Hey Zhiwen

Hey Zhiwen
Nation:	Spain
Date of birth:	January 31, 1962
Place of birth:	Huangyan
Playing hand:	left handed
How to play:	Penholder
Best world ranking :	24 (December 2007)

He Zhiwen ( Chinese  何志文 , Pinyin Hé Zhìwén ; born January 31, 1962 in Huangyan ) is a Spanish table tennis player of Chinese descent. In 2016 he qualified for the fourth time to participate in the Olympic Games.

Career

For China, He Zhiwen took part in the individual competitions of the world championships in 1985 and 1987 . In 1985 he won bronze in doubles with fan Changmao . He later moved to Spain and represented this country 13 times at world championships, the first time in 1997 . He did not come close to medal ranks. The Spanish Table Tennis Association also nominated him for the European Championships in 1998 , 2000 , 2007 , 2008 and 2011 . He qualified for the Summer Olympics four times, namely in 2004 , 2008 , 2012 and 2016 . In 2004 and 2008 he was the oldest table tennis player represented.

In 1989 he moved from China to the German Bundesliga for the Germania Schnelsen club , which he left again at the end of the same year for Caja General de Granada (Spain).

In 2016, He Zhiwen ended his career in the Spanish national team and internationally.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CHN	Asian Cup	1984	New Delhi	IND	6th place
CHN	Asian Cup	1983	Wuxi	CHN	6th place
ESP	European Championship	2012	Herning	THE	last 32
ESP	European Championship	2011	Gdańsk-Sopot	POLE	last 16
ESP	European Championship	2008	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 16
ESP	European Championship	2007	Belgrade	SRB	last 16
ESP	European Championship	2000	Bremen	GER	last 16		Quarter finals
ESP	European Championship	1998	Eindhoven	NED	last 16
ESP	EURO TOP12	2008	Frankfurt	GER	9th place
ESP	Mediterranean Games	2005	Almeria	ESP		silver
ESP	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 48
ESP	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 32
ESP	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 64
ESP	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64
ESP	Pro tour	2013	Almeria	ESP	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2012	Velenje	SLO	last 32	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2011	Almeria	ESP	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2011	Wladyslawowo	POLE	last 32
ESP	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	last 64	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 32
ESP	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SLO	last 32
ESP	Pro tour	2010	Budaörs	HUN	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	last 32
ESP	Pro tour	2009	Bremen	GER	last 32
ESP	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 16			3
ESP	Pro tour	2008	Santiago	CHI	last 16	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2008	Belo Horizonte	BRA	last 32	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2008	Velenje	SVN	last 32
ESP	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 16	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	last 64
ESP	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	silver	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2007	Nanjing	CHN	last 16	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 64	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2007	Seongnam	COR	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2006	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	Quarter finals
ESP	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2006	Jeonju	COR	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64
ESP	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 64
ESP	Pro tour	2002	Cairo	EGY	last 64
ESP	Pro tour	2000	Farum	THE	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	2000	Warsaw	POLE	Semifinals
ESP	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	last 32
ESP	Pro tour	1999	Linz / Wels	AUT	last 16	last 16
ESP	Pro tour	1999	Hopton-on-Sea	CLOSELY	last 64
ESP	Pro tour	1998	Courmayeur	ITA	last 32	last 64
ESP	Pro tour	1997	Lyon	FRA	last 32	last 64
ESP	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 32
ESP	Pro tour	1997	Kettering	CLOSELY	last 64	last 64
ESP	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 32	last 32	last 32
ESP	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				21st
ESP	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 64	last 64
ESP	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 32
ESP	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				15th
ESP	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	last 32	no participants
ESP	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				26th
ESP	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 16	last 32
ESP	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				18th
ESP	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 64	last 32
ESP	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 64	last 32	last 128	24
ESP	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				21-24
ESP	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 32	Agony	no participants
ESP	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	Quarter finals	last 64	no participants	24
CHN	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	no participants	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
CHN	World Championship	1985	Gothenburg	SWE	last 16	Semifinals	no participants

Web links

• He Zhiwen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed June 24, 2014)
• He Zhiwen's biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 24, 2014)
• He Zhiwen Article about He Zhiwen on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 24, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ There are different sources for the date of birth: January 31, 1962 according to Olympic Sports , May 31, 1962 according to a biography (Spanish) ( Memento from February 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), May 12, 1962 according to DTS magazine , 1989/7 Page 20 + 1989/8 page 26
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1989/7 page 20 + 1989/8 page 26
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1990/1, page 10
4. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2016/11 page 6
5. ^ He Zhiwen results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 24, 2014)

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