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Rong Guotuan has made outstanding contributions to China’s table tennis dominance in the world. His motto "There are times in life where we can fight. If we don't fight now, we will wait until later." It has become the motto of most athletes in China.

Rong Guotuan was born in a worker's family in Hong Kong on August 10, 1937. His native place was Nanping Town, Zhongshan County (now Nanping Town, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City). The first world champion in Chinese table tennis and even Chinese sports.

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Rong Guotuan has loved table tennis since he was a child. In February 1957, he participated in the Hong Kong Interport Table Tennis Tournament and won three championships in men's team, men's doubles and men's singles. In April, the Japanese team visited Hong Kong after participating in the 23rd World Table Tennis Championships. Rong Guotuan defeated Ichiro Ogimura, who had just won the men's singles championship. In November, he returned to the mainland from Hong Kong and entered the Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education to study.

In 1959, the 25th World Table Tennis Championships was held in Dortmund, Germany. Rong Guotuan won the men's singles championship and won China's first world championship in a world sports competition. Rong Guotuan has made outstanding contributions to China's table tennis dominance in the world. His motto "There are times in life where we can fight. If we don't fight now, we will wait until later." It has become the motto of most athletes in China.

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