Zhenqi Barthel
German table tennis player
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Zhenqi Barthel (Chinese: 孙祯琦; pinyin: Sūn Zhènqǐ; née Sun Zhenqi; born 9 January 1987) is a German table tennis player of Chinese origin. In 2002, she moved to Essen, Germany, where she became a resident athlete of TuS Holsterhausen, and trained for the table tennis team, under her personal coaches Jörg Bitzigeio and Wang Zhi. Three years later, she was adopted by the couple Barthel, changed her surname, and obtained a German citizenship.