Chen Weixing

Personal information
Full name	Chen Weixing
Nationality	Austria
Born	(1972-04-27)27 April 1972 (age 53) Inner Mongolia, China
Sport
Sport	Table tennis
Playing style	Attacking Chopper
Medal record Men'stable tennis Representing Austria World Cup 2007 Magdeburg Team 2010 Dubai Team European Championships 2015 Yekaterinburg Team 2003 Courmayeur Doubles 2003 Courmayeur Mixed Doubles 2005 Aarhus Mixed Doubles 2005 Aarhus Team 2002 Zagreb Mixed Doubles

Chen Weixing (Chinese:陈卫星;pinyin:Chén Wèixīng; born April 27, 1972, inInner Mongolia,China) is anAustriantable 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 toHungary, thenGermany 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]

Since the opening in 2011 Chen Weixing practices at the Werner Schlager Academy in Schwechat, Austria where he also works as a coach since 2015.

• Winner of the European Champions League: 2007/2008
• Double European Champion 2002
• Vice European Cup 2005
• ETTU-European Cup in 2000, won the TTG Hoengen

• List of table tennis players

• CHEN Weixing atWorld Table Tennis (ITTF)
  • CHEN Weixing at old.ittf.com at theWayback Machine (archived 2017-01-11)
  • CHEN Weixing at ittfranking.com at theWayback Machine (archived 2014-08-02)
• Weixing CHEN atOlympics.com
• Chen Weixing atOlympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

• 1972 births
• Living people
• Austrian male table tennis players
• Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Olympic table tennis players for Austria
• Chinese emigrants to Austria
• Table tennis players from Inner Mongolia
• People from Baotou
• Naturalised table tennis players
• Naturalised citizens of Austria
• Austrian people of Chinese descent
• Sportspeople of Chinese descent

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