Cai Zhenhua (; ; born 3 September 1961 in Wuxi,

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with it ...

) is a male former table tennis player from

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. He is the vice Chairman and the Secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, 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 the president of the

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

from 2014 to 2019 and is replaced by Chen Xuyuan, the Chinese Badminton Association 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 ta ...

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 regarded as continental championships by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). 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 me ...

. He worked as the lead coach of the Chinese men's team from 1991 to 2004, during which he played 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 Chinese Badminton Association 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 All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

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 {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub Nanjing Sport Institute alumni Chinese football administrators