Shen Qiang (; born May 11, 1990, in

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) is a Canadian table tennis player of Chinese origin. As of August 2010, Shen is ranked no. 366 in the world by the

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(ITTF). He is also right-handed, and uses the shakehand grip. Shen started his sporting career, when he became a member of the provincial table tennis team in

at the age of eleven. He set an early success by winning the 12-and-under division in the men's singles at the national table tennis championships, before he moved with his family to

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, Canada in 2004. Despite his lack of English, Shen obtained a citizenship, studied at

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, and worked as a resident athlete for the National Table Tennis Centre, under his personal and head coach Marles Martins. Shen made his international debut at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major Americas, continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Ol ...

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, where he earned a bronze medal, along with his fellow table tennis players

Pradeeban Peter-Paul Pradeeban Peter-Paul (born May 17, 1977) is a Tamil Canadian table tennis player. Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Pradeeban Peter-Paul emigrated with his family to Germany at the age of 11. It was in Würzburg, Germany that Peter-Paul learned table ...

and

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, in the men's team event. Shen qualified for the inaugural men's team event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, by receiving a continental spot for the Americas from ITTF's Computer Team Ranking List. Shen and his teammates Pradeeban Peter-Paul and

Wilson Zhang Wilson Zhang (also Zhang Peng, ; born 23 September 1979 in Anda, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China) is a Canadian table tennis player of Chinese origin. As of January 2010, Zhang is ranked no. 140 in the world by the International Table ...

placed fourth in the preliminary pool round, against Germany, Croatia, and Singapore, receiving a total of three points and three straight losses.

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Profile – Canadian Olympic Team

1990 births Living people Canadian male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Canada Table tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Chinese emigrants to Canada People from Jixi Table tennis players from Heilongjiang Pan American Games medalists in table tennis Naturalised table tennis players Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Canada-tabletennis-bio-stub