Zhang Xielin Explained

Zhang Xielin (Chang Shih-Lin)
Birth Date:	1940

Zhang Xielin (born 1940) is a Chinese table-tennis player who carried the Olympic flag in 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.^[1]

Table tennis career

He used a distinctive pen-grip chopping technique and was active in the 1960s. Utilizing steady chops and unpredictable spins, He is one of the earliest successful long-pimple rubber players, and the first Chinese player to win a men's doubles champion (with Wang Zhiliang, at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships).

His eight World Championship medals^{[2] [3]} included four gold medals; in addition to the men's doubles he won a mixed doubles with Lin Huiqing and two in the team event.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympics - Opening Ceremony. Zhang. Xielin. 2009-06-26.
2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
3. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
4. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
5. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.