Chen Zihe

Chen Zihe
Nation:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	February 29, 1968
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Penholder
Best world ranking :	3 (late 1991)

Chen Zihe ( Chinese  陈 子 荷 , Pinyin Chén Zǐhé ; born February 29, 1968 ) is a Chinese table tennis player . In doubles with Gao Jun , she was world champion in 1991 and second at the 1992 Olympic Games .

Career

Chen Zihe achieved her first international successes at the Asian Youth Championships, where she was part of the winning team in 1983 and 1986 and was also Asian champion in doubles with Gao Lijuan in 1986.

In the adult sector, she took part in all five world championships from 1987 to 1995 . Here she became world champion in doubles with Gao Jun in 1991 , with the Chinese team and in mixed with Xie Chaojie , she came second. 1989 and 1993 she won the team competition. In 1993 she reached the double semifinals with Gao Jun. In 1992 she qualified for participation in the Olympic Games . Here she and her double partner Gao Jun won the silver medal behind the Chinese Deng Yaping / Qiao Hong . In the individual, she was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Li Bun Hui (North Korea).

After 1995, it no longer appeared internationally. Various injuries affected her activities and in 1999 forced her to give up competitive sports.

Activities in Germany

Chen Zihe joined Bundesliga club VfB Lübeck in 1993 . In 1996 she moved to TSV Betzingen , a year later to Kasseler SV Auedamm , where she ended her active career in 1999.

Private

Chen Zihe is married to the Chinese table tennis player Xu Zengcai .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CHN	Asian Games	1990	Beijing	CHN	Semifinals	Semifinals	Semifinals	1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors)	1986	Nagoya	JPN		gold		1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors)	1983	Al-Manama	BRN	Semifinals			1
CHN	Olympic games	1992	Barcelona	ESP	Quarter finals	silver
CHN	World Championship	1995	Tianjin	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals	last 64
CHN	World Championship	1993	Gothenburg	SWE	Quarter finals	Semifinals	last 16	1
CHN	World Championship	1991	Chiba City	JPN	last 32	gold	silver	2
CHN	World Championship	1989	Dortmund	FRG	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	last 16	1
CHN	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	last 32	Quarter finals	last 16
CHN	World Doubles Cup	1992	Las Vegas	United States		Semifinals
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	1991	Barcelona	ESP				1
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	1990	Hokkaido, Aomori, Niig	JPN				1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ITTF world rankings from 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 19, 2012)  
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1994/8 page 19 - Some sources give February 28, 1968 as the birthday, e.g. Sports-Reference.com (accessed on August 19, 2012)
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1996/10 page 33 + 1999/3 page 20
4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/6 page 23
5. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1996/5 Page 23
6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/6 page 23
7. ↑ Friedhard Teuffel: The China Kracher Article from October 16, 2011 on tagesspiegel.de (accessed on August 26, 2017)
8. ^ Chen Zihe results from ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed August 19, 2012)

Web links

• Chen Zihe in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed August 19, 2012)
• Image by Chen Zihe on sina.com (Chinese) (accessed August 30, 2012)

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, Zihe is the first name.