Li Zhenshi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Zhenshi (Li Chen-shih)
Nationality	China
Born	(1949-10-29) 29 October 1949 (age 75)
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  China World Championships 1981 Novi Sad Doubles 1979 Pyongyang Singles 1979 Pyongyang Doubles 1979 Pyongyang Mixed 1979 Pyongyang Team 1977 Birmingham Doubles 1977 Birmingham Mixed 1977 Birmingham Team 1975 Calcutta Team

Li Zhenshi (Chinese: 李振恃; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènshì; Wade–Giles: Li^3 Chen^4-shih^4), is a Chinese table tennis player and coach.

Table tennis career

From 1974 to 1981, Zhenshi won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]

His nine World Championship medals[2][3] included four gold medals; two in the team event and two in the doubles with Liang Geliang and Cai Zhenhua.[4][5] He also won two English Open titles.

Personal life

After retiring from competitive playing, Zhenshi and his wife Zhang Li moved to the US, where they now direct the World Champions Table Tennis Academy in San Jose, California.[6]

Zhenshi was the coach of the US men's national team which won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Team Cup. He also coached Team USA at the 1996 Olympics.

See also

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

References

1. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
6. "World Champions Table Tennis Academy". www.butterflyonline.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21.

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