Qi Baoxiang

Qi Baoxiang (* around 1961) is a Chinese table tennis player who won titles at the Asian and World Championships in the 1980s.

Career

Qi Baoxiang was trained at a table tennis boarding school in Baoding. In 1980 she was Asian champion in singles and with the Chinese team, in doubles and mixed, she reached the semifinals. In 1981 , 1983 and 1985 she was nominated for the world championship . She won bronze three times, namely in 1983 and 1985 in singles and 1985 in doubles with Tong Ling . In 1981 she became world champion with the Chinese team.

In the ITTF world rankings , Qi Baoxiang was ranked third in early 1981. After 1985, it no longer appeared internationally.

After the end of her career, Qi Baoxiang worked as the Chinese national coach.

Private

Qi Baoxiang has a younger sister named Chai Po Wa who played for Hong Kong in the 1990s.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1980	Calcutta	IND	gold	Semifinals	Semifinals	1
CHN	World Championship	1985	Gothenburg	SWE	Semifinals	Semifinals	Quarter finals
CHN	World Championship	1983	Tokyo	JPN	Semifinals	no participants	Quarter finals
CHN	World Championship	1981	Novi Sad	YUG	Quarter finals	no participants	no participants	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to Beijing Review, 1980, Page 115 Qi Baoxiang was 19 years old in 1980 (accessed October 9, 2011)
2. ^ Hebei Zhengding Training Center ( Memento from January 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed February 20, 2016)
3. ↑ World rankings 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) (accessed on October 9, 2011)
4. ↑ Mikael Andersson: Like a wind from the north (2003 ) (accessed October 9, 2011)
5. ↑ Second language English in world of table tennis - May 24, 2007 (accessed October 8, 2012)
6. ↑ Qi Baoxiang results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed October 9, 2011)

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