Zhuang Zedong
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Zhuang Zedong was a Chinese table tennis champion best known for his pivotal role in initiating Sino-American rapprochement through ping-pong diplomacy in the early 1970s.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese table tennis player
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human ⓘ table tennis player ⓘ world champion ⓘ |
| activeYearsInSport |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ early 1970s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
World Table Tennis Championships men's singles gold medal
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World Table Tennis Championships team gold medal ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-08-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-02-10 ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Zedong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Sino-American relations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Chinese table tennis dominance in the 1960s
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Sino-American rapprochement ⓘ ping-pong diplomacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Chinese national table tennis team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Zhuang Zedong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 庄则栋 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | interaction with American player Glenn Cowan in 1971 ⓘ |
| occupation |
coach
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table tennis player ⓘ |
| participatedIn | World Table Tennis Championships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
China
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Jiangsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Beijing
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China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | initiator of ping-pong diplomacy ⓘ |
| sport | table tennis ⓘ |
| spouse |
Bao Huiqiao
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Xiao Huan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldChampionIn | men's singles table tennis ⓘ |
| worldChampionTitleCount | 3 ⓘ |
| worldChampionYears |
1961
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1963 ⓘ 1965 ⓘ |
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