Wilson Zhang, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Wilson Zhang

Olympic table tennis player

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1979

Place of Birth: Anda, Heilongjiang, China

Profession: table tennis player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Wilson Zhang

  • Wilson Zhang (also Zhang Peng, simplified Chinese: ??; traditional Chinese: ??; pinyin: Zhang Péng; born 23 September 1979 in Anda, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China) is a Canadian table tennis player of Chinese origin.
  • As of January 2010, Zhang is ranked no.
  • 140 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
  • He is right-handed, and uses the shakehand grip.In 2003, Zhang moved with his family to Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, where he worked as a full-time table tennis coach at the Bridgeport Sports Club.
  • He also met and married a Canadian and now has two children, and finally resided to Ottawa, Ontario, where he obtained a citizenship four years later, and eventually trained for the National Table Tennis Centre under his personal and head coach Marles Martins.
  • Zhang also reigned as Canadian table tennis champion for three straight years (2005–2007), finished second at the 2007 U.S.
  • Open in Las Vegas, Nevada, and most significantly, attained the championship title at the North American Tour finals.Zhang earned a spot on the Canadian team for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second over his teammate Pradeeban Peter-Paul in the men's singles from the North American Qualification Tournament in Vancouver.
  • Zhang joined with his fellow players Peter-Paul and Qiang Zhen for the inaugural men's team event.
  • His team placed fourth in the preliminary pool round, against Germany, Croatia, and Singapore, receiving a total of three points and three straight losses.
  • In the men's singles, Zhang defeated Trinidad and Tobago's Dexter St.
  • Louis in the preliminary round, before losing his next match to Japan's Seiya Kishikawa, attaining a set score of 2–4.

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