Cai Zhenhua, male, born in September, 196 1, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, is currently the deputy director of the State Sports General Administration. Alternate member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.

1972.00—— 1973.00 Table tennis players in Wuxi Amateur Sports School, Jiangsu Province;

1973.00—— 1978.00 Jiangsu table tennis team players;

1978.00—— 1985.06 National Table Tennis Team;

1985.06 ——1989.11was sent to coach the Italian national team;

1989.11-1991.06 coach of China table tennis men's team;

1991.06 ——1997.05 Head coach of China table tennis men's team;

1997.05—— 1999.05 Coach, captain of China table tennis team;

1999.05 —— 2002.11Director of Table Tennis Department of Table Tennis and Badminton Management Center;

2002.11—2004.1/deputy director of table tennis and badminton management center;

2004. 1 1——2005.08 Director of Table Tennis and Badminton Management Center and Deputy Secretary of Party Committee;

2005. Going out ——2007.04 Assistant to the Director of the State Sports General Administration.

2007.04—— Deputy Director of State Sports General Administration.

Alternate member of the 17th CPC Central Committee

Main technologies:

Holding the racket horizontally in the left hand, forehand fast attack near the table combined with loop ball, backhand using arc-proof rubber play, forehand loop ball has strong rotation, fast speed, many changes, great threat and fierce attack initiative. Good footwork, tenacious style, courage to fight, excellent grades, often fighting behind the score, turning defeat into victory, showing good psychological quality.

Sports performance:

1979 World Table Tennis Championship Men's Team Champion;

1980 champion of men's team, runner-up of men's doubles (with Shi Zhihao) and runner-up of mixed doubles (with Qi Baoxiang) in the 5th Asian Championships;

198 1 Champion of men's doubles in the 36th World Table Tennis Championships (with Li Zhenshi), runner-up of men's singles and champion of men's team;

1983 runner-up in men's singles in the 37th World Table Tennis Championships, third in mixed doubles (with Cao Yanhua), and champion of the men's team;

1985 champion of mixed doubles in the 38th World Table Tennis Championships (with Cao Yanhua), third place in men's doubles (with Jiang Jialiang).

Honorary title:

1980 won the title of athlete.

In the 26-year sports career, 10 won the "National Sports Honor" medal awarded by the State Sports Commission;

On March 4th, 1983, the Swedish post office issued two commemorative stamps for the 37th World Table Tennis Championships, one of which was a scene of Cai Zhenhua, making him the first China athlete to appear on the stamp screen abroad.

1997 won the top ten outstanding young people of state organs;

200 1 was awarded the title of "Excellent League Member" and "Excellent Party Worker" by the State Sports General Administration.

Teaching record:

199 1 Men's Team Champion in the Second World Cup Team Competition;

1992 Barcelona Olympic men's doubles champion;

1995 champion of the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships;

1996 Atlanta Olympic Games men's singles champion and men's doubles champion;

1997 champion of the men's team in the 44th World Table Tennis Championships;

1998 Six-event champion of Bangkok Asian Games;

1998 women's world cup singles champion and runner-up;

1998 Four individual champions and runners-up of the World Professional Tour;

1999 Sixth World Table Tennis Championships;

In 2000, Sydney Olympic Games won four championships, three runners-up and one third runner-up.

200 1 46th World Table Tennis Championships, seven champions, four runners-up and five runners-up;

2002 men's and women's world cup champion;

In 2003, she won four championships in the 47th World Table Tennis Championships.

2003 men's World Cup champion, four individual champions and three professional tour finals runner-up;

In 2003, the 8th Women's World Cup won the first and second place;

Men's and women's team champions in Qatar World Table Tennis Championships in 2004;

At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he won three championships, one runner-up and two runners-up.

Teaching career: boxing for the country, writing colorful chapters of legend

Cai Zhenhua's coaching career is very brilliant, even many people say it is much more brilliant than his career as an athlete. After Cai Zhenhua retired, he first went to Italy to exercise for three and a half years, and then took over at the most critical moment of table tennis. It should be said that China's long-term success in table tennis over the years is inseparable from Cai Zhenhua's achievements in it.

Italy was trained as the "godfather"

There is a little-known story about Cai Zhenhua's retirement. When Cai Zhenhua first joined the national team, his racket was different from others. His racket is made of double-sided red rubber and can be used on both sides. At the 37th World Table Tennis Championships, Cai Zhenhua, with red rubber on both sides of the racket, rode through the barrier alone and even defeated the enemy. Although in the final, I accidentally lost to Guo Yuehua. But his victory over Waldner was absolutely classic. At that time, Xiaowa was almost "killed" by Cai Zhenhua. Two different kinds of rubber, both red. It is impossible to tell which side hits the ball. It is because of this series of incredible things that ITTF made a new rule for a player for the first time, that is, both sides of the racket must be glued with red and black glue in the future.

Therefore, Cai Zhenhua had to retire early. As a Volkswagen coach, he took his wife to Italy to be the head coach of this little-known team. Despite the language barrier, life customs vary greatly. However, Cai Zhenhua, who was in high spirits, overcame all kinds of difficulties and brought the team's achievements to the seventh place in the World Table Tennis Championships. During his three and a half years in Italy, Cai Zhenhua raised the level of table tennis in the country to a great level, and is still called the godfather of table tennis in Italy.

In those years, the road to reform and opening up in China was not as wide as it is now, and life in Italy was much better than that in China. But on 1989, when the national team called, Cai Zhenhua resolutely returned to Beijing with his pregnant wife.

The first move to take office immediately is to rule.

At that time, the head coach of the national team was Xu Shaofa, who only chose Cai Zhenhua among several candidates. When he was a player in Cai Zhenhua, Xu Shaofa discovered his talent. Xu Shaofa once said: "After I was in charge of the men's team, I chose Cai Zhenhua as the captain and Jiang Jialiang as the vice captain. At first, there were different opinions within the coaching staff. They think he is too naughty. He rambles when he has nothing to do and has many friends. Sometimes after turning off the lights, he would secretly get together and chat with Shi Zhihao, Xu Xiangdong and Cao Yanhua. I know he is naughty, but he can do his job well. Many friends also show that he is cohesive, and people with many friends are not selfish. At that time, I felt that his best place was his personality and enterprising spirit. "

The China Men's Team in this World Table Tennis Championships is mainly composed of Jiang Jialiang, Chen Longcan and Ito. The final was defeated by Sweden 0-5, and the Swahilin Cup, which had been preserved for eight years, was lost. Moreover, the China men's team failed to defend the dignity of the "world table tennis overlord" with the final victory of individual events. Men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles were also won by Sweden, Germany and South Korea respectively. Table tennis is at its lowest ebb, and Xu Shaofa has to find a successor for himself. At that time, Jiang Jialiang was recommended to Xu Shaofa, but Xu Shaofa only named Xu Yinsheng and Li Furong Cai Zhenhua.

But Cai Zhenhua met with a thorn in his side soon after he took office. At that time, the situation in the team was very bad, and there were not many main players who could be the backbone. Ma from Tianjin was the only first hero at that time. One Saturday, the 15 team usually had breakfast at 7 am, but Cai Zhenhua arrived at 8 am and found the horse late. Cai Zhenhua criticized Ma before the team assembled for training in the morning. At that time, the horse asked not to train on the grounds of stomach pain. Cai Zhenhua said at the time: "Then go back to your hometown in Tianjin and have a good rest!" -At that time, only one month before the Men's Table Tennis World Cup, Cai Zhenhua, who just took office, took great risks to make such a decision. Of course, the final result was that Ma finally confessed to the new coach, and Cai Zhenhua's iron rice bowl and prestige were further consolidated.

The teaching mileage is very brilliant.

After a brief downturn in the late 1980s and early 1990s, China table tennis team gradually embarked on a new brilliant road in the hands of Cai Zhenhua.

1992 At the Barcelona Olympic Games, Cai Zhenhua decided to take the men's doubles as a breakthrough, and the important task of winning the championship fell on Wang Tao/Lv Lin. As expected, they defeated the German famous Roskov/Fitzner in the final and won the championship. This Olympic gold medal sounded the clarion call for the revival of the China Men's Team. Deng Yaping also won two gold medals in women's singles and women's doubles in this competition, becoming the most dazzling star in table tennis at Barcelona Olympic Games.

1993 The 42nd World Table Tennis Championships was held in Gothenburg. Men's team competition is the most concerned. China and Sweden joined forces in the final, but Wang Hao, who was under too much psychological pressure, failed to resist the impact of Waldner, and China missed the championship again in this competition. Cai Zhenhua, the coach standing on the podium of the runner-up, was dissatisfied. He told reporters: "I really want to pull Sweden off the podium and play another game."

1995, the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships kicked off in Tianjin. This is the second World Table Tennis Championships held in China after the 26th World Table Tennis Championships held in Beijing 196 1. The China men's team, with the right time, location and people, vowed to play a beautiful turnaround at home. China defeated Sweden 3-2, won swaythling cup again and swept all the gold medals in this competition. From 65438 to 0996, China table tennis team went to Atlanta Olympic Games and won all four gold medals again. The emergence of young players such as Kong and Liu has brought China table tennis into the idol era. 1997 in may, Cai Zhenhua became the head coach of China table tennis team.

At the 44th World Table Tennis Championships, China won six gold medals except men's singles in Manchester, England. In September, 2000, Sydney Olympic Games was the last game in the era of small ball. In this Olympic Games, China table tennis team won the gold medal again, and Kong defeated Waldner in the men's singles final, becoming the third grand slam winner of table tennis in the world. At that time, the China team led by Cai Zhenhua won four individual championships, three runners-up and one third runner-up.

At the 200 1 World Table Tennis Championships, China won seven titles again. China won the men's and women's World Cup in 2002, and China won four championships in the 47th World Table Tennis Championships in 2003. Then in 2003, China continued to hold the men's and women's World Cup titles in her own hands. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, China won three gold medals in table tennis except men's singles.

Career: Young, promising, low-key, taking four big steps in five years.

Cai Zhenhua's outstanding achievements in leading the China table tennis team have enabled the superior leaders to constantly discover and tap his leadership skills. From the end of 2002 to the beginning of this year, he was promoted from the deputy director of the Table Tennis and Badminton Center of the General Administration to the deputy director of the General Administration of Sports. Of course, the decision made by the superior leaders in April this year that Cai Zhenhua was promoted to the position of deputy director of the State Sports General Administration still has an important task-that is, to ensure that table tennis and badminton, two major sports advantages in China, have a bumper harvest at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

After the China table tennis team gradually came out of the trough, Cai Zhenhua chose two right-hand men and women as head coaches respectively, and then stopped appearing frequently in front of the media, giving Liu and Shi Zhihao full autonomy and room to play. But that doesn't mean that Cai Zhenhua doesn't take care of things. The appointment of Liu as the head coach of the men's team shows Cai's extraordinary courage and insight-he was once a young coach, and if nothing unexpected happens, Kong will succeed Shi Zhihao as the head coach of the women's team. At the end of 2004, when considering the director of the Table Tennis and Badminton Center, the General Administration decided to let Cai Zhenhua take the post, and then Li Yongbo, the head coach of the China Badminton Team, who also made great contributions, was appointed as the deputy director.

"Cai Zhenhua used to be very anxious when he played, but now he has become very stable. After being an official, the whole person has changed a lot. " Yang, Cai Zhenhua's former coach in Jiangsu, said: "First of all, he has high prestige and great personal charm in table tennis;" Secondly, he is self-motivated, strict with himself, tight outside and loose inside, and very skilled; There is also that he is young, unable to keep up with the times, and has a smooth communication with his colleagues. "

In March 2005, Cai Zhenhua was organized to study at the Central Party School. In August of that year, Cai Zhenhua, who was still studying at the Central Party School, was appointed as the assistant to the director of the State Sports General Administration. With the approach of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the preparations for competitive sports in China, such as table tennis and badminton, are increasingly prominent at the strategic level. On April 4th, 2007, the State Council decided to appoint Cui Dalin and Cai Zhenhua as deputy directors of the State Sports General Administration. On the big stage of the Olympic Games, Cai Zhenhua will stand in a higher position and lead China athletes to forge ahead courageously.