Liang Geliang () is a male former international

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player from

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Table tennis career

From 1971 to 1979 he won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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and in the

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. His thirteen World Championship medals included six

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s; three in the team event, one in the doubles at the

1977 World Table Tennis Championships The 1977 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Birmingham at the then newly opened National Exhibition Centre, from March 28 to April 7, 1977. Organisation During these Championships, players and officials stayed at the Student Accommodat ...

with

Li Zhenshi Li Zhenshi (), is a male Chinese table tennis player and coach. Table tennis career From 1974 to 1981, Zhenshi won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Champi ...

and two in the mixed doubles with Li Li and Ge Xin'ai respectively.

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Chinese male table tennis players Living people Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1974 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China 1950 births Table tennis players from Guangxi People from Yulin, Guangxi {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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