Xie Saike

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xie.

Xie Saike
Full name	XIE Saike
Nationality	China
Born	(1961-08-31) 31 August 1961 (age 63)
Medal record Men's Table tennis Representing  China Asian Games 1982 New Delhi Singles 1982 New Delhi Double (Mixed) World Championships 1981 Novi Sad Doubles (Mixed) 1981 Novi Sad Doubles (Men) 1983 Tokyo Doubles (Men)

Xie Saike (born 31 August 1961) is a male former table tennis player from China. He was the 1981 World Champion in mixed doubles.[1]

Career

Xie won the 1982 Asian Games singles title in New Delhi, India.[2]

Xie was twice runner-up at these Championships in 1982 (Jakarta) and 1980 (Calcutta, now Kolkata).[3] He finally won gold in three categories (single,[3] doubles (men and mixed)) at the 1984 Asian Table Tennis Championships held in Islamabad, Pakistan.^[citation needed]

Xie was twice runner-up in doubles (men) at the 1981 World Championships in Novi Sad and 1983 World Championships in Tokyo.[4]

He was the runner-up at the World Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1981.[5]

Beijing Olympics

Xie was one of the torch runners in Nanning for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[6]

References

1. Mixed:Champions World sport Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2011
2. "Asian Games-Singles". World Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
3. Asian Championships Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine ATTU Retrieved 9 March 2011
4. Singles:Champions World Sports Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2011
5. Xie Saike International Table Tennis Federation Retrieved 9 March 2011
6. Photo: Torchbearer and former table tennis world champion Xie Saike waves to people Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Beijing 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2011