Jiang Jialiang

Jiang Jialiang ( Chinese  江嘉良 , Pinyin Jiāng Jiāliáng ; born March 3, 1964 in Zhongshan ( Guangdong Province )) is a former Chinese table tennis professional . He was twice world champion in singles and three times with the Chinese team.

Athletic career

At the age of 7, Jiang Jialiang started playing table tennis in a sports boarding school. In 1976, he was invited to the team in Guangdong Province. Three years later he was discovered and promoted for the national team. The first successes were the individual victory at the international championships of Scandinavia in 1979 and of France in 1982.

In 1983 he was nominated for the first time for the world championship . Here he became world champion with the team of China. In the singles he finished 3rd, in the doubles he was runner- up with Xie Saike . In 1985 he became world champion in singles for the first time, and in 1987 he defended this title by winning the final over Jan-Ove Waldner . At these two World Championships he also won gold with the team from China, in 1987 he was still second in the mixed (with Jiao Zhimin ).

In 1987 the Chinese trade union awarded him the "May 1st Medal" for his services. In 1985 he was named "Guangdong Province Worker of the Year".

After the end of his active career, he worked abroad as a trainer and television commentator. He later returned to China and earned his living as a businessman in Pudong (Shanghai). In October 2002 he opened a table tennis school in Pudong.

Private

Jiang Jialiang is the son of a construction worker and a saleswoman. He still has six siblings. He is married to the actress Wu Yu Fong.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1988	Niigata	JPN	Semifinals	Quarter finals	silver	1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1986	Shenzhen	CHN	gold	Semifinals		1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1982	Jakarta	INA		silver	gold	1
CHN	Asian Cup	1985	Singapore	SIN	2
CHN	Asian Cup	1983	Wuxi	CHN	2
CHN	Asian Games	1986	Seoul	COR	Quarter finals	Quarter finals		2
CHN	Olympic games	1988	Seoul	COR	5	5
CHN	World Championship	1989	Dortmund	FRG	Quarter finals	last 32	no participants	2
CHN	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	gold	Quarter finals	silver	1
CHN	World Championship	1985	Gothenburg	SWE	gold	Semifinals	last 32	1
CHN	World Championship	1983	Tokyo	JPN	Semifinals	silver	no participants	1
CHN	World cup	1991	Kuala Lumpur	MAS	9-12 space
CHN	World cup	1988	Canton & Wuhan	United States	3
CHN	World cup	1987	Macau	CHN	silver
CHN	World cup	1986	Port of Spain	TRI	silver
CHN	World cup	1985	Foshan	CHN	3
CHN	World cup	1984	Kuala Lumpur	MAS	gold
CHN	World cup	1983	Barbados	0	9

literature

• Yi Gaochao: A hot head with a head: Jiang Jialiang , DTS magazine , 1988/5 pp. 34–36

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1996/8 p. 17
2. ↑ ITTF statistics ( memento of the original from September 30, 2007 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 September 9, 2011)