Chen Weixing

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Weixing
Personal information
Full name	Chen Weixing
Nationality	China  Austria
Playing style	Table tennis styles#Attacking Chopper
Born	April 27, 1972 (1972-04-27) (age 39) Inner Mongolia,  China
Medal record Men's table tennis Competitor for  Austria World Cup Bronze 2010 Dubai Team Bronze 2007 Magdeburg Team European Championships Silver 2005 Aarhus Mixed Doubles Silver 2005 Aarhus Team Gold 2003 Courmayeur Doubles Silver 2003 Courmayeur Mixed Doubles Bronze 2002 Zagreb Mixed Doubles

Chen Weixing (Simplified Chinese: 陈卫星 Hanyu Pinyin: Chén Wèixīng, Born April 27, 1972, Inner Mongolia, China) is an Austrian table tennis player of Chinese origin. He has played for SVS Lower Austria for several years. ^[1]

Chen found it difficult to be selected in China's competitive national team. He made it to the top 15 but the opportunity to play at world class level was limited. Therefore he decided to venture to Europe, first to Hungary, then Germany then Austria. Chen is considered to be one of the best defensive players in the world, reaching his personal best ranking of World number 9 in 2006.^[2]

Success

• Winner of the European Champions League: 2007/2008
• Double European Champion 2002
• Vice European Cup 2005
• ETTU-European Cup in 200, won the TTG Hoengen

See also

• List of table tennis players

External links

• ITTF entry in the database

References

1. ^ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=1187
2. ^ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=101674

Persondata
Name	Chen, Weixing
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Date of birth	April 27, 1972
Place of birth	Inner Mongolia,
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