Guo Yuehua

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Guo Yuehua ( Chinese  郭 躍華  /  郭 跃华 , Pinyin Guō Yuèhuá ; born February 4, 1956 in Xiamen ) is a Chinese table tennis player . He is two-time world champion in singles and three-time team world champion.

Sometimes his name is also given with Kuo Yue-hua or Guo Yaohua .

He grew up in south-east China and worked as a physical education teacher in Shanghai in the early 1980s.

World championships

Guo Yuehua took part in world championships four times , each time he reached the final in the individual.

At the 1977 World Cup in Birmingham, he won the title with the Chinese team. In the singles he reached the final, in which he was defeated by the Japanese Mitsuru Kohno .

In 1979 he was again runner-up, this time he lost the final against Seiji Ono (Japan), which he gave up in the 4th set because of a torn muscle. In doubles he came third with Liang Geliang , with the Chinese team he came second behind Hungary.

In 1981 he won the singles title for the first time in front of his compatriot Cai Zhenhua . He was also first with the team. In doubles he took silver with Xie Saike (China).

Guo Yuehua was most successful at the 1983 World Cup in Tokyo. Here he won three titles: In the individual again in front of Cai Zhenhua, in the mixed with Ni Xialian (China) and with the Chinese team.

retreat

After the 1983 World Cup, Guo Yuehua announced his retirement from international competitive sport. He started studying pedagogy at Fujian University and then worked as a physical education teacher trainer. The Fujian Province government appointed him vice director of the sports committee, but he never served in that position.

Time in Germany

In 1987 Guo Yuehua was signed by SSV Reutlingen for the Bundesliga . Here he played until 1992, then at Hertha BSC . In 1993 he returned to China.

Private

Guo Yuehua is the son of a teacher. He grew up in a family of six. He married Shen Yan in 1983 and has a son (* 1986).

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
CHN  Asian Championship ATTU  1982  Jakarta  INA   Semifinals  gold  silver  1
CHN  Asian Championship ATTU  1980  Calcutta  IND   Semifinals  gold  silver  1
CHN  Asian Championship ATTU  1978  Kuala Lumpur  MAS   gold  silver  silver  1
CHN  Asian Championship ATTU  1976  Pyongyang  PRK   silver  Quarter finals    1
CHN  Asian Games  1982  New Delhi  IND   Quarter finals  Semifinals    1
CHN  Asian Games  1978  Bangkok  THA   silver  gold  gold  1
CHN  World Championship  1983  Tokyo  JPN   gold  no participants  gold  1
CHN  World Championship  1981  Novi Sad  YUG   gold  silver  Quarter finals  1
CHN  World Championship  1979  Pyongyang  PRK   silver  Semifinals  Quarter finals  2
CHN  World Championship  1977  Birmingham  CLOSELY   silver  last 16  last 16  1
CHN  World cup  1982  Hong Kong  HKG   gold       
CHN  World cup  1981  Kuala Lumpur  MAS        
CHN  World cup  1980  Hong Kong  HKG   gold       

literature

  • Oliver Hartmann: Guo Yuehua , DTS magazine , 1987/11 pp. 32-34 + 1987/12 p. 37
  • Rahul Nelson: The greatest will be remembered here, the Chinese stable management is also mentioned , magazine DTS , 1990/1 p. 46

Individual evidence

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