Guo Xingyuan

Guo Xingyuan
Guo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988
Pizhou, Jiangsu, China[1]
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight64 kg (141 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Disability class4
Highest ranking2 (July 2011)[3]
Current ranking11 (February 2020)
Medal record
Men's para table tennis
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
2012 London Teams C4–5
2008 Beijing Teams C4–5
2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles C4
World Championships
2006 Montreux Teams C4
2010 Gwangju Singles C4
2014 Beijing Teams C5
2010 Gwangju Open singles in wheelchair
2006 Montreux Singles C4
Asian Para Games
2014 Incheon Teams C5
2010 Guangzhou Teams C4–5
Asian Championships
2005 Kuala Lumpur Singles C4
2007 Seoul Teams C4
2009 Amman Teams C4
2005 Kuala Lumpur Teams C4
2011 Hong Kong Teams C4
2013 Beijing Teams C4
2017 Beijing Teams C4
2007 Seoul Open singles in wheelchair
2009 Amman Singles C4
2013 Beijing Singles C4
2015 Amman Singles C4
2017 Beijing Singles C4
2019 Taichung Teams C4
FESPIC Championships
2003 Shanghai Singles C4
2003 Shanghai Teams C4
Guo Xingyuan
Traditional Chinese郭興元
Simplified Chinese郭兴元
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuō Xīngyuán
In this Chinese name, the family name is Guo.

Guo Xingyuan (Chinese: 郭兴元, born 20 October 1988[4]) is a Chinese para table tennis player. He has won one gold medal and two silver medals from three Paralympic Games (2008, 2012, and 2016).[5]

Like many of his teammates, Guo was a polio survivor from Pizhou who attended New Hope Center as a child. That's where coach Heng Xin developed him into a star.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Guo Xingyuan - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Guo Xingyuan". ipc.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Guo Xingyuan - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Guo Xingyuan - 2016 Summer Paralympics". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Xingyuan Guo". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  6. ^ Gan Hansheng (14 October 2016). "给梦插上翅膀——记国家残疾人乒乓球队教练衡新". China Internet Information Center (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 January 2020.


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