Xu Yinsheng

Xu Yinsheng (Chinese徐 寅生, Pinyin Xu Yinsheng, also Hsu Yin - Sheng, born May 12, 1938 in Shanghai) is a former Chinese table tennis player. He was four times world champion. Later he was president of the ITTF.

In 2010 he was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame.

Youth

Xu Yinsheng has 10 older siblings. During his school years he came to the table tennis sport the he ran with a lot of hard work and ambition, until he was finally used in the national team. In Shanghai, he studied at the Institute of Physical Culture.

Active

Xu Yinsheng took part in four World Cups. He was four times world champion. 1961, 1963 and 1965 he won with the team the title. In 1965 he won together with Zhuang Zedong gold in doubles, with whom he had already reached the 1963 final. Bronze he won in 1963 and 1959 single with the team.

In 1965, he turned in a paper on the theory that the attitude ( attitude ) that the player has the greatest impact on its success. In the 1970s he worked as a head coach for the Chinese Association.

Functionary

1977 Xu Yinsheng was president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association CITA. He held this office until February 2009, he was replaced by Cai Zhenhua. In between, he was still president of the Asian Table Tennis Association ( Asian Table Tennis Union).

In 1988, he successfully promoted the attempts of Penholderspielern to use the bat on both sides to counteract the backhand weakness in Penholderspiel.

In the 1990s, he took over duties in the ITTF. He was appointed deputy president. In October 1995, the reigning ITTF President Sven -Olof Hammarlund died suddenly took over Xu Yinsheng provisionally whose term of office. On the ITTF Congress in 1997, he was elected for another two years as president. During his tenure, he campaigned for the introduction of the 40mm ball. In 1999, he did not run, and was succeeded by Adham Sharara.

Results from the ITTF database