Rong Guotuan (1937— 1968) is a male table tennis player. 1937 August 10 was born in a worker's family in Hong Kong, and his ancestral home is Nanping Town, Zhongshan County (now Nanping Town, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City). Win the first world champion in the world sports competition for China.
Rong Guotuan loved table tennis since childhood. 1Feb. 957 Participated in the Hong Kong International Table Tennis Competition and won the men's team, men's doubles and men's singles titles in one fell swoop. In April, the Japanese team visited Hongkong after attending the 23rd World Table Tennis Championships, and Rong Guotuan defeated Ichiro Komura, who just won the men's singles championship. 165438+ 10, returned to the mainland from Hong Kong and entered Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education.
From 65438 to 0959, the 25th World Table Tennis Championships was held in Dortmund, the Federal Republic of Germany, and Rong Guotuan won the men's singles championship, which was the first world champion that China won in the world sports competition. After returning home, Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and other party and state leaders met the members of the table tennis delegation. Premier Zhou even regarded Rong Guotuan's winning the championship and the 10th anniversary of the National Day as two happy events 1959, and named the earliest table tennis produced in China "Double Happiness", and the table tennis craze quickly rose in the whole country. The 26th World Table Tennis Championships was held in 196 1 in Beijing. Rong Guotuan China beat the Japanese team 5-3 and won the men's team world championship for the first time. 1964 became the coach of China women's table tennis team and led the team to win the women's team championship in the 28th World Table Tennis Championships.
Rong Guotuan has made outstanding contributions to China's table tennis hegemony in the world. His motto is "How many times can you fight in life? "Don't fight now, wait until when" has become the motto of the majority of athletes in China. During the Cultural Revolution, Rong Guotuan suffered injustice and persecution. 1On June 20th, 968, he ended his life in his own way. On June 23rd, 1978, the State Sports Commission held a meeting to implement the cadre policy, held a memorial service to rehabilitate Rong Guotuan and restore his reputation, and placed Rong Guotuan's ashes in Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.