Chen Longcan

Chen Longcan ( Chinese  陈龙灿 , Pinyin Chén Lóngcàn ; born March 30, 1965 in Chengdu , Sichuan ) is a Chinese table tennis player . He is world champion and Olympic champion in doubles as well as two-time team world champion.

successes

Chen Longcan usually played doubles with fellow countryman Wei Qingguang . Between 1985 and 1989, Chen Longcan took part in three world championships . In 1985 he reached the singles final, which he lost to Jiang Jialiang (China). With the Chinese team he won the gold medal, which he defended two years later. In 1987 he was also world champion in doubles. In 1987 he was runner-up with the Chinese team. In doubles and mixed (with Gao Jun ) he reached the semifinals.

In 1988 he was nominated for the Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in doubles with Wei Qingguang.

From 1991 to 2000, Chen Longcan played in Japan, after which he ended his active career. He trained the Japanese Ai Fukuhara for a year , and in 2001 he returned to China.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	competition	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1988	Niigata	JPN	gold	gold	Quarter finals	1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1986	Shenzhen	CHN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1984	Islamabad	PAH	silver	silver	Semifinals	1
CHN	Asian Cup	1989	Beijing	CHN	3
CHN	Asian Cup	1988	Manila	PHI	2
CHN	Asian Cup	1987	Seoul	COR	2
CHN	Asian Cup	1985	Singapore	SGP	1
CHN	Asian Games	1990	Beijing	CHN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Asian Games	1986	Seoul	COR		Quarter finals		2
CHN	Olympic games	1988	Seoul	COR	6th	Gold medal
CHN	World Championship	1989	Dortmund	FRG	last 32	Semifinals	Semifinals	2
CHN	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	Quarter finals	gold	last 16	1
CHN	World Championship	1985	Gothenburg	SWE	silver	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	1
CHN	World cup	1990	Chiba City	JPN	3
CHN	World cup	1988	Canton & Wuhan	CHN	silver
CHN	World cup	1986	Port of Spain	TRI	gold
CHN	World cup	1985	Foshan	CHN	4th
CHN	World Doubles Cup	1990	Seoul	COR		Quarter finals
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	1990	Hokkaido, Aomori, Niig	JPN				2

Web links

• chinadaily.com (engl.)
• USATT Magazine

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chen Longcan in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) - Articles in WPs in other languages ​​give March 21, 1965 as the date of birth without a source.
2. ^ ITTF statistics ( memento from December 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on September 4, 2011)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chen is the family name here, Longcan is the first name.