Source | Beijing Daily Client
On the evening of October 21, the WeChat official account of "Humanities Tsinghua Forum" posted that On September 10, 2022, the world champion of table tennis Liu Guozheng officially joined Tsinghua University , and changed from a national team men's team coach to a university teacher.
article said that , who just joined the company, is leading the physical education class for freshmen. In addition to daily teaching, , Liu Guozheng is also responsible for leading the training of the Tsinghua University table tennis team. He said bluntly that from the coach to the teacher, he thought there would be a relatively long adaptation period. However, the process of gradually adapting to a new identity is not as long as I imagined. "Compared with the past, the biggest change is to apply sunscreen every day." he joked.
Liu Guozheng also said that in the future, he will tell students the history, development, technology and charm of table tennis very seriously. "They may think, wow, it turns out that table tennis is so interesting, more young people will like table tennis. If I can make some contributions to the table tennis industry from this perspective, I am also very happy. "
Public information shows that Liu Guozheng was born in 1980 and started playing at the age of 6. He joined the provincial team in 1991, the national second team in 1994, and the national team in 1995. Liu Guozheng is good at holding the racket horizontally with his right hand and counter-attack on both sides, combining arc circles with fast attacks. The technical characteristics are good serving, outstanding technology on the first three boards, and strong stalemate ability. On the of the 8th National Games in 1997, he and his teammates Ma Lin , Li Zhaomin, Li Jing , and Lin Zhigang won the men's team championship. won the men's singles championship in in the 1999 ITTF Tour Finals, and won the men's team championship in 2002 Asian Games.
On January 3, 2012, Liu Guozheng officially took office as the head coach of the second men's team of the national table tennis team. In 2016, he served as the national men's table tennis coach for the Rio Olympics. In April 2017, he became the coach of the national table tennis team.
