Wei Qingguang

Wei Qingguang ( Chinese  韋 晴 光  /  韦 晴 光 , Pinyin Wéi Qíngguāng , Japanese reading I Seikō ) later Iseki Seikō ( Japanese 偉 関 晴 光 ; born July 2, 1962 in Nanning (China)) is a table tennis player who previously worked for China and plays for Japan today. He is world champion and Olympic champion in doubles.

successes

Wei Qingguang is left-handed. At the national Chinese championships he won singles, mixed and with the team in 1984, a year later in doubles and mixed.

Wei Qingguang usually played doubles with compatriot Chen Longcan . Between 1987 and 2001, Wei Qingguang took part in six world championships . He competed for China at four World Cups, but was only used in the individual competitions. In 1987 he became world champion in doubles, in 1989 they reached the semi-finals, where they were beaten by Roßkopf / Fetzner . In 1988 he was nominated for the Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in doubles with Chen Longcan.

In May 1991 he moved from China to Japan. From 1998 he started under Japanese nationality and took the name Iseki Seiko . In 1999 he became the Japanese national champion. He started for Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2000 and 2001 World Championships.

Note: In this article, the family name is placed before the proper name of the person. This is the usual order in Chinese culture. Wei / I / Iseki is the family name here, Qingguang / Seikō is the proper name.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
JPN	Asian Championship ATTU	2000	Doha	QAT	last 16	Semifinals	Quarter finals
JPN	Asian Championship ATTU	1998	Osaka	JPN	silver
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1988	Niigata	JPN	Semifinals	gold	Semifinals	1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1986	Shenzhen	CHN	last 16	silver	Quarter finals
CHN	Asian Cup	1988	Manila	PHI	1
CHN	Asian Cup	1987	Seoul	COR	9
CHN	Asian Cup	1986	Karachi	PAH	1
JPN	Asian Games	1998	Bangkok	THA	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
CHN	Asian Games	1990	Beijing	CHN	silver	silver	gold
JPN	ASIA TOP12	1999	Kish Island	IRI	Semifinals
JPN	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	last 32	last 16
CHN	Olympic games	1988	Seoul	COR	no participants	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2002	Eindhoven	NED	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2002	Magdeburg	GER	last 32
JPN	Pro tour	2001	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2001	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2001	Chatham	CLOSELY	Semifinals	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2000	Umeå	SWE	silver	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2000	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2000	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2000	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 16	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2000	Kobe City	JPN	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2000	Chang Chun City	CHN	last 16	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2000	Zagreb	HRV	Quarter finals	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	last 32	Rd 1
JPN	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	1999	Melbourne	OUT	Quarter finals	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	1999	Zagreb	HRV	Semifinals	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	1999	Doha	QAT	Rd 1	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	1998	Sundsvall	SWE	Rd 1	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	1998	Wakayama	JPN	Rd 1	Rd 1
JPN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2000	Kobe City	JPN	last 16	Quarter finals
JPN	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 64	last 16	no participants	13
JPN	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				3-4
CHN	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 32	last 32	last 128
CHN	World Championship	1991	Chiba City	JPN	last 32	last 16	Quarter finals
CHN	World Championship	1989	Dortmund	FRG	no participants	Semifinals	Quarter finals
CHN	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	no participants	gold	last 32
CHN	World Doubles Cup	1990	Seoul	COR		Quarter finals

swell

• Wei became Seiko Iseki , DTS magazine , 1999/2 p. 18

Web links

• Wei Qingguang in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed October 9, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/4 p. 11
2. ^ Wei Qingguang results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 14, 2011)