Chen Weixing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Weixing
Personal information
Full name	Chen Weixing
Nationality	Austria
Born	(1972-04-27) 27 April 1972 Inner Mongolia, China
Table tennis career
Playing style	Attacking Chopper
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing Austria World Cup 2007 Magdeburg Team 2010 Dubai Team European Championships 2015 Yekaterinburg Team 2003 Courmayeur Doubles 2003 Courmayeur Mixed Doubles 2005 Aarhus Mixed Doubles 2005 Aarhus Team 2002 Zagreb Mixed Doubles

Chen Weixing (Chinese: 陈卫星; pinyin: Chén Wèixīng; born April 27, 1972, in Inner Mongolia, China) is an Austrian table tennis player of Chinese origin. He has played for SVS Lower Austria for several years.

Chen found it difficult to be selected in China's competitive national team. He made it to the top 15 but the opportunity to play at world class level was limited. Therefore, he decided to venture to Europe, first to Hungary, then Germany then Austria. Chen is considered to be one of the best defensive players in the world, reaching his personal best ranking of World number 9 in 2006.

Since the opening in 2011 Chen Weixing practices at the Werner Schlager Academy in Schwechat, Austria where he also works as a coach since 2015.

Success

• Winner of the European Champions League: 2007/2008
• Double European Champion 2002
• Vice European Cup 2005
• ETTU-European Cup in 2000, won the TTG Hoengen

See also

• List of table tennis players

External links

• CHEN Weixing at World Table Tennis
  • CHEN Weixing at old.ittf.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-01-11)
  • CHEN Weixing at ittfranking.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-08-02)
• Weixing CHEN at Olympics.com
• Chen Weixing at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)