Qin Zhijian

Qin Zhijian
Qin as a coach at the 2013 World Cup
Nation:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	5th October 1976
Place of birth:	Zhenjiang
Playing hand:	left handed
How to play:	Penholder
Best world ranking :	29 (February and March 2003)

Qin Zhijian ( Chinese  秦志戩  /  秦志戬 , Pinyin Qín Zhìjiăn ; born October 5, 1976 in Zhenjiang ) is a former Chinese table tennis player . He played successfully in men's and mixed doubles.

With Yang Ying he won bronze in mixed at the 1999 World Championships , and in 2001 the couple became world champions. In 2003 Qin Zhijian took bronze again in mixed, this time with Niu Jianfeng . At the beginning of 2006 he ended his career as a competitive athlete in order to continue working as a trainer.

Qin has been the head coach of the men's national team and long-time coach of Ma Long since spring 2017 .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CHN	Pro tour	2003	Malmo	SWE	last 64	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	last 64	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 64	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2002	Farum	THE	last 32	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2002	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	silver	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2002	Qingdao City	CHN	silver	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	1999	Linz / Wels	AUT	last 32	silver
CHN	Pro tour	1999	Bremen	GER	last 32	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	Rd 1	gold
CHN	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Sundsvall	SWE		gold
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Belgrade	YUG	Rd 1	gold
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Courmayeur	ITA		silver
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Beirut	LIB	last 16	gold
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Jinan City	CHN	last 16	gold
CHN	Pro tour	1998	Melbourne	OUT	Rd 1	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	1996	Boras	SWE		Semifinals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2002	Stockholm	SWE	last 16	Semifinals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1998	Paris	FRA		silver
CHN	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA		Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	no participants	no participants	gold
CHN	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	no participants	last 32	Semifinals

Web links

• Qin Zhijian Article about Qin Zhijian on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 8, 2016)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2007/5, page 44
2. ↑ Qin Zhijian results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 8, 2016)

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