Sad condolences! National table tennis world champion and former head coach of the women's team dies of illness at the age of 80

On September 15th, a sad news came from the Chinese table tennis world-Wang Zhiliang, a famous national table tennis player, famous athlete and coach, died of illness at the age of 80.

Wang Lao is an important figure in the history of table tennis. He has greatly expanded the national table tennis horizontal racket and chipping skills, and together with Zhang Xielin won the Chinese team's first men's doubles world championship. This time, he won glory for the country in the positions of athletes and coaches, and served as the head coach of the women's team. He has worked hard and dedicated his efforts. He is a model for all national table tennis juniors!

pays tribute to Wang Lao! May he go well all the way!

Wang Zhiliang and Zhang Xielin

It is well known that in the early years of the National Ping Pong, most of the players in the early years of the national table tennis played pen-hold, even the chipper is no exception. This makes the development of the team very unbalanced, and the horizontal shot martial art lacks relatively top talents. , Is not conducive to everyone's research and prevention of opponents in Europe and other regions, and Wang Zhiliang's senior is the first athlete to break new ground in this field.

In 1963, Wang Zhiliang, who played horizontally, and Zhang Xielin, who played with pen-hold hacking, defeated Japanese ace duo Ichiro Ogimura/Kojiro Kimura in the men's doubles event of the World Table Tennis Championships and won the final gold medal. This is not only the first men's doubles world champion in the history of national table tennis, but also a rare "double cut" combination champion. Wang Zhiliang and Zhang Xielin contributed the most!

Wang Zhiliang and Zhang Xielin

World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles after reaching the top, Wang Zhiliang has maintained a high level of competition, won the men's singles third place, men's doubles runner-up and other honors. After retiring, Wang Lao actively participated in the work of cultivating young people in the team, not only helped many horizontal shot and chipping players to reach the peak of their careers and win the world championship, but also became the head coach of the women’s team and served the country. The ball career has worked hard. After

retired, Wang Zhiliang and his lover Huang Yuhuan (also a former national player) returned to a peaceful life, and even became an amateur table tennis coach-living and playing football, which shows his love for national football.

Former men's team coach Xi Enting

In recent years, many national table tennis veterans have passed away, including former men's team coach Xi Enting, women's team star Zhang Li and others. Now that Senior Wang Zhiliang has come to the end of his life, it is really sad! The Sri Lankan people have passed away, but their glorious deeds will always be remembered by everyone and become an important part of the history of Chinese table tennis.

pays tribute to all the national table tennis seniors who have passed away! May heaven still have table tennis with you!