Cai Zhenhua
Chinese table tennis player
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Cai Zhenhua (Chinese: 蔡振华; pinyin: Cài Zhènhuá; Mandarin pronunciation: [tsʰâɪ ʈʂə̂n xwǎ]; born 3 September 1961 in Wuxi, Jiangsu) is a former table tennis player from China. He is the vice Chairman and the Secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the former deputy Director of State General Administration of Sports, and was the president of the Chinese Football Association from 2014 to 2019 and was replaced by Chen Xuyuan, the Chinese Badminton Association and the Chinese Table Tennis Association.
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| Full name | Cai Zhenhua | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 September 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Simplified Chinese | 蔡振华 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蔡振華 | ||||||||
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Career
From 1980 to 1985 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]
He worked as the lead coach of the Chinese men's team from 1991 to 2004, playing an important role in leading the Chinese team to its comeback.[citation needed]
In April 2007, Cai became the deputy Director of State General Administration of Sports. He was elected as the president of the Chinese Badminton Association on 18 February 2009 and the president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association on 27 February 2009.[2][3] On 21 January 2014, he was elected as the president of the Chinese Football Association.[4]
In September 2018, Cai was appointed as the vice Chairman and the Secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.[5]
