Xu Shaofa (Hsu Shao-Fa) (born 1947), is a male former international

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player from China.

Table tennis career

He won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...

at the

1975 World Table Tennis Championships The 1975 World Table tennis, Table Tennis Championships were held in Calcutta, India, The entire tournament was held at the newly constructed Netaji Indoor Stadium, from 6 February – 16 February 1975. Results Team Individual References ...

with Li Zhenshi,

Liang Geliang Liang Geliang () is a former international table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1971 to 1979 he won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Champ ...

, Lu Yuansheng and

Li Peng Li Peng (; 20 October 1928 – 22 July 2019) was a Chinese politician who served as the 4th premier of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from ...

as part of the Chinese team. In addition he won a

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

in 1973.

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Chinese male table tennis players Living people 1947 births People from Changbai Korean Autonomous County Table tennis players from Jilin Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China World Table Tennis Championships medalists 20th-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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