennis Federation of Asi ...

and in the

World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men ...

. He worked as the lead coach of the Chinese men's team from 1991 to 2004, playing an important role in leading the Chinese team to its comeback. In April 2007, Cai became the deputy Director of

. He was elected as the president of the

on 18 February 2009 and the president of the

on 27 February 2009. On 21 January 2014, he was elected as the president of the

. In September 2018, Cai was appointed as the vice Chairman and the Secretary of the Secretariat of the

References

1961 births Living people Chinese male table tennis players Sportspeople from Wuxi Badminton in China Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Table tennis players from Jiangsu Nanjing Sport Institute alumni Chinese football administrators 20th-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub