Wang Zhiliang (; 1941 – 15 September 2020) was a Chinese table tennis player and coach. At the

1963 World Table Tennis Championships The 1963 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Prague from April 5 to April 14, 1963. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Tabl ...

, he and partner

Zhang Xielin Zhang Xielin (born 1940) is a Chinese table-tennis player who carried the Olympic flag in 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. Table tennis career He was active in the 1960s and uses a rare pen-grip chopping style. Utilizing steady chops and ...

became the first Chinese duo to win the men's doubles gold medal in world championships.

Biography

Wang was born in

Xushui Xushui District () is a district of the city of Baoding, Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital c ...

, Hebei Province in 1941. He studied at

Tianjin University of Sport Tianjin University of Sport (), formerly translated as Tianjin Institute of Physical Education, is a university in Tianjin, China under the municipal government. The university was founded in August 1958. It was established to meet the needs for P ...

, and joined the Tianjin table tennis team in 1958. He was chosen into the Chinese national team in 1961. At the

in Prague, he and partner

became the first Chinese duo to win the men's doubles gold medal in world championships. They won the silver in the following 1965 championships in Ljubljana. After retiring from his playing career, Wang became the head coach of the national women's table tennis team in 1970, and the Chinese women's team won three gold medals at the

1971 World Table Tennis Championships The 1971 World Table Tennis Championships (31st) were held in Nagoya from March 28 to April 7, 1971. The Chinese players returned following a lengthy absence. The nations represented were Austria, Czechoslovakia, the People's Republic of China, ...

. After leaving the national team, he served as deputy director of the Tianjin municipal sports committee. Wang married Huang Yuhuan (黄玉环), a member of the national women's table tennis team, in 1968. They have two children. Because of the political turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, the couple moved to Hong Kong to join Huang's father. They both worked as table tennis coaches in Hong Kong.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Zhiliang 1941 births 2020 deaths Chinese male table tennis players Table tennis players from Baoding World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Biography

See also

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