Guo Yuehua (Kuo Yao-Hua) is a former Chinese

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player.

Table tennis career

From 1976 to 1983, Yuehua won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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, Table Tennis World Cup, and

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. The eleven World Championship medals included six

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s; two in the men's singles at the

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and

1983 World Table Tennis Championships The 1983 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo. between 28 April–9 May 1983. Results Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Tabl ...

, three in the men's team event and one in the mixed doubles at the

with

Ni Xialian Ni Xia Lian (; born 4 July 1963) is a Chinese-born table tennis player who represents Luxembourg since 1991. She was born in Shanghai, and resides in Ettelbruck. Career Ni won team and mixed doubles gold medals for China in the 1983 World Tabl ...

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Living people Chinese male table tennis players Table tennis players from Fujian People from Xiamen 1956 births Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1978 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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