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Place of Birth: Jixi, Heilongjiang, China
About Shen Qiang
- Shen Qiang (simplified Chinese: ??; traditional Chinese: ??; pinyin: Chén Qiáng; born May 11, 1990 in Jixi, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China) is a Canadian table tennis player of Chinese origin.
- As of August 2010, Shen is ranked no.
- 366 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
- He is also right-handed, and uses the shakehand grip.Shen started his sporting career, when he became a member of the provincial table tennis team in Heilongjiang at the age of eleven.
- He set an early success by winning the 12-and-under division in the men's singles at the national table tennis championships, before he moved with his family to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 2004.
- Despite his lack of English, Shen obtained a citizenship, studied at Glebe Collegiate Institute, and worked as a resident athlete for the National Table Tennis Centre, under his personal and head coach Marles Martins.
- Shen made his international debut at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he earned a bronze medal, along with his fellow table tennis players Pradeeban Peter-Paul and Pierre-Luc Hinse, in the men's team event.Shen qualified for the inaugural men's team event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a continental spot for the Americas from ITTF's Computer Team Ranking List.
- Shen and his teammates Pradeeban Peter-Paul and Wilson Zhang placed fourth in the preliminary pool round, against Germany, Croatia, and Singapore, receiving a total of three points and three straight losses.
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