Chen Weixing (Chinese: 陈卫星; pinyin: Chén Wèixīng, born April 27, 1972, Inner Mongolia, China) is an Austrian table tennis player of Chinese origin. He has played for SVS Lower Austria for several years.[1]
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Full name | Chen Weixing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Inner Mongolia, China | 27 April 1972||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing style | Attacking Chopper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chen found it difficult to be selected in China's competitive national team. He made it to the top 15 but the opportunity to play at world class level was limited. Therefore, he decided to venture to Europe, first to Hungary, then Germany then Austria. Chen is considered to be one of the best defensive players in the world, reaching his personal best ranking of World number 9 in 2006.[2]
Since the opening in 2011 Chen Weixing practices at the Werner Schlager Academy in Schwechat, Austria where he also works as a coach since 2015.
Success
edit- Winner of the European Champions League: 2007/2008
- Double European Champion 2002
- Vice European Cup 2005
- ETTU-European Cup in 2000, won the TTG Hoengen
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ITTF_Database". ITTF.com.
- ^ "World Ranking". ITTF.com.
External links
edit- CHEN Weixing at World Table Tennis
- CHEN Weixing at old.ittf.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-01-11)
- CHEN Weixing at ittfranking.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-08-02)
- Weixing CHEN at Olympics.com
- Chen Weixing at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)