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{{Short description|Chinese table tennis player}}
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'''Zheng Minzhi''' also known as '''Cheng Min-chih''' is a former international [[table tennis]] player from [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=minzhi-zheng-130250|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}</ref>
'''Zheng Minzhi''' also known as '''Cheng Min-chih''' is a former international [[table tennis]] player from [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=minzhi-zheng-130250|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}</ref>


==Table tennis career==
==Table tennis career==
Between 1965 and 1973 she won six medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the [[World Table Tennis Championships]].<ref>[http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=1199 ZHENG Minzhi/CHENG Min-Chih (CHN)]</ref> She later became a table tennis referee and coach.
Between 1965 and 1973 she won six medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the [[World Table Tennis Championships]].<ref>[http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=1199 ZHENG Minzhi/CHENG Min-Chih (CHN)]</ref> She later became a table tennis referee and coach.


Zheng Minzhi started playing table tennis when she was 12. She was selected for a sports school at 14, she and later attended a national sports institute. In 1965, she and her doubles partner [[Lin Huiqing]] won the [[gold medal]] at the [[1965 World Table Tennis Championships]] in the women's doubles in Yugoslavia. She was also part of the Chinese women's team that won the Corbillon Cup (team event) gold medal.<ref>{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700|year=2004|publisher=The Bath Press|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allabouttabletennis.com/world-table-tennis-championships-medal-winners.html|title=List of Winners|publisher=All About Table Tennis}}</ref>
Zheng Minzhi started playing table tennis when she was 12. She was selected for a sports school at 14, she and later attended a national sports institute. In 1965, she and her doubles partner [[Lin Huiqing]] won the [[gold medal]] at the [[1965 World Table Tennis Championships]] in the women's doubles in Yugoslavia. She was also part of the Chinese women's team that won the Corbillon Cup (team event) gold medal.<ref>{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700|year=2004|publisher=The Bath Press|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allabouttabletennis.com/world-table-tennis-championships-medal-winners.html|title=List of Winners|publisher=All About Table Tennis}}</ref>


Competition was banned for four years during the [[Cultural Revolution]], and while training was banned, Zheng practised on her own in secret.<ref name="Peck"/>
Competition was banned for four years during the [[Cultural Revolution]], and while training was banned, Zheng practised on her own in secret.<ref name="Peck"/>


She and Lin returned to the [[1971 World Table Tennis Championships]] in Japan, again winning the women's doubles <ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412073641/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsWD.pdf|title=Women's doubles results|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312|year=1987|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5}}</ref> and gaining a [[silver medal]] in the singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412005823/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChWSingles.pdf|title=Women's singles results|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation}}</ref>
She and Lin returned to the [[1971 World Table Tennis Championships]] in Japan, again winning the women's doubles <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsWD.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412073641/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsWD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-12|title=Women's doubles results|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312|year=1987|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt}}</ref> and gaining a [[silver medal]] in the singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChWSingles.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412005823/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChWSingles.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-12|title=Women's singles results|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation}}</ref>


Following her successes at the World Table Tennis Championships, Zheng participated in [[ping-pong diplomacy]], visiting the United States in 1972. One year later she won her sixth and final medal at the [[1973 World Table Tennis Championships]], a silver medal in the Corbillon Cup (team event).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123}}</ref>
Following her successes at the World Table Tennis Championships, Zheng participated in [[ping-pong diplomacy]], visiting the United States in 1972. One year later she won her sixth and final medal at the [[1973 World Table Tennis Championships]], a silver medal in the Corbillon Cup (team event).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123}}</ref>


==Personal Life==
==Personal life==
She met her husband, a specialist in [[shogi]], at a Shanghai sports school. They have a son.<ref name="Peck">{{cite book|last=Peck|first=Stacey|title=Halls of Jade, Walls of Stone: Women in China Today|year=1985|publisher=F. Watts|location=New York|isbn=0-531-09790-0|pages=41–45}}</ref>
She met her husband, a specialist in [[shogi]], at a Shanghai sports school. They have a son.<ref name="Peck">{{cite book|last=Peck|first=Stacey|title=Halls of Jade, Walls of Stone: Women in China Today|year=1985|publisher=F. Watts|location=New York|isbn=0-531-09790-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hallsofjadewalls00peck/page/41 41–45]|url=https://archive.org/details/hallsofjadewalls00peck/page/41}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Chinese female table tennis players]]
[[Category:Chinese female table tennis players]]
[[Category:Table tennis players from Shanghai]]
[[Category:Table tennis players from Shanghai]]
[[Category:1945 births]]

Latest revision as of 08:42, 28 August 2023

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng.
Zheng Minzhi (Cheng Min-chih)
Zheng Minzhi, 1965.
Personal information
Nationality China
Born1945
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1973 Sarajevo Corbillon Cup Team
Silver medal – second place 1971 Nagoya Singles
Gold medal – first place 1971 Nagoya Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1971 Nagoya Corbillon Cup Team
Gold medal – first place 1965 Ljubljana Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1965 Ljubljana Corbillon Cup Team

Zheng Minzhi also known as Cheng Min-chih is a former international table tennis player from China.[1]

Table tennis career

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Between 1965 and 1973 she won six medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2] She later became a table tennis referee and coach.

Zheng Minzhi started playing table tennis when she was 12. She was selected for a sports school at 14, she and later attended a national sports institute. In 1965, she and her doubles partner Lin Huiqing won the gold medal at the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles in Yugoslavia. She was also part of the Chinese women's team that won the Corbillon Cup (team event) gold medal.[3][4]

Competition was banned for four years during the Cultural Revolution, and while training was banned, Zheng practised on her own in secret.[5]

She and Lin returned to the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships in Japan, again winning the women's doubles [6][7] and gaining a silver medal in the singles.[8]

Following her successes at the World Table Tennis Championships, Zheng participated in ping-pong diplomacy, visiting the United States in 1972. One year later she won her sixth and final medal at the 1973 World Table Tennis Championships, a silver medal in the Corbillon Cup (team event).[9]

Personal life

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She met her husband, a specialist in shogi, at a Shanghai sports school. They have a son.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ ZHENG Minzhi/CHENG Min-Chih (CHN)
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. ^ "List of Winners". All About Table Tennis.
  5. ^ a b Peck, Stacey (1985). Halls of Jade, Walls of Stone: Women in China Today. New York: F. Watts. pp. 41–45. ISBN 0-531-09790-0.
  6. ^ "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  7. ^ Matthews/Morrison, peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  8. ^ "Women's singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  9. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
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