Xi Enting (Hsi En-ting)
Nationality China
Born(1946-01-03)3 January 1946
Died27 October 2019(2019-10-27) (aged 73)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 Sarajevo Singles
Silver medal – second place 1973 Sarajevo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Nagoya Singles
Gold medal – first place 1971 Nagoya Team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 1974 Yokohama Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Yokohama Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1974 Yokohama Team
Silver medal – second place 1972 Beijing Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Beijing Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1972 Beijing Team

Xi Enting (Chinese: 郗恩庭; Wade–Giles: Hsi En-t'ing 3 January 1946 – 27 October 2019) was a male table tennis player from China.

Xi was born in 1946 in Tangshan, Hebei, Republic of China. He trained at Baoding Amateur Sports School and entered the Chinese National Table Tennis Team at age 19.[1]

From 1971 to 1975, Xi won four medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships[2][3][4] and several medals in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[5]

The four world medals included two gold medals in the men's team event at the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships and the men's singles at the 1973 World Table Tennis Championships.[6][7]

Xi died from thoracic aortic rupture on 27 October 2019, aged 73.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Yue, Huairang (2019-10-28). "乒乓球前世界冠军郗恩庭因病去世，享年73岁". The Paper. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ↑ "Men's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  4. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  7. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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