(1940-08-25)25 August 1940 Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Died
10 February 2013(2013-02-10) (aged 72) Beijing, China
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing China
World Championships
1971 Nagoya
Team
1965 Ljubljana
Singles
1965 Ljubljana
Doubles
1965 Ljubljana
Team
1963 Prague
Singles
1963 Prague
Team
1961 Beijing
Singles
1961 Beijing
Team
1971 Nagoya
Doubles
1963 Prague
Doubles
1965 Ljubljana
Mixed
1963 Prague
Mixed
1961 Beijing
Doubles
Zhuang Zedong
Traditional Chinese
莊則棟
Simplified Chinese
庄则栋
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhuāng Zédòng
Wade–Giles
Chuang1 Tse2-tung4
Zhuang Zedong (Chuang Tse-tung; August 25, 1940 – February 10, 2013)[1] was a Chinese table tennis player, three-time world men's singles champion and champion at numerous other table tennis events and a well-known political personality during the tumult of the Cultural Revolution. His chance meeting with American table tennis player, Glenn Cowan, during the 31st World Table Tennis Championship, later referred to as ping-pong diplomacy, triggered the first thawing of the ice in Sino-American relations since 1949. Zhuang was once married to the pianist Bao Huiqiao, and his second wife was the Chinese-born Japanese Atsuko Sasaki (佐々木敦子).[2]
^"Zhuang Zedong, Chinese 'ping-pong diplomacy' player, dies". BBC News. 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
^ピンポンの球が世界を動かした 卓球一筋に生きる荘則棟さん (in Japanese). 人民中国. June 2003. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
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