Geng Lijuan

Geng Lijuan (Chinese: 耿丽娟; born January 15, 1963) is a Chinese-Canadian table tennis player.[1] She is a four-time World Champion, former World #1 and member of the Chinese National Team.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Geng.
Geng Lijuan
Nationality China  Canada
BornJanuary 15, 1963 (1963-01-15) (age 57)
Hebei Province, China
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight123 lb (56 kg)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
1983 Tokyo Team
1985 Gothenburg Doubles
1985 Gothenburg Team
1987 New Delhi Mixed
1983 Tokyo Doubles
1985 Gothenburg Singles
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
1995 Mar del Plata Singles
1995 Mar del Plata Doubles
1995 Mar del Plata Mixed Doubles
1995 Mar del Plata Team
1999 WinnipegSingles
1999 WinnipegTeam

Geng retired from the Chinese national team before the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and married her mixed doubles partner in the world championships, a Romanian table tennis player who had emigrated to Canada. She moved to Canada in 1989, then played professionally in a German club for four years.[2]

She returned to Ottawa in 1994, bought a pizza shop with her husband, and expanded it to three shops. She played table tennis in her spare time, and represented Canada internationally including in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. Her career includes winning numerous international Open tournaments such as the French Open, US Open, Italian Open, and German Open. She was a multi-gold medallist at the Pan American Games and many times Canadian and North American Champion.[2]

After she stopped competing, she established the Geng Table Tennis Academy. Jimmy Pintea, Sonia Qin, Andrea Liu, Ly Quan Li, and Shannon Zheng have worked with Geng at the academy. In 2010 Lijuan was the coach of the National Team players at the National Training Center in Ottawa.

References
  1. "GENG Lijuan (CAN)". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. "耿丽娟：22年的加国乒乓梦 不屈不挠". Wuyou Canada (in Chinese). 17 December 2011.


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