Hu Heming (born 21 March 1994) is an Australian

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player who has competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Hu started playing table tennis in his garage when he was six years old. He moved to China at age 16 to pursue his table tennis career. Hu attended Lyndale Secondary College in

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Career

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, the team of

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and Heming advanced to the round of 16 where they were beaten by Japan 3–0. His highest Men's World Ranking was 61 in September 2019, and number 1 in the Australia and Oceania Region for 4 years (2017-2021), before he announced his retirement on March 21, 2022. Heming represented Australia at the 2014 & 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is the 2018 & and 2019 Oceania Cup Champion and qualified to represent Australia at the 2018 and 2019 Men's World Cups.

References

1994 births Living people Australian male table tennis players Australian people of Chinese descent Sportspeople of Chinese descent Olympic table tennis players for Australia Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Australian people Place of birth missing (living people) People educated at Lyndale Secondary College {{Australia-tabletennis-bio-stub