Cheng Ming-chih
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_IMG_5821_(36405869044).jpg) Cheng at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 August 1979 Tainan, Taiwan[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 1 (April 2020)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 1 (April 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Traditional Chinese | 程銘志 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 程铭志 | ||||||||
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Cheng Ming-chih (Chinese: 程銘志, born 8 August 1979) is a Taiwanese para table tennis player. He won a silver medal at the 2016 Paralympics and again at the 2024 Paralympics.[5]
Personal life
[edit]He lost his left leg when he was 32, following an accident involving a drunk driver.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cheng Chin-yao (2019-01-13). "【時光機】舊照裡的桌球神童 沒想到自己斷腿才成為世界亞軍". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ "IPTTF Profile - Cheng Ming Chih". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Cheng Ming Chih". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "ITTF Para Table Tennis Ranking Lists - Men class 5 as of 2020-04-01".
- ^ "Cheng Ming-Chih". Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
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